Hope all is going splendidly swell with all of ya back in the US of A. Things here in Paraguay are going really well. WE HAD A BAPTISM A WEEK AGO!!!!!!! (didn't bring my cam) Gustavo Olmedo: he and his wife who is a member got married and it was amazing the spirit was so strong and he is such a wonderful loving guy. AND WE HAVE TWO BAPTISMS FOR THIS SAT!!!!!! They are Roberto Fernandez (AWESOME!!) and Axel Barrios (Great Guy!!!!!) We have been teaching them both for a while now. We have never gotten the feeling to stop teaching them and look here are the results!!!! How the Lord has blessed us!!!
This last week we had interviews with our mission president, President Callan. He is amazing! It reminds me of the talk that Elder Waddel gave in GC. He said that the Lord knows all of our missions. I personally know with all of my heart that the Lord knows my mission and i am so grateful to have President Callan be my mission president. A great thing that he pushes for is obedience which i love!!! There are some missionaries who think all of these rules make it so that we can't have any fun so that we can't do this or that. Honestly i know that the mission rules are meant to keep us safe. When we stay obedient to these rules and follow them the Lord will bless us so much. Yes there are some of them that you look at and you don't really see the danger in them but you must follow them anyway. Its the same with commandments or advice from the Prophets and Apostles. It may look harmless and it doesn't do that much, but when one thing leads to another, that is when bad things happen. Its like pulling out weeds. You want to take all of the weed out not just the top of it; you need to take out its roots. Taking out the roots makes us safer.
The mission is so amazing. I am surrounded by so many wonderful people. There are so many amazing Elders here. Two big ones for me have been Elder Clement (DL) and Elder Swenson (ZL). They help me out so much and are so full of love. They help me push through and work harder every day. This last district meeting we talked about reaching ones potential. My personal thoughts is that our potential is everlasting and we can always improve, but the quote that i remember that i dont know who said it is: ¨The Lord doesnt expect immediate perfection, but he does expect immediate progress.¨ once we start progressing that is when we start getting closer and closer to our potential and our potential gets higher and higher.
I love you all so very much and pray for you daily. Thank you for all that you have done. Thank you for your prayers.
Love,
1. Gustavo Olmedo after his baptism (my shirt makes me look like ive added weight but actually im making a new hole in my belt this week!!!)
2. Down by the bay......... where the fishermen sell.......mandi´i and surubi
3. Two classic fishing boats
4. The fish that they sell (this is a sister of an investigator all of their family is part of the fishing biz, she gave us around 4 kilos of fish. Surubi and Parana!!!!!!) yum
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