Oh hello everyone back home!
The cold has finally come, and I want to die. Humid cold is not good. Especially in a country with houses made of palm trees and plastic. Needless to say my clothes all smell like smoke cause I huddle around a coal stove like a hobo :) They say that once a week of cold is over, it starts getting warm again so in theory my Paraguayan winter is almost over. I sure hope so.
Living with a Latin continues to be an interesting experience. I´m learning lots of new words of things I never thought I´d have to say in Spanish, which is always cool. As far as news goes, nothing exciting happened this week. It got really cold really fast, and that´s been the week. I think we´re going to move from this house in Emboscada so luckily I get to be part of another move! Woo! Our house has really annoying cats that come and make noise in the morning so it´s okay if we leave. Other than that, it´s business as usual here in Paraguay.
I love you all, and sorry for the little email :O Not my fault. Keep praying and all those good things.
Love,
Elder Morris
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Emboscada
Hello there everyone,
Well team, special changes were in the air and one of em snuck up and got me. I got special changed to a place called Emboscada (means Ambush in Spanish....interesting) and now I´m out here doing my stuff. I´m kind of unhappy about it because we had 5 baptisms lined up for these two weeks coming up in Posta Leiva, but they´ll get baptized without me at least and all will be happy! Ana Maria (the one who smoked) got baptized yesterday back in Posta Leiva which is always good to hear.
I´m with an Elder Ventura from El Salvador, my first Latin comp. It´s interesting not speaking any English for days. He teaches me lots of words though so it´s all good. Annnd for all of you who like Google earth and whatnot, you can search for the chapel in Emboscada through the LDS.org site and our house is right next to it! You can see exactly where I live! Toooo crazy!
Today was a pretty fun pday. We went fishing! I´d send you pictures but my cable seems to have disappeared some time in my mission so I can´t attach to a computer. But, the fishing was good. I used a stick and some string and a hook. And I caught stuff! We caught some piranhas too. Yeah! It was great. Annnnnd even cooler is I learned how to catch tarantulas today. I have some good pictures of tarantula hunting. We made them fight each other.
The branch here needs some help, so there is plenty to do in good ole Emboscada. I´ll be busy for sure. We used cookies for the sacrament :) Ricos son! Paraguay decided that it was done being kinda cold, so it has now gotten really hot again and it makes me sad. But, other than that, I think all is well. I can now fish like a Paraguayan and catch really big spiders (Ñandu guasu kuéra in Guaraní) I love you all back home and I hope you have a good week!
Love,
Elder Morris
Well team, special changes were in the air and one of em snuck up and got me. I got special changed to a place called Emboscada (means Ambush in Spanish....interesting) and now I´m out here doing my stuff. I´m kind of unhappy about it because we had 5 baptisms lined up for these two weeks coming up in Posta Leiva, but they´ll get baptized without me at least and all will be happy! Ana Maria (the one who smoked) got baptized yesterday back in Posta Leiva which is always good to hear.
I´m with an Elder Ventura from El Salvador, my first Latin comp. It´s interesting not speaking any English for days. He teaches me lots of words though so it´s all good. Annnd for all of you who like Google earth and whatnot, you can search for the chapel in Emboscada through the LDS.org site and our house is right next to it! You can see exactly where I live! Toooo crazy!
Today was a pretty fun pday. We went fishing! I´d send you pictures but my cable seems to have disappeared some time in my mission so I can´t attach to a computer. But, the fishing was good. I used a stick and some string and a hook. And I caught stuff! We caught some piranhas too. Yeah! It was great. Annnnnd even cooler is I learned how to catch tarantulas today. I have some good pictures of tarantula hunting. We made them fight each other.
The branch here needs some help, so there is plenty to do in good ole Emboscada. I´ll be busy for sure. We used cookies for the sacrament :) Ricos son! Paraguay decided that it was done being kinda cold, so it has now gotten really hot again and it makes me sad. But, other than that, I think all is well. I can now fish like a Paraguayan and catch really big spiders (Ñandu guasu kuéra in Guaraní) I love you all back home and I hope you have a good week!
Love,
Elder Morris
Monday, June 13, 2011
A little update from Posta Leiva
We found a lot of new investigators because of Antonio, and he´s just stoked to help us with his friends. It´s kind of cool to see someone so young care so much about the Gospel. He´s excited to be a missionary. Also, Norberto (baptized like 3 months ago) is in the temple prep class and he´s just stoked out of his mind. He´s getting married in December to someone from our ward (Inés). And then when he can go in, they´ll get sealed next springish. It´s so cool to see people do things like that.
Posta Leiva
Hello everyone back home!
