Holy cow this change flew by! I cant believe I`ve been in the office for almost 2 weeks recovering.. Its been good though!
Questions and Answers!
1. Are you going back in today to have more stitches removed?
Yeah, here its 8:20 am and I think I go in at like 10:30. I`m ready to get them out, they`re really itchy!
2. How are you feeling?
I feel great! I don`t hardly have pain anymore and I can sit up normal, like when I get out of bed I don`t really have to use my arms..
3. What plans do they have for you?
President Callan said we`ll see where I`m at when I get my other stitches out, so I still don`t know if I`ll be staying til the end of the change or going back to Santa Rita today.. I get to be with Elder Guevara for another change!
4. What have you been doing this past week? Do they have you out proselyting at all during the day or evening? Or are you pretty much just taking easy healing?
All during the day I study and read and stuff.. The past few days I´ve been going out to help the Office Elders work in their areas and its been nice getting out! I read Preach My Gospel in 3 days, and I`m almost half-way through the Book of Mormon! Its been pretty sweet!
5. Are you still on Pain medication or do you feel like you are strong enough to go without any now?
No, I only took pain medication for like the first 3 or 4 days, but I`ve only taken like 5 I think.. I haven`t really needed them which is good!
6. Who has your companion been while at the mission office?
He went back to Santa Rita with a local missionary to work.. But something happened and the local missionary went back to his house, so Elder Guevara is with the other 2 elders in our district. I called him the other night and he said he`s ready to Do Work when I get back.. So am I!
**7. Dad sent you a few pictures through e mail....were you able to download them? Can we send you occasional pictures like that or do we need to send them through the mail?
I didn`t get them.. You could send them through snail mail and I´ll get them for sure. I Haley sent me 3 pictures of Damon and I cannot believe how big he`s getting! I almost don`t even recognize him! I can`t imagine what it will be like in another year and a half! He just looks so big and old for his age.. But he`s so stinkin cute! I need to get more pictures of him so I`m not in shock the next time I see him!
If you send a package... Candy is always good! The investigators love Dum Dums, Elder Nash gave me a bag before we left the MTC and all the people that I gave those suckers to fell in love with them! Skittles are always delicious. You`ll have to send me some of the emails from like Jeff and Jake and Dallin.. Has anyone else left on their missions? I heard something about Ty getting his call to Mexico, and Andy gave his farewell? What about Aaron? I wanna hear how all my friends are doing! Maybe you can send me some good deodorant.. The stuff here doesn`t last as long as it says..
Tell Sister Hoagland thanks for the package! I think Delores sent it.. But it was awesome! She sent a bag of jerky, a snickers, sweedish fish, and of course.. caramel! I shared with the Office Elders and they loved it too.
So yeah, not a lot has happened this week with me, I´ve just been staying close to the office. My investigator, Jorge, didn´t get baptized on Saturday because it rained.. So that means I get to be there when he does get baptized! We`re going to have the baptism in a river so that will be really cool! He`s getting baptized this Saturday with his cousin. We taught him the day before I came to Asunción and I guess Elder Guevara has been going over there with the other elders every day since. So it will be really good that they can have each other´s support in their baptismal day! The elders here had a baptism on Saturday, but the rest of us went out and worked.. It was President Callan´s revelation, and we saw miracles! I went out to work with Elder Curtis, the old secretary, and we were just talking to everyone we could.. Then we were walking down this street and we saw a girl finishing up jogging and ran into the house we were getting ready to go to because Elder Curtis left a Book of Mormon there a couple weeks before.. We were going to see if the guy had been reading it. We walked up and the door was still open, and the girl that was jogging came right back out and started talking to us.. Then she sat right down and we asked if the guy was there (The guy is her boss and she lives there with him and his wife..). She said no then asked why, kind of in an angry tone, so we thought she was going to be mean.. Elder Curtis explained that he`d left a blue book there and wanted to see if the guy had been reading it. She said, ¨No, I have the book.. I started reading it because I saw it sitting there and no one has touched it.. I take it everywhere with me and read it all the time, its really helped me.¨ Whoa! Then she told us she´s been having a really tough time lately, she doesn`t have any family and she`s getting ready to change jobs to leave Asunción. So we asked if we could come back and teach her and she said yes. We left and Elder Curtis said, ¨We should have invited her to church tomorrow!¨ So we called her and invited her, she said she would come- which hardly ever happens in situations like this- and we finished our night.. She was at church yesterday! There is a member family that lives like 2 blocks away from her and they went an picked her up. She actually came to church! Thats the Golden Investigator, if we would have gone to the baptism, we wouldn`t have found her. She´ll get baptized.. Then yesterday after church, we found a family that speaks English! Like, really well.. It was really cool! And they think its just as cool when a white person can speak Guaraní! They love it..
Well, thats about all I have for this week.. Sorry there aren`t any pictures still, my adaptor is still in Santa Rita so I´ll send them next week! I´m gonna sign off now..
I love you all! I hope you have an awesome week!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
