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Eight Months Today! The time is flying by!

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Pretty nutty week this one, it got as low as 60 degrees this week and just about everybody here started busting out their puffy winter coats.  Nothing really too crazy to report, It's gotten to the point where my life is filled with the weirdest things everyday and they're starting to seem normal enough that I don't remember them. Everyday, I almost throw a rock at a dog chasing me, almost get hit by a motorcycle carrying 8 people, have somebody trying to sell me perfume and people always whispering "rubio" about me from across the street, it's the life.  My companion and I have been working harder than ever and the efforts are really starting to pay off, we're planning to baptize our friend Justina who is the cutest 80 year old lady with no teeth you're ever going to see. We're  very  excited to see her baptized.  Always an adventure here in the domestic wild plains of Paraguai.  If you wanna chat today, just send me something, I'll probably b...

Awaking thoughts of Michael Cera

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Hola a todos! Today is my first day outside of quarantine and it feels like I'm a free man. It felt very slow and even more lengthy although there were plenty of lessons learned and also experiences I'm not hoping to soon forget.  Here are a few of those moments; I finished the book of Romans which surprisingly shocked me as one of my favorite books of scripture, had a dream where everybody kept calling me Michael Cera and making memes about it, got in a heated argument with a student teacher in another dream, became a chef, plentius games of  settlers of catan , had my first piece of pizza in forever & we had the opportunity to hear the prophet of the lord speak, I can't complain.  During this conference, I loved the request of President Nelson to look at everything we've learned over the past 2 years. As I've been looking back on my own past 2 years and the many people that have come and gone, I'm constantly filled with gratitude. The memories of the past ...