Another week has come and gone. It finally rained today for the first time in a long time, and it wasn´t very much fun. Rain is no good with dirt. But, we still managed to have a good p day. We went to San Lorenzo and I bought myself a sweet jersey from one of the soccer teams down here, and I bought a cool tetris adidas shirt. Too cool.
Nothing too crazy happened this week. Antonio (a cool 10 year old we baptized a while ago) started talking to all of his friends about the church and one of them came to church whith him, and he really liked it, so that´s pretty sweet. We have a 10 year old down here doing more than the adults do. Ana Maria came to church again and she´s getting baptized this sunday. Woo! We found out that she´s a smoker like a week ago, but she´s stopped ever since, cause she wants to get baptized! Nothing like a good goal to kill a bad habit.
Today a new supermarket opened up nearby named Real, which usually has food from the USA, but this one didn´t for some reason which was sad. It had jalepeño pringles and cheddar cheese though, so I bought those. Yeah cheddar!
Also.......this week I´ve started my new juggling career. I can juggle pretty well now, so I´m pretty stoked to show you all back home one day. It´s pretty sweet. Other than that, it was a normal week full of walking and teaching and all that good stuff. I shall report more next week, and it shall be good. I love you all.
Nothing too crazy happened this week. Antonio (a cool 10 year old we baptized a while ago) started talking to all of his friends about the church and one of them came to church whith him, and he really liked it, so that´s pretty sweet. We have a 10 year old down here doing more than the adults do. Ana Maria came to church again and she´s getting baptized this sunday. Woo! We found out that she´s a smoker like a week ago, but she´s stopped ever since, cause she wants to get baptized! Nothing like a good goal to kill a bad habit.
Today a new supermarket opened up nearby named Real, which usually has food from the USA, but this one didn´t for some reason which was sad. It had jalepeño pringles and cheddar cheese though, so I bought those. Yeah cheddar!
Also.......this week I´ve started my new juggling career. I can juggle pretty well now, so I´m pretty stoked to show you all back home one day. It´s pretty sweet. Other than that, it was a normal week full of walking and teaching and all that good stuff. I shall report more next week, and it shall be good. I love you all.
Love,
Elder Morris
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Posta Leiva
Well hello world
All is well in Paraguay. The big news of the week is that I actually watched somebody get hit by a car while riding a moto. We think she died but aren´t really that sure. She wasn´t wearing a helmet of course, so you kids wear your dang helmets. Other than that nothing too exciting happened.
It continues to get colder, but then some days it´s really hot which is always annoying. It hasn´t rained for a good while, so we watered our banana plants this morning. We also played some soccer against some Paraguayans and they whooped us. They are all too good here. Also, my comp and I had a nice conversation with a member family here in Posta Leiva. He was talking about certain foreign foods here that they haven´t heard about, but it just so happens that this food is also a very inappropriate word to say in Guaraní. Apparently he didn´t know, and I was trying to keep a straight face, and the family was very confused and it was just too good. It´s hard sometimes to operate in 3 languages. There are a lot of words that carry over and mean really different things. Yay Paraguay!
We had lots of people that were supposed to come to church, but they ended up doing other lame things, which is always a disappointment, but we´ll keep working to show them that what we say is actually kind of a big deal. I think it´ll work nicely, but we´ll see what happens. Our new house is working nicely. It´s kind of cramped and whatnot, but other than that it´s pretty good. There is warmish water which is a plus in winter! But, other than that I think that´s all I´ve got. Woo Paraguay! Stay happy everyone back home. I love you all, and you´re always prayed for :D
It continues to get colder, but then some days it´s really hot which is always annoying. It hasn´t rained for a good while, so we watered our banana plants this morning. We also played some soccer against some Paraguayans and they whooped us. They are all too good here. Also, my comp and I had a nice conversation with a member family here in Posta Leiva. He was talking about certain foreign foods here that they haven´t heard about, but it just so happens that this food is also a very inappropriate word to say in Guaraní. Apparently he didn´t know, and I was trying to keep a straight face, and the family was very confused and it was just too good. It´s hard sometimes to operate in 3 languages. There are a lot of words that carry over and mean really different things. Yay Paraguay!
We had lots of people that were supposed to come to church, but they ended up doing other lame things, which is always a disappointment, but we´ll keep working to show them that what we say is actually kind of a big deal. I think it´ll work nicely, but we´ll see what happens. Our new house is working nicely. It´s kind of cramped and whatnot, but other than that it´s pretty good. There is warmish water which is a plus in winter! But, other than that I think that´s all I´ve got. Woo Paraguay! Stay happy everyone back home. I love you all, and you´re always prayed for :D
Love,
Elder Morris
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