So, I forgot to tell you there was going to be changes next week¡ I wasn`t expecting to get changed yet¡ Especially because I was receiving lots of "personal revelation" for the area, BUT that`s exactly what happened¡
So right now I am in Fernando de la Mora (Asuncion close to the office), in an area called Residentas, with Elder Falepapalangi. Our direction is "Calle Carlos Olitte casi Ias Residentas. House number 1132" and we live behind members. I was surprised I got changed, but at least I had a feeling that I should wait before buying groceries. After district meeting and getting my clothes from Hna Raquel it was already 4pm. So we left to go say goodbye to everybody, but nobody was around! I only got to say goodbye to Hector, the Ice cream guy, and Pdte Arriola.
So we got back at 9pm and I packed everything within a half an hour, so we watched The Testaments and bought a Sprite until bedtime. We woke up at 3am to take a bus. Elder Villalba had to go with me to pick up his comp, because Elder Fale`s comp, elder rogers, and I are just switching places. Elder Fale is a Tongan who live is west valley Utah.
So Wednesday morning we got to the Asuncion Terminal at 6:30am and waited around until 8am. I saw only a handful of people I recognized and the rest were newbies. So Elder Fale picked me up and I realized while heading back to our area that we went through a good portion of my area while we were on the bus. I never thought I would be so deep in Asuncion. We share limits with the office, so I have to be careful because Pdte Callan can show up at anytime. I have already seen him driving in his care thrice.
When we got back to the house Elder Fale and I talked until 10:30. A member lady stopped by the house at lunch and dropped us food for us. Basically we get fed everyday. Maybe I`ll gain some weight. We talked all day long making jokes. We taught a new investigator Rolando Chaves and we got him to do a kneeling prayer. Then we talked to a Flia Barrios.
Elder Fale only has a change in the area so we got a little lost. We drank tons of water and had to pee in the stadium bathrooms twice. We taught a girl named Claudia, who lives with members, and gave her a Baptismal date. The members tried making excuses because she recently had her baby, but I totally destroyed the duck and dodge moves they were making with the Spirit Bomb (Acts 2 Peter baptizes tons of people who get a testimony from the spirit... The Same Day¡). Anyways the day ended with ordering Pizza Hut´s cheesy crust pizza¡ I was so happy¡
Thursday was Plan Sememal (Guasu/Gua-u). I basically just sat there while Elder Fale told me what to write. We talked a lot because there wasn`t much to plan for. Two people Might get baptized this month. It rained, so I had to buy an umbrella. It`s kinda girly with it`s blue plaid, but I didn`t have any other options. My boots aren`t water proof anymore. They have a slow leak. We ate Lomito Arabe for dinner, that was happy.
Friday we taught a reference named Lucia at the house of Emmanuel and Evelyn German. It went great, but there was lots of distractions, they changed the subject a lot, and we didn`t talk much. Ate lunch at a member`s house and they made us drink some nasty orange/lime juice that left a terrible taste in my mouth until the next day. Then we taught a Flia Ortiz, the wife is a member in a wheelchair and the husband believes everything we say, so I think he will get baptized quick. I just hope he doesn´t listen to anybody else though. We took our clothes to the member who washes them and did service (Gua-u) carrying bricks from the front yard to the back yard. It took like five minutes. Then we carried Mano`s (Emmanuel) Barbieque from his house to his work and then just messed around there for a while till it was time to go home.
Saturday our lunch appointment fell through so we bought Pizza Hut¡ Triple pepperoni and stuffed crust Madness¡ Then we visited Flia Barrios again. We listened to the lady talk forever about nonsense because all our plans fell through. Her husband fell asleep while she was talking. I would have done it too if she wasn`t looking at me. We watched Shakira`s Waka Waka song with Mano. Then we found a less active named Fabio da Silva who works for a guy that lives in Alaska. His job is to watch the security camera`s of his boss`s shop all day. How boring, but he makes good money for a Paraguayay.
Sunday we walked 30 minutes and 5 blocks outside of our area to get to the church. The Capilla is Giant¡ And really beautiful. I gave a talk on love. With only 31 people the chapel looked super empty. We share the church with a ward and it`s the stake center. Taught the plan of salvation to the primary. Accomplished nothing the rest of the day.
I really like it here and Elder Fale is awesome, so I hope we stay together a while.
Love,
Elder Zachary James Singson
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