April 6, 2015 - Week 66

So, I feel like lots of stuff happened this week! But, only cuz we took a lot of pictures... But, for reals, it was a full week. First of all... It was Easter and conference! The 2 were both great. I loved conference (like always) but, we had to watch it in Spanish cuz the english wasn`t working... But, it was still good. The last time I will see conference in Paraguay... Wow. But, I loved it. They talked A LOT about marriage and the family... Next step??? HAHAHA just kidding! But, it was great. I really liked the talk about helping people who have lost their way come back. Also, one of the spanish speakers, Jorge F. Zaballos is like a leader for our area over here! So, that was cool! And it was so cool how like every speaker remembered decided to talk about Christ cuz it was Easter. I thought it really showed just how much we really do only believe in Christ. We don`t adore Joseph Smith or the prophet... Just Jesus Christ. And so I loved that everyone talked of his resurrection and stuff. It was great.

The Rabbit Farm

 This week... We just had tons to do, I feel like. We started off great and on Tuesday, we met an elder that just got back from his mission that is in our ward. Elder Souza (he is the son of that family that is Brazilian--but they`re not members...) And he is super cool! We hung out with them and his mom has like lots of desires to get baptized! So, we are working with her on that! But, we just had a blast with them. On Thursday, they gave us lunch and it was pretty delicious. We ate rabbit... So that was fun. Haha I would say in honor of Easter... But, we usually eat that with them cuz they are the owners of a rabbit farm... So, we took a lot of pictures with their bunnies! Then, that night we did a fun family home evening with some recent converts, Familia Nuñez. They are just so cool. We talked a lot about the family and stuff and our responsabilities as parents and children. And then, we ate dinner with them. We had just like meat and sausage... Typical Paraguayan asado. But, it was fun. We celebrated for Semana Santa. 

A trip to the Temple

Then, on Friday, we went to the temple! The story is that my companion had a member in her old area that she worked with that was going in for her endowments and so she was going to go as well AND that we had our recent convert, Tito, who was going to do his baptisms for the dead for his family history for the first time and we were going to go with him (and Hermana Bautista was going to come--cuz with her, we worked with him on it) and we were just all going to do it on the same day so it would be a lot easier!! Like a 3 companionship deal. Sounds like a great plan, right? And it would have been... But, Friday of Semana Santa in Paraguay is like a huge holiday (cuz it is the day that Christ died) and NO ONE works. Like NO ONE. So, there would be no form of transportation (there are only very few to no colectivos). So, we had to end up cancelling Tito`s visit to the temple and went for Hermana Valenzuela`s person from her area. We got on a taxi (that we had to call in advance) and went to the temple. When we got there... She went with her old comp from her old area in to do the session and I went back to her old area with her old comp`s comp... (if that makes any sense) Basically... We did a division. And after waiting for a colectivo for an hour and a half... We went to ``Mariano Roque Alonso´´ and did a division! I was with Hermana Mera from Mexico and she is just so cute! She is like super new in the mish... Still in her training. But, we had a good division. We visited a few investigators. It went well! Then, we all four just slept at the house in Mariano. So, me and Hermana V had to sleep on the floor. It was pretty horrible. Like I felt beat up in the morning. But, it was a fun day. We got lots done! And Saturday morning, we got on a colectivo and went back to Capiata for conference! 

Hermana Valenzuela & Hermana Whittaker - April Fools!

Ok... So, you all know that this past Wednesday was a very important date... It was April 1, 2015. So, we (being us) definitely did an April Fool`s joke!! It was so funny, but yet so simple. And this is what we did... We dressed as eachother!! Haha like completely.. You just have to see pictures. So, you`ll definitely be getting a lot. I just hope our families find it as funny as we do! Cuz, we seriously did everything exactly like eachother! Even changed our plaques. And that`s how we looked ALL DAY. It was great. A lot of the members noticed, so it was just a great idea :)

So, that was our fun week. Also, we made chocolate chip cookies for all the elders and hermanas in our zone for Sunday conference and I saw lots of cool people again! It is always so cool to see all of the people you`ve met at stake things like conference. Also, we painted EASTER EGGS!! They are so cute! We just had to.... It was way fun! And earlier in the week, she showed me some acrobatics. It was pretty hilarious. And so we just had a super fun week. 

Well, tomorrow we find out about changes. I am thinking we will stay together just cuz I was with my last companion for only one change and I don`t even have that much time in my area yet.... But, we will see what happens. Anything is possible. Just hopefully we don`t have them! But, you`ll all know next week.

Today... We had a super cool p-day cuz we went to Itaugua to but a TON of stuff! So, we are both very happy about that :) And it was just a fun and chill p-day. I hope you all had a great Easter this weekend! I love you all so much and I wish you the best semana. LOVE YOU TONS!!!!

Love, Hermana Whittaker