First off, Wednesday was great because we contacted ALL DAY and literally no one let us in, which was weird because normally the Paraguayans are pretty nice, but not on Wednesdays apparently. So...it was just peachy. We were thinking, how crazy would it be if someone just came up and said "I would like to be baptized, please". Later that night we had piano class, and halfway through an inactive sister came in who hasn't stepped in the church for like 15 years because a member stole the title to her land...long story...but she entered with her son and afterwards came up and asked to talk with us. Her son apparently had asked her to be baptized, and we have begun to understand that you need to be careful with what you say, because someone is always listening....:)
Thursday we had interviews with President McMullin. We were inside of the church for 7 hours straight, such fun.
This week went really well, and I just felt good. We have been contacting a ton and we are working. Sometimes it is hard though because the members are the ones who are tempting us to not be obedient. They have been so accustomed to the elders who haven't been obedient and we have to go in and get home on time and not watch movies and not spend the whole day in one home...it is something that frustrates me, because Paraguay is different than the US..shocker. We are always moving and shaking and working and playing and DOING SOMETHING: here it is like...sit down for 5 hours and drink terere...and to a certain point we have to take a chill pill and slow it down, but we also have to do our job and be obedient. There are so many times when my Paraguayan side is taking it out on my US roots, and it is hard. But I know how it should be, and that a lot of times church policies and rules and programs just don't work here in Paraguay. They are so ....lazy. Haha, I still have a lot to learn about patience. But other than that, I am doing well...until I read that you guys had gone to the cabin and it was 52 degrees...waaaa....it is like 100 here...dangit. But oh well, I am going to come home a mexican blonde because I will be so so so so tan with some freaking awesome lines...super attractive.
Friday was interesting, we started to contact and we contacted a house with a guy that is 100 percent anti-Mormon. He came out and began to bash the US and Joseph Smith and the plates and that the Mormon church didn't come from Christ and how you would have to be stupid to join and all of that fun stuff, and it was just interesting to me to see that the majority of the people don't know what they are talking about, and that every once in a while, we need to kneel down and ask again to verify and strengthen our own testimonies, so that when we have to give them, we are ready and prepared.
Another little milagro (miracle) was that we had 10 investigators in church yesterday. We began to count and we just kept finding more and more...I don't know what happened this week to change so much but the work in in Salado is being hastened, and we are so excited to keep going.
I hope that you all have a good week! Be happy and obedient!
Love,
Hermana Farish
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