Email: Week#36 in Paraguay

So... super big news from me! To make things short, I am going to leave the office! Well, kind of... So I got changes last Wednesday and found out that I am getting my replacement, Elder Ramos. I am going to train him how to be the new Cartero (Mailman) and then I will be going off to a new area and back as a full time missionary. I am not sure where I am going yet or how long I will be training, but it is here now. So the current plan is to stay for 6 weeks, the whole transfer, but crazy things could happen. Now I am just excited to get back out into the field and work full time again. I didn´t get put into the office for like 7 or 8 months like some other office Elders, but I know for sure that it is because someone needs me out in the field. Before the changes, I felt like I might get changes, and I didn´t really want to leave, so I knelt down and gave a heartfelt prayer that whatever thing would happen, that it would be HIS will, not any man, but by his will alone. And well... that really helped me to be ready for this change coming. Elder Ramos is super awesome and I am busy training him all day.

So this week was a super fun week because we went around helping all the new guys coming in the mission. I went off to the airport to pick up the new missionaries, where I saw Justin Garner. It was pretty cool. So I had a good time with the newbies, it was a lot of fun. I also was super busy getting ready for transfers coming up and preparing everything for the next day, so I was super busy. We never actually got out to work on Monday or Tuesday because I was so busy, but it was a really good two days. Ah, so also something cool is that Elder Turley is going to train Elder Garner.

So on Thursday we had a super cool lesson with Bartolomeo. It was super neat. I really like working with Elder Ramos, we get along a lot better. He enjoyed the first lesson we taught him and then he accepted the baptismal invitation. We are planning on seeing him again today. Also, we had a super awesome lesson this week. We went over to visit Hermana Vicenta, but she wasn´t home, so we started talking to her son Christian. He is super cool, but he talks SO MUCH! It was kinda funny though. But we had a super awesome lesson about faith, repentance, and baptism with him, and he enjoyed it. He also said that he had no problem going to church on Sunday, that he would call us before he gets there so we can be outside waiting, so that would be awesome if he were to come!

Pues, eso es todo. Nos vemos despues!

Love Elder Crandall