January 26, 2015 - Week 56

Well, this week was good. I am getting to know the members and everything... It`s pretty fun. My companion and I are like the best of friends. We get along super good and stuff, so that is fun, too. We didn`t have like any success with finding new families or people to teach this week though.. But, it was still a good week. Also, our assistence in the church was like 62 this week! And so that is like a pretty good number when usually it`s like 40. But, we did have a super cool lesson on Sunday (yesterday) with a inactive member.

So, after church yesterday, we had to go back to the church at like 4 to do visits with the members. So, we go and we ended up doing divisions with the members. It`s a good thing that I am a fast learner cuz I remembered all the houses in my area that we needed to visit haha. So, we get to the chapel and I go on a division with two returned missionaries. That are going to get married in like a week. Awe, cute right?? Haha they actually met in their mission in Argentina and she (her name is Guadelupe) came to Paraguay to get married to him (Christian)! Haha, so I did a division with a married couple ``to be´´. So, we went out and first visited a family less active and it went really well. They are trying really hard to come back to church and stuff and the husband is a returned missionary, too. Then, we went to visit a recent convert that we have named Tito. Haha he is so funny and really does have a testimony. He is like 50 and just says whatever comes to his mind. He is really stubborn, too and just always wants to have the last word.. Haha but we visited him, too and it was good. Then, to finish visits we went to visit a kid named Richard that is like 23 and a returned missionary, too. But, he is inactive and one of his best friends is Christian (the guy that is going to get married). So, we are talking with him and his family and there are like tears and stuff and everyone is just feeling the spirit and we are just like all helping him with his life and trying to put goals with him so that he can come back to church and stuff and it`s just going great. And then we knelt for the prayer... And wow. I honestly felt the spirit SOOOOOOOOOOO strongly! It seriously just like hit me! Wow it was so cool. Seriously. Also, my companion felt the same and so that was awesome. And yeah. I am like positive that this kid will come back to church and feel happiness again. Like REAL happiness. So, that was our cool experience this week. 

This p-day was pretty chill. It was fun. We went to print pictures at Kodak cuz I gotta send pictures to all the members in Aratiri. And then we went to this place to eat called Sorvetto. I felt like I was in the States. It`s actually like pretty close to where we are at and it is so good! It`s like a milkshake place. So, that was cool. We ate a sandwich and the a milkshake. Haven`t had one of those in like 13 months! And I felt pretty sick after drinking it, to be honest... Haha, but it was fun. And that is about it. Pretty low-key day. But, we are looking forward to an even better week! I LOVE YOU ALL!! Chau!

Love, Hermana Whittaker