This is so weird

Well hello there everyone,

I really can't beleive that this is my final email home from Paraguay. It seems like only yesterday that I was trying to tell the difference between Spanish, Portuguese, and Guaraní and now I'm in my final week! Eeek!

It was a good final full week of work in Tayuasapé. It ended on Sunday night with the baptism of Carlita Rodriguez so that was pretty dang awesome. Only four weeks here, but I still helped someone get baptized! Woo! It was a really good baptismal service and I was really happy to be there. She was really happy too so there were good feelings all around.

Today I had my final interview with Presidente Madariaga and we talked about the mission and life after and marriage and stuff haha. It was a good interview so I think I can handle being a civilian again. I still don't really feel that it's all coming to an end so I can't really express what I'm feeling. It's all mixed and crazy. All I know is that it was an amazing two years down here in Paraguay. I'll be forever grateful for the chance I had to be down here to work in the Lord's vineyard. I've seen so many people change their lives for the better and I'm happy to have been a part in their conversion. This Church is true and Jesus lives.

Aunque tengo muchas cosas que escribiros, no he querido comunicarlas por medio de papel y tinta, pues espero ir a vosotros y hablar cara a cara, para que nuestro gozo sea completo.    (2 Juan 12)

I love you all and I look forward to seeing you soon. We have much to discuss. 8-)

Love,

Elder Michael Morris

I've fought the good fight, I've finished my course, I've kept the faith.

Tayuasapé

Oh hello everyone!

Well I'm now starting my final full week of work down here in Paraguay. It's a pretty weird feeling but I'll make sure to focus on the area to help it out before my time is up. Speaking of that, we had special changes in Tayuasapé and Elder Freeman got sent out really far to finish the last 2 weeks of his mission. Now I'm with Elder Bradley! He's actually one of Keenan Smout´s good friends so they'd be happy to hear that. So that means that after learning the area after 2 weeks I get to teach the area for the next little bit and hope that he knows enough to find our investigators and the members and all that. It's pretty intense. 

Today we went to the office to have a leader council meeting which was pretty cool. We got breakfast and things called lomitos which are really tastey. Then we played soccer and all was well. It was my last time playing soccer down here which was weird. I made a couple of goals so it was a day well spent. 

We had some new investigators in church so the area is getting better and we're finding a lot more people. If we have luck, we could baptize for the last time next Sunday. I'm hoping all goes well there. That'd be sweet! The work has been pretty intense because this is the fanciest area that I've been in so it's something really knew. There are a lot of people that actually tell us no. Crazy stuff!

Other than that, it's been a good week. It's getting a lot hotter so I might come home with a little bit of a tan! Maybe not. I dunno. Everything is going well and we shall work hard for the final week down here. I love you all and I hope you have a great week!

Love,
Elder Morris