Monday, February 21, 2011

February 21, 2011 - Posta Leiva

Hey there family and friends!

Yet another week has passed by in good ole Posta Leiva. It seems like time is flying by here, which is pretty crazy. The big news of the week is that I will hit my six months on the mission on friday! It´s crazy how I´ve already been gone for so long, because it sure doesn´t feel like it at all. Other big news is that we had a baptism on thursday which was quite lovely. We helped reactivate the ex branch president here and he got to baptize his two boys (8 and 11). It was a neat experience. Then we had cake after! The cake in Paraguay isn´t very good but that´s okay. There was also a pretty beastly rain storm on friday. We were really far from any shelter on a road that never ends so we got thoroughly soaked. The good news is my shoes managed to hold on even though they were in water up to my ankles. Yeah shoes! After the storm there were lots of frogs and they´re pretty fun to kick and whatnot. It doesn´t kill them so don´t you worry!
Inocencio update: we went to his house to find out from his daughter-in-law (or something) that he is in Argentina for an unknown period of time. So that was not very good news. We keep trying every day to find new people that are willing to listen, but so far it´s slow going.
Also, the circus came to Posta Leiva, but I´ve never seen it do anything yet so I´m not really sure what is going on there. It´s been rainy a couple of the nights so I don´t even know if they´ve been open or anything. It´d be interesting I think to see what goes on in a Paraguayan circus. I´ve already seen a carnival and that was pretty sketchy.
Other than that, it was a pretty normal week with lots of heat, rain, and walking. I printed off those pictures finally that you guys sent, so if you ever have any more of the family or anything like that, feel free to send em! I love you all!

Love,
Elder Morris