December 15, 2014 - Week 50

This week wasn´t too special... I´ll be honest. We did have a good Sunday though. Our less active member, Hugo, came to church with his daughter that we are preparing to be baptized and that was great! Cuz he told us that he would not be able to come to church cuz he had to go to work. So, we are all sad and stuff and... He came! So, that was a surprise. He is actually progressing really well and had an interview with the Bishop so that he can receive the priesthood and baptize his daughter! So, that was good. But, either way, if he can´t get the priesthood soon, Malena will still be baptized cuz she wants to SOOO bad. It´s like her biggest desire right now. And she is like a genius. She understands everything that we teach her. And, it´s like we don´t even have a lesson with her cuz she already knows everything!! Haha but, that´s that. Also, she wrote me the cutest poem yesterday about how my hair is yellow like banana icecream and my eyes are blue like the ocean and my lips are pink like roses... Haha it was the CUTEST!! I love that little girl. So, that is what is going on with them. 

Also, we met a lady named Guiermina this week and we really think that she could progress. We are definitely going to return to talk with her and also with her husband. So, we will see how it all goes! She is a really nice lady, too.

So, this week, we had our zone conference and President dropped cane like I thought. I knew he would. Apparently there is a bit of disobedience in the mission right now and so we talked a lot about that... But, it was still a good conference. Also, we were informed that we are going to do an activity for Navidad and our zone is doing like a ´´white elephant´´ thing. We all drew names and we have to buy something for that name. Then, we are all going to a maternity hospital to sing carols to the mamas! So, that will be so much fun. I didn´t receive the package from home at the conference, but I am guessing that pretty soon it will come. It is probably cuz there is just a lot more mail and stuff at this time of year. But, I am hoping to call and see if it´s in the next p-day and if it is... I will probably just go to Asunción to pick it up! So, we´ll see.

Also, this week the elders in our ward played a joke/prank on me. Ugh, they told me that one of them had special changes and I believed them! At first, I did not believe them at all cuz they ALWAYS do stuff like this. But then... They sounded so serious and ALL DAY they said that he had special changes and that they weren´t going to be able to say goodbye cuz they didn´t have time and stuff. Then, at night, they call us to ´´say goodbye´´ over the phone and I was like... ´´ok, then... guess we will never see you again...´´ and then they told me that it was all a joke. Haha it was a lot funnier in person... But, that is what happened. 

This p-day should be pretty fun. We are writing early today cuz we are planning to go to ITAUGUA to visit a few families in my old area! I am so excited to see them! And then, we are going to the old area of my companion and we are going to visit a few families there. So, should be fun. That is pretty much all that happened for this week. It was an alright week, but we will see how this week goes! Have a fun week! LOVE YOU TONS!!!

Love, Hermana Whittaker