HAPPAY HAPPAY HALLOWEEEEN!!!!!!

HAPPAY HAPPAY HALLOWEEEEN!!!!!!

Hey fam! Well first of all happy halloween (día de las brujas) to you all!!! Here in Paraguay Halloween isn’t super popular. Ya people know about it and walking down the streets at the big stores they have halloween material stuff but  all and all not really. Most people here think its satanic and soooo that kinda eliminates a big bunch of it. We aren’t really doing anything  for halloween but its all good.

This last week was a good week I turned 20, so yay me. Got to get a special ñoki lunch which was nice (also traditional to eat ñoki on the 29th) and later on went to the Elders quorum presidents house and ate some yummy cake cake cake cake. Got a nice call from Hna Callan saying happy bday which was nice and my companion let me choose one of his ties so I got a nice new one. Good bday though glad to celebrate it here in good ol Paraguay!!!!

So a little bit more about the area. The limits are really kinda funky but its nice. We are in the most dangerous zone of Paraguay the worst neighborhood we walk through almost everyday. Normally not at night but from history there hasn’t been a  ton of problems. Its a very busy area on the main freeway so there’s alot of traffic in and out. Walking is a bit more fun, all empedrado so the shoes are going strong. No dirt roads which is a bit sad but oh well. It’s also very hilly so we walk up and down and up and down nice work out for the legs, bomb! A big one here also that I find to be kind of unique is Rastafarianism. Religion off of Bob Marley the sum for the people around here is smoke weed and read the bible so there are a good handful of hippies and stuff like that. They are really nice though they always enjoy offering to the missionaries but we decline. We are starting to go into summer, which is nice. Got super humid and then had a couple of storms and it was super cold this morning (69 f) I know I’m a pansy but I’m starting to say things like ¨wow its only around 94 that’s nice¨.  I know you would all say WHAT??? Elder Parker Wilson is enjoying and accustom to heat? crazy crazy stuff but things happen.

The best part of this week though was yesterday. There is a guy named Sebastian;  the rest of his family were baptized members  about 8 months ago but he never really wanted to ever get baptized. He normally goes to church when he’s not working. Has read the BoM but was not so sure about it and just didn’t really want to get baptized. Yesterday we went with a member to go visit them and we didn’t talk for a good 40 min because the member was talking. IT WAS AWESOME!!!! He told him his conversion story and it was the exact same thing and the blessings that he has received from being a member of the church and being able to have a family for the eternity. Sebastian was touched and the spirit was so strong. Just wow. He said that he’s going on a business trip for a couple of weeks but he is sí o sí getting baptized in Dec! When he commits to something he does it and this was just an amazing miracle!!!!

I love this gospel and it is so true. This is the Lord's work and I am so honored to be apart of it and to represent my family, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and most important our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I am so grateful for you all and send my hopes, love and prayers all to you!!!

Elder Wilson

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3. Some cool graffiti in our area. The one on the far right is for Rastafarianism that is really popular in my area

2. LOCO PARA LA ¨O¨ my team here in Paraguay

1. BIRTHDAY CAKE!!! LOOK MAMA IM SOOOOOOOOO SKINNAAAAAAY!!!!!