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The last two weeks

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  What a week!  This grind of a transfer is coming to an end this week so what's a better way to end it than with a baptism! Which is exactly what we did, yesterday we got to baptize our dear 80 year old best friend justina and it was the best day ever, there is nothing like seeing your friends here get baptized, especially when they're really fragile 80 year old ladies haha. Pictures below :))  Other than this, the week was still a pretty wild one. God was throwing hooks left and right and we were trying our best to keep up. Here's what I got; I did like 80 weighted squats for the first time since February and my legs were jello for about 3 days, had some wacky dreams (one where I had to kill Steven Spielberg), set up my desk some more, the usual unlucky digestion, ate cow intestines that smelt like cow and tasted like dirt & also watched the movie  Charly  while crying like a baby, Sweet week!  Honestly one of my favorite weeks here on the mission. It...

Che'ro jukata a todos!

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  Che'ro jukata a todos!  This week was an interesting one down here in Paraguay. Our absolute grind of a transfer is almost coming to a close and we've been starting to see the fruits of our labors which, as a missionary, is incredibly sweet. Yesterday during sacrament meeting I realized that most of the people that were there had been reactivated throughout these last two transfers and it makes our efforts feel very worthwhile.  In regards to crazy moments this week, unfortunately there aren't many, but I still was able to scrape up a few for your 10 seconds of entertainment this monday. Here's what I got; ate too much popcorn, consequently threw up, hung out with some hippies, named a cat Richard Parker, reigning king of Uno and  convinced a bunch of drunk guys I was german again by only saying "Dieter F Uchtforf" and "Volkswagen", solid week! It's been really fun recently, although its oh so hard sometimes, Vale la pena.  I hope you all have ...