Email: Week#47 in Paraguay

Hi,

So things are going really well. We are going to find out what is going to happen for changes tomorrow! We are both kinda nervous because we have about the same time in the area so we have basically the same chance of leaving. But I am a bit nervous for changes!! I really really want to be able to stay for Pedro's baptism and marriage. He finally accepted to be married! We are super happy now! He is praying that we stay together for his marriage and baptism... haha. But he really has changed his life and he notices it too, and he is really happy to see us every time we come over. I am super excited to see the change in his life for the 24th of January! He also just accepted Tithing. We weren't sure how well it would go over, but we taught him and he said he had the faith to pay 10 percent even though it would be hard because God would bless him in another way! He really is someone prepared!

This week was a pretty good one. We were able to find some pretty awesome people. So I had a neat experience this week that I want to share. We were realizing in the day that we hadn't been contacting very often, so Elder Eaquinto said, ''Okay, we are going to start contacting right now with this house''. We went up and a lady came out and told us about herself. She said she almost didnt let us in, but decided to because she wanted help with her addiction to gambling. She feels bad about this addiction and was really happy that we decided to pass by and help her out and we left her with a scripture to read to help her and give her comfort.

We also had a marriage for one of the sister missionaries investigators! He was super cool. It was a really neat marriage. Also, our investigator, Pedro, came to see it, BUT arrived late! So he didnt even get to see it! But he at least got to eat a ton of food after... haha. But after the marriage, he grabbed a ton of the balloons and said he would save them for his wedding haha. It was pretty funny but it was a good time.

Love you guys and I will talk to you later! (The pictures are of the wedding and I am sitting next to Pedro and his girlfriend)

Elder Crandall