Ysapy

Hello everyone!

Well first off it's pretty cool to hear that Paraguay actually made the news there. So yeah now they have a new President and Lugo is out like trout. He's done a lot of stupid stuff in his years in office, but that's all I'll opinionate there. I don't think anything too crazy went down. The last rumor I heard was that 100 buses were coming from the interior of the country full of indians with guns. I actually think the bus owners got threatened with their lives, so they never came. Supposedly it's all over, but some members said that this has happened before and the more intense political manifestations happened a little while after the actual switch. I dunno. We´ll see what goes down. Half of Paraguay did manage to get the school day off because of the fiasco so the students were happy.

Other than that, the work has been normal. It's kind of hard right now because now my area is huge after the merge so there are a lot of members that are waiting me to visit them. Lots of people!

Today for Pday we played soccer again and it was magical. I rolled my ankle and now it hurts but I did score some goals so it was a successful day for sure. Then we had to go to the office in Asunción to drop some stuff off. So we spent a lot of the day in buses which was no fun.

Everything just continues to keep on keeping on! We´re already halfway done with this change so time just keeps on flying by. I´ve noticed in my mission now that I've gotten less tolerant of false doctrine in lessons. Just an interesting observations. The Catholics and testigos de Jehova always say weird things and before I'd just let it slide by now I'm like an iron curtain. There´s no getting through. I only say that because I went to battle with a testigo this week. Victory to the true church! Have a good week everyone! I love you all!

Love,

Elder Morris

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Ysapy

Hello everyone!

I can't believe that another week has gone by. This was a good week for us in good ole Ysapy. We had 3 baptisms here in good ole Paraguay! Alicia Pereira, Belén Barrios, and Ricardo Adorno got baptized on Saturday and it was awesome! Alicia was the one that the missionaries have been working with for like 2 years, and she finally got baptized! And her mom came to the church for the first time ever so she could watch the baptism! Any who it was pretty cool. They all liked the cake I baked them. I'm pretty much pro.

Paraguay can never seem to make up it´s mind about temperature. This past week it's been really hot again, but today now it's super cold. I´ll get like 6 colds before I get home. Yeah crazy temperature changes!

Today for P-day we played some soccer with the district and zone. I represented the Americans well with 4 goals. Sometimes when they´re picking teams I actually get picked before some of the Latins! Any who, that was really fun and then we went to San Lorenzo and I bought a cool thermo thing. I don't actually know what it´s called in English. Water jug? 

Time just keeps going and we just keep on working like fiends. It's getting colder I think, so I'm in for some miserable nights of sleeping. I always feel tired which is really annoying but we just keep on getting through it and it´s all good. I love you all and I hope everything goes well this week!

Love,

Elder Morris

Ysapy

 Oh hey everyone!

Well I'm still in Ysapy. The crazy thing is that it is no longer Ysapy A. They merged the two Capiatá zones and in the process had to merge some of the areas. So now there are only 2 missionaries in Ysapy working both sides! My new companion is Elder Ardaya from Bolivia so most likely I'm going to end my mission with a Latin. I may not be able to speak English very well when I get home. Elder Ardaya comes from Santa Cruz in Bolivia and has 6 months in the mission. He just came from his first area in Posta Leiva which is where I was before so that's pretty cool. He tells me he's going to teach me real Spanish before I go home because Paraguayan spanish is awful. So maybe with his help all of the return missionaries from other countries won't make fun of me when I'm home. Woo!

It's been a pretty interesting week for us here. Because of the merging of the areas, we ended up moving to the other Elders´ house because it's better. We had to clean the other house so the dueña didn't freak out and it took us over 10 hours to get it all clean. It's had a lot of years of dirty missionaries living in it so it took a long time. And, it just so happens the day we went back to clean the old house, somebody stole the water meter so we didn't have water. The owner blamed us, but it totally wasn't our fault. She's just crazy! It's all sorted now I think so no worries there. It's been pretty hard trying to work both areas because I don't really know anything from the other side but we're getting there.

The cool story of the week is that we started working with one of the investigators of the other missionaries that hasn´t been able to get permission to get baptized for a long time. We went and taught her for the first time on Saturday, decided to do a special fast with her and her sisters, and on Sunday she got permission! Woo! So she'll be getting baptized next saturday. That's pretty cool. Fasting works!

Other than that, it's just business as normal. We just keep working and learning more things every day! I'm probably going to end my mission here in Ysapy so it's kind of a weird feeling but we'll make it through and keep on going. I love you all and I hope you have a great week!

Love,

Elder Morris

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Ysapy

Oh hey there everyone

Tonight is changes night so there is a lot of anxiety in the atmosphere. There isn't really but that sounded kind of cool in my head so I decided to write it. Elder Harward and I have 3 changes together so pretty much for sure one of us is gone. I could be getting my final comp in my mission! Gasp! If I stay in Ysapy I probably just end my mission here, but we'll see what happens. You won't find out until next week so whatevs.

It was a pretty uneventful week, so nothing too crazy to report. The other missionaries from Ysapy B are finally out of our house and live in their own house across the highway so that's nice. Elder Harward can't decide if an AK 47 or M1 Carbine is his weapon of choice for a zombie apocalypse. You can never be too prepared these days. The girl that's going to marry the ex missionary from the states has returned from her month long vacation in Washington and California. She said the States was awesome. Of course it was! She liked the "really big trees" in california. They will be getting married some time in september so I'm invited to their wedding haha. Woo! That's kind of weird.

We went to Itaugua today to buy a cool thing that I don't know how to describe, but I ended up not finding the right one so it doesn't really matter anyway. It was pretty much a pointless visit to the city of Ñandutí so whatevs.

Another crazy thing that we did this week was walk all the way from Ruta 2 to Ruta 1 which is probably about 10 km. We were exploring the area and contacting people because we don't have any new places to find people so we spread out. As it turns out we spread out a little too far and popped out at Ruta 1 Km 26 which is where my second area is. I popped out right in the middle of Posta Leiva. That was a weird feeling haha. That's the second time in my mission that we've accidentally wandered into some random area. I got my walking in for the day though. We also found some crazy people that told us they didn't think Joseph Smith was God so they could never be Mormon. Nothing too cool out there.

Other than that, just business as normal. I hope Todd's finger heals and all is well there. I'll keep working hard for the rest of the time I have left here and we'll find out tonight where that will be. Crazy! I love you all!

Love,

Elder Morris