Questions!
1. How has week two gone in your new area. Fill us all in on the details. You have tons of Aunts and Uncles and cousins that absolutely love your detailed letters!
Its been great! I love this area soo much! The members here are strong, its like a big family. Our branch president is excited to help us whenever we can! The District Presidency snagged him from one of the other branches, he´s a convert of 3 years, he was studying to be a high priest in the Catholic church, then heard the message of the Restoration.. The guys a stud.2. How are you getting along with Elder Whaley? Tell us more about him. Siblings, parents...Where in CO is he from? There are terrible fires burning by Colorado Springs. Over 30,000 people had to be evacuated last week. I read a blurb on Yahoo saying the CO fire was half contained!
He told me he´s from Colorado Springs, he´s got 2 brothers and 2 sisters, he´s the second oldest. He´s a great guy! I´m learning a ton from here, I love being his comp because all he wants to do is work! I feel like I don´t know much about him because all we do is talk about our investigators and what our plans are for the day. He´s awesome!3. What was your most favorite experience this past week?
I got to do something I´ve never done before.. I was a really cool experience! Yesterday in church.. I gave a baby a name. How is that in English? Name the baby.. The baby blessing in front of everyone.. Yeah, that. So that was a way cool experience! Now I´ll know what to do when I have my own kids!
Also, we found a new house.. We´re moving today! We´re really excited!
Oh yeah, we found a guy and his family that lived in Texas for 3 years.. He´s the top guy of the Paraguay military. Like, top of the top. He´s a really smart guy, which might be a problem.. Meaning, he´ll probably try to figure out an answer logically, rather than through prayer and feeling the Spirit. But that was cool! He has the biggest Pitbull I´ve ever seen in my life! He brought it back from the States.4. What was your most humorous experience?
We went to a members house the other night to eat dinner (empanadas:) and he told us how he wants to get his patriarchal blessing so he can find out his lineage.. He said, "I want to be from the tribe of Solomon, or David!", "haha... Why?", "So I can have hundreds of beautiful women to be my wives!" He was joking, obviously.. But it was hilarious!5. How does this area compare to your last area? What is the town like size wise? Is it more rural or jungley then Col. Bogado?
Its for sure more jungley.. Its a lot dirtier and hotter, but the people are 100x nicer, so I love it!6. Any investigators? How many are in your ward/branch? Do you go to church in the converted garage?
We have a few really cool investigators.. We´re still trying to figure out how we can get them to church. We´re teaching a couple young families, so I´ll have to write more when they start rolling!7. Did you get your package yet?
I got it!! Thank you soo much! It was perfect! It got here safe and sound. I think someone stole the money out of it......
Just kidding :D Everything sent was there. Thanks for the peanut butter!
So yeah, we had a pretty awesome week! We worked our tails off! When I get home at night, after we plan and everything, I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. I havent had that happen since I was training in Santa Rita! I love it. It was a good week this week. The questions you gave today were great! That´s pretty much my week all summed up!
Me encantan las escrituras! Yo siento mejor cuando las leo, me dan mucha fortaleza espiritual. Me encanta estar acá en Paraguay, siento que ya es mi hogar, quizás me mude aquí después de la misión por un tiempito.. Pero de verdad he visto y sentido mucho crecimiento durante mi tiempo acá en la misión. Ésta es la mejor cosa que he hecho en toda mi vida, tal vez será la mejor cosa en mi vida entera... Sé que Jesucristo vive- Él es nuestro Salvador y Redentor. Por favor, den oidos a las palabras de nuestro profeta y hagan lo que él nos pide. No son sus palabras propias, sino son las de nuestro Padre Celestial.
Estoy animado verles a ustedes en nueve meses! Tal vez mi hermana mayor tendrá otro bebe por ahí.. ;D Les amo tanto y oro por ustedes varias veces durante el día. Ojalá que todo esté bien con ustedes. Vou estudiar Português também despos de meu tempo acá e no Paraguay. Cómo tá meu Português Lance? Você tem que ayudarme aprender... Até logo!
Chau!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
