Week of nov algo a dec 4

So this week was pretty good.  We weked pretty hard and found 14 new investigators, and 2 families to teach.  Most of them are pretty sweet and are pretty accepting.  Elder Cab and i are doing better. He has some problems with being exactly obedient, but we were able to talk about it and we are doing better.  We cook tacos a lot, and they are freaking delicious.

week of Nov 13 or something like that.

So this past week was pretty awesome if i do say so myself.  Monday was pday, and we made tacos for lunch and salsa and stuff and it was deleicious.  Then we worked and stuff and not much more happened until we got on a bus to head in to Asunción.  The bus ride was kinda crappy but whatever.  When we got to the terminal, we took a taxi to the temple.  It was like 5 in the morning so we had to wait around until the temple opened around 6.  The temple was super awesome.  It was way good to go back after not having been since august.  Now i have to wait till like april to go again :(.   Anyway, after that we went to the mission office and had zone conference, which was way sweet and i feel like i learned a ton, and i was able to be part of a demonstration.  Then after that, i had a small interview with the Pres, cause i had some questions that i wanted to ask him, and basically he didnt answer them but instead talked about other things and basically said that he sees a LOT of potential in me and that he sees me in positions of leadership relatively early in my mission, but he prefaced that with the need of being ready at all times even if im not called upon to serve.  So we will see what happens.  Then after that Elder Cab and I went roaming around Asunción and went to a mall and out to eat and stuff cause we had 5 hours to kill before the bus left back to Horqueta.  The bus was better this time and we took a pic, that i am going to attach to this email.  Then on thursday we had a division with the zoneleaders that went really well, and the the week continued normally.  Want to know the best part?  We are going to have two baptisms this week!  The first on thursday, is Manuel Garay who is the cousin of Wilson who is on his mini mission(he just got his mission call to Tiajuana Mexico!) Manuel is turning 9 on thursday and thats why he wants to be baptized on thursday.  So that will be sweet.  And the next is Liz Bareiro, who is 22 or something like that, and she is going to be baptized on saturday.  She is way smart and understands a ton of stuff so she will be a good addition to the branch.  Basically that is it for this week. Oh, and i got a haircut too.

Until next time

-Elder Treviño.  

ps. Eat me a turkey.

week of nov 6

whoowie, this week was a little crazy but i dont have much time to write about it so we will see.

I have a new companion who is named elder Cab.  He is from mexico, and more specifically Merida, so i told him the Nefi was a temple president there so that was cool.  Now i get to learn mexican spanish instead of Paraguayan spanish so thats cool too.  But he only speaks spanish so now i need to teach him english too.  Did you know that its a rule for foreign elders who dont speak english to learn it.

Me and elder lane took a 8 hour bus ride friday night at 10 into asunción that was pretty crappy cause the bus driver his every single bump in the road.  and there are a lot of bumps here.  Then i went to immigrations to sign into the country, and while i was doing that. elder lane left with his new companion to his new area, with the cell phone and the keys to our house.  It was a mess but we got it taken care of.  So now im back and kicking it with elder Cab.

As far as sending the stuff and how you do it is up to you i dont really know what will get through and what wont so you guys can decide.

I was going to send some pics but the computers here are sucking it up  so i will send them later.

thanks for you support, ciao

Another week in paraguay

So this week has been pretty crazy, i will let you guys read whats up in the picture i will send in a bit.  Not too much is going on on my end over here now as things kinda calmed down..  The interviews with the mission president went good, which you will read a bit about in the picture.

I got the shampoo package this week, and we already ate the trail mix.  That did not last long.  And you did get me my razors, thank you.

I had to withdraw some money from my account this week so please monitor how that is doing, and please let me know that you verified it,  it should be for about 60ish dollars or something around there.

There is a gas station here that opened up just a little while ago that has a "fast food" place that is nicer than like all the restaurants here.  its kindof funny to see because many of the gas stations in the states are kinda dumpy, and the the gas stations here are nicer than all the other places.

This is the last week of the transfer, and as such, it will mark the end of my training.  As you will read in my letter, i was senior comp for three days this week, and i feel that if i am called upon to be a senior comp, i could do it.  It would be hard, but hard things make us stronger.

Im going to miss Elder Lane.  We got along really well and had a ton of funny moments.  Maybe we will get to be together for another change, who knows. i will let you guys know what goes down next pday.

Other than that, there is not much that is going on.  I wish you guys luck in whatever you guys are doing. Are there time changes this week for you guys?  if there is then i will be four hours ahead of you guys.  We were only two hours. then during conference we had time changes here in Paraguay, then now you will move back another hour.

Alright thats it for now. ciao

 

 

Oct 24

Whats up fam?  SO another week has gone by here in the Paraguay and not much is going on.  Just work work work.  I have interviews with the mission Pres. tomorrow so that should be interesting and good and uplifting and all that stuff. i will tell you how that goes next week.  To fulfill your request of me writing you guys more im going to try to do something awesome, that my companion recomended.  Basically, i just write a letter but i just take a good picture of it and send it to you so you can read it that way, you just need to zoom in good.

Not much is going on.  life is decently boring and busy at the sametime.  If you have any questions go ahead and ask them.

So Antonio Lopez, one of my converts is doing waaay awesome, and he should be able to get the aaronic priesthood either this week or next.  

Other than that there really is not much going on. so i will attach the pic and call it good.

a pic just for you (Oct 17)

so this is a pic of me and my companion Elder Lane. This pic is fresh from this morning

Oct 17

This is probably going to be my main email today so you can share it with others if you wish

You really dont need to send the letters through dearelder, but  i suppose that if you want to you can.  My prostate problem is not event that much of a problem.  Its just kinda weird, and so i got it checked out, but it only gave me problems for like 2 hours than it went away. 

You can send me that vitamin stuff if you want it.  I really like getting packages here so i guess thats and excuse for you to send them to me.  

As far as the shoes are concerned, go ahead and get the 10.5 4Es, i feel that that is probably going to be the best option to go with.  Now when you ship it you need to be careful. Please use a box for the shoes. On the price declaration(i guess its on the form for international shipments?) make sure that you DO NOT declare them more that $99.  If the actual price is under $99 go ahead and do that, but if not, just say its like 80 or something. My companion used to be in charge of the mail here for the mission, and he said that if you get a tracking number, it has a higher chance of getting here.  One other tip, is to put a picture of Jesus, or a picture of Mary on the box, as there is less of a chance of tampering.

Alright, its spanish test time for ya.  Tengo algunas cosas que quiero pedir.  but its really just one.  So during my study in the morning i like to be doing something else small to keep my hands busy or something like that.  So i was thinking, why not get a hand gripper thing?  On amazon there is a company called Captain of Crush or something like that, that has some high quality gripers.  You should get me the trainer level, or the level 1.  If you cant find it have tori look for it.  Think of it as a christmas present.

The weather this past week was way awesome.  It was overcast and drizzly the whole week so it was a bit refreshing from the super hotness that it has been.

So i guess that i will answer some of your questions.

Health is doing fine, im not having anyproblems so its all good.  I just had that little hiccup two weeks ago and thats pretty much it.

We have been teaching a lot of flaky people.  We havent been able to find solid people to teach in a while, and therefore we havent had any baptisms.  The kid that went to conference just dissapeared off of the face of the earth.  We havent heard anything about him since after conference... so yeah that kinda sucks.

Elder lane is still my companion, and will be probably till this transfer is over which is nov 7 or something like that.  We get a long just fine, and i will probably send you a pic today.  We are basically the same person, except that he is a bit taller.  We have the same interests and the some love of food, and just some other smaller things.

Thats pretty much it for today.  I hope you guys are doing well and it sound like you are.  Time is just flying by down here.  Have you heard anything aabout the E.P.P.?  Its a biggish deal down here.  You guys should look it up.  Anyway, talk to you later.

-Elder Treviño