Wow, time is flying by so fast, i honestly cant believe that i already have 14 months in the mish, and 1 year in paraguay, that is soooo crazy.
But everything is going good here. Me and my comp are getting along soooo well, the work is going better than it ever has, my obedience and diligence has skyrocketed, my knowledge for the scriptures are improving, my testimony is even more unbreakable then before, and yet at the same time, as Alma says, I am nothing, as for my strengths, I dont have any, but with the Lord I can do everything and I know this to be true, I am so thankful for the miracles, the tender mercies, and the blessing that the lord shows me every second of the day, he always has, but it has take me this long to finally recognize them.
I think it is finally fall here in Paraguay, not because the leafs are falling on the ground (here the leaves stay on the tree all year round), but because it is cold in the morning and the night, and the paraguayans are in their houses instead of playing volleyball or soccer, and if they are outside they have a sweater on hahaha, their fall here, is like our summer there haha. For me, it still seems really hot, but whatever
So the teaching is all going good, and this week, Nicholas recieved the Priesthood, he actually chose me to give it to him, kind of cool, it was a first for me.
This weekend we have a baptism of a little 8 year old girl named Diana Maciel, her parents are already members, sealed in the temple, so it isnt a convert baptism, but it is still cool. This family was inactive when i got here, but now they are coming to church every week, and actully the little girl wants me to baptize her, so that will be cool.
So the highlights of the week were noticing that here in paraguay, especially here in Natalio 10, that if people dont want to talk to you, they just hide, even when we see them and they still hide. We were walking to go talk to an old investigator, and my comp pointed to a pink house out in the distance, and told me, as soon as we get close to that house, everyone will run inside and close the doors and windows: well when we walked past, gusee what happened, Yep they all hid. HaHAHA, and when we passed again going home, the same thing happened, they even left their little baby in a chair, just to hide from us hahaha
Also, here they have a little circus thingy here, and when we walked past, a kid that was working there through up his had to wave at us and yelled ALOHA...... so i dont know where that came from, either he was saying hi to us in Hawaiian, or he yelled lemonade in guarani. haha who knows
Here in paraguay i am starting to get sick of how a religion is like a sport. Everyone has a religion and never is going to change, even if God tell them that they need to change. A drunk guy told us the other day, si, Dios es catolico, or in english, Ya God is Catholic,. Ya i am pretty sure not mr. drunk hahaha, it is sad to see the ignorance and apostasy here at work in paraguay. After telling us that god is catholic, he told us that he never will change his religion, and he will never change his football team, to them, religion is just a sport, and they dont see the importance really (like their salvation). But with the help of the Lord, we can change that. I LOVE THIS WORK
well love you guys and i am always praying for you, especially hailey after her accident, Curt for being sick (i aint sure if he is still sick, but i am praying for u uncle Curt), and stephanie that she can be able to handle herself when Elder Liddiard gets home in 8 days
Love Elder Chase Coy Stewart
p.s It is nice to write a little in english since i speak 100 percent spanish besides email, and hahaha, its nice to here spanish when most people speal guarani here. Here in church, in the talks, the people always say. please exscuse me elders, but i would like to talk in guarani ahahaha, i ove paraguay
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