I title this one in complete honesty. It has rained almost every day this week. And the streets have flooded a bit. It was crazy fun! However, it kinda scares me to think that we just barely began Fall and still have all of Winter.... Yeah, it's gonna be a rainy one.
In any case, this week was definitely interesting. I'll focus on the most relevant things:
Investigators:
Diana Rodriguez, who is progressing, was gone all week because it was Holy Week (which is mildly celebrated here). They went off to visit family. So, nothing really to report. The one lesson we did have went very well and she's still progressing towards baptism on the 3rd!
We haven't been able to find the other investigators