Another week in Paraguay

Here is another letter! Sorry I forgot to update last week! 

Hey family! Friends! Hopeall is going well in the states! Hope you enjoy the cooler weather while it begins to get hotter and hotter. I love when it rains.. kind of. Why i say that, yesterday it rained from 630 when i got up till 4 in the afternoon. Didn´t stop, and our numbers at chruch went from 40 the week before to 18 yesterday.. Love what the rain will do. Nobody opened their doors all day.. You can imagine it was pretty long.. haha.  Another thing about paraguay everyone loves mayonaise.. they put it on hot dogs their empanadas.. everything.. It is crazy.. 

Tuesday, things were busy.. 

so today i did another intercambio with an elder from panama. He speaks less english than the last elder.. so it was pretty difficult. But we had a really good lunch apt that day. Ate some green noodles and some yummy chicken! And they always serve bread with everything. Don´t konw if i have mentioned that yet. But we walked alot that day, he was trying to find a lot of less actives in the ward. But i had my first paraguayan icecream as well.. it is all right.. Still not as good. But it was a great day.

Wednesday, Elder made me pancakes! They were some of the best pancakes i have ever had! No syrup down here. So i put his comps peanut butter and jam on them! Wow that was way good! hahaha. i want to do that more often! Then my comp came and we went and bought some of the roticerry chickens of the street. that was way good! to be honest i have been pretty impressed with the food here. 

i have a new investigator i love! and he has quite a story.. Might take some time to baptize him.. Also my favorite is when i get to share about the restoration, and joseph smith, being able to recite the words that joseph said about his experience! ahhh it is aesome! that day we taught some cousins, and they were intently listening the whole first lesson.. Accepted to be baptized if they received an answer.. Haven´t been able to go back and teach.. 

Okay i want to talk about our new investigator..  So my comp and the other elder met him on the intercambio.. Lives in a little shack back in the woods.. They met him and he said he wanted to quit smoking and drinking. But they told me he was crying the whole time that they were talking to him..  So but he loved what they taught accepted to be baptized. My comp and i go back the next day, first time i meet him.. Nicest man, can´t understand him half the  time but it is okay. We teach about the word of wisdom and he says he will stop.. But it is gonna be hard. He crys throughout the lesson again.. this man is my favorite! So he is progressing, he went from 20 cigarrettes the day we taught word of wisdom, to 2 the next time we taught. Then the next day only 1..  So he is accepting everything..  I love the man! I got complete faith in him, and hope.I know the gospel changes lives as it is changing his now! 

It got really really hot firday, walking up the hill i had sweat pouring down my face! ahhh. haha The rain yesterday though cooled everything down. O ya, and cause the rain we pretty much just held sacrament meeting.. haha. More dealing with drunks on saturday night. I hate that smell on people when you know they have been drinking.. No fun! at all! But things are well, still learning, trying to be patient and with the language. I just want to understand soo badly! 

Thanks for the support!

Travis!! TD TD TD!!!! YEA BUDDY!!! sooo awesome! Keep doing work! I am stoked for you! Now do the same against idaho! Dad hope you have a good time!

Well everyone thanks for the love support and emails! The gospel is true!

Sweet is the work!

Con amor

Elder Van Leeuwen