Week 84 in Paraguay Change 14 Week 5

Mba'e piko?! E'a! I can't believe Kimi already had her baby! It sounds like it was quite the process, but I'm glad to hear the baby came really healthy and everything is alright, as for me things are going great here too, but we had some delays today because of some health issues with some people in the zone, some logistics about missionaries going home going to the temple because we are so far away, and some other zone leader business like that. So I'm a little hurried, but I'll try to make the most of the letter, the biggest news, it's freezing right now! It is so cold, I didn't believe it got this cold here, this morning I climbed our tree and found frost on the top of it, when we went to bed the thermometer was at 4 degrees Celsius, and I'm sure it got colder as we slept, but it was beautiful today, we played some american football and it felt just like Thanksgiving, the air was perfect and the Paraguayans thought we were crazy in our shorts and T-shirts in the cold, but its really not that cold anymore, I think it was just last night. Anyway, I'm just going to answer your questions quick,
How many districts do you have? We have 3 districts in our zone, two with two companionships and one with three, and then us, we don't belong to any district, which is kind of fun.
How many sisters in your zone? None, Sister missionaries usually don't come this far out, the mission likes to keep them a little closer to Asunción, there's really only one exception, but that's not in our zone.
Have your people gotten baptized yet? Sadly, not yet, they are going through some problems trying to get married, and its not looking very good right now, hopefully things improve and I can give you some good news next week, but as for now it looks like the soonest she could get baptized is in about 2 weeks.
How has your week been? It was a pretty good week, the only really eventful thing was that my comp got athlete's foot really, really bad, the mission nurse said it was the most miserable case of athlete's foot she has ever seen. It got so bad that his toe got infected on top of the athlete's foot and half of his foot down to his toes was all swelled up, so we had to stay home a little bit this week, we got a little bit of extra time to sharpen the saw.
Is your health good? My health is great, and it felt so great to play football today, and now my comp is doing really well too, the infection is gone, he's still trying to get rid of the last little bit of athlete's foot, but it doesn't hurt him as much now.
Anyway, I really don't have time, sorry for the short letter, say hi to Jackson for me and wish him luck if you can, tell him he's going to do great. I love all of you so much, Elder Adamson V

Week 83 in Paraguay Change 14 Week 4

Due to some technical difficulties in the cyber space here, my computer is super slow. It shut down on me once, and I don't really have much time to write much of anything, but, so you know I am still alive and well, here I am. This week was a really adventurous week. We had a lot of unplanned things happen and we tried out our first division here as zone leaders and it turned out to be really exhausting. Our district leaders live about 6 hours away from us and we have to travel at night. So needless to say we took a good nap today and there might be another one coming here shortly. As for the investigators, Liz and Edgar are still in a little rut, we have been working a lot with them but they are progressing a little slowly. We thought maybe the baptism could be happening this week, but they didn't go to church yesterday and when we went over we realized it was because of some bigger doutbs that they have, and so the baptism is getting pushed to at least next week sadly. We really need to teach them well this week so they can get baptized next week because you can tell Satan is using this time to his advantage and he is just going to keep making things harder for them, so we're trying to get things moving as quickly as possible. Other than that we don't really have much of anything right now, we found a new family this week, the Branch President's sister in law and her husband. His sister in law was already baptized but never confirmed, and she is living with her husband and they aren't married yet, so we are going to work with them to plan a wedding and a baptism and then 2 confirmations once they are all ready. We also have this other young 14 boy that has gone to church every single week since I've been here, but his parents aren't too into the idea of him getting baptized, hopefully we can help them understand and if so, he already commited to getting baptized this week, so we may have one. Anyway, I love all of you so much, I know this is the true church and this is Christ's work, and I thank all of you so much for your support, Elder Adamson V

Week 82 in Paraguay Change 14 Week 3

First off, that's a little bit trunky to get my flight plans, don't worry, it doesn't effect me much, but I'm just saying, it's getting pretty close! Anyway, this week was a pretty great week. Elder Felix and I had a little bit of a scare with our investigators, but everything has been settled and things are back on track for the wedding this week. We are teaching this lady named Liz who is the pareja of a member (I really can't figure out how to say that in English, sorry) and they are going to be getting married this week. She and her daughter are going to be getting baptized. We had a big scare on Tuesday, we went over to their house and Liz was there alone and a lot of their things were gone, so I asked her where all the things went and she told me that she got in a fight with Edgar and he moved out. At first I honestly thought she was joking, but then we sat down and talked about it and it turned out Edgar got upset because Liz was sick because of all the family problems she has and they were giving her a lot of stress, and Edgar couldn't take her always taking care of her parents and siblings and neglecting their family, so he took off. It was probably one of the saddest lessons I have ever had on the mission, it was so dissapointing. So Elder Felix and I fasted (well, the truth is we fast every week here for the Branch so we will be able to help fix some of the problems, but this time we fasted for Edgar and Liz) and we were able to have some really spiritual lessons with them and help them work through the problems and they are happy together again. The work here is amazing, there are so many problems here, but somehow we find ways to work through them and help members and find investigators and have people in church, it is so awesome seeing the Lord's hand in the work here. I love it soo much. I am so grateful to be on a mission, I have been learing so much even just since I've been here in Santaní. I know without a doubt that this work is true, I know the Lord is guiding and protecting us and helping us with the work here. I love you and I am so thankful for your support, sorry I don't have very much time again, I love you all, Elder Adamson V

Week 81 in Paraguay Change 14 Week 2

Hey Family, right now I'm sitting in the bus terminal waiting to get on a bus to go back to Santaní with my comp Elder Felix. We came into Asunción last night to be here today for Zone Leader Council with President and all the other Zone Leaders. It was a lot of fun. The mission is going back in the right direction. We had over 100 baptisms again this last month, after 6 straight months below 100, so President was really happy, but at the same time he talked pretty straight to all of us about some things that need to change. President Arnold, the seventy that is area president, is coming back to our mission for my next and last zone conference. All the zone leaders are going to have personal interviews with him, which means I'm going to have one, unless for some crazy reason I get moved out of the area before my last change, which honestly is not very likely. He'll be here August 30 and 31 and September 1. It should be pretty interesting. A lot of things in the mission are changing, I can already tell Justin is going to have a pretty different mission experience than me even though he'll only be going a year after me because of all the changes we are getting that are worldwide. They really are good changes, a lot of things I wish I had known since the beginning of my mission, but I'm aprove charing while I can. Anyway, I really don't have much time because I have to catch a bus and go home, but good news, we are going to be having 3 baptisms next week. I will tell you more about them and answer all of your questions next Monday, send me the same questions again so I don't forget them, I love you all soooo much, Elder Adamson V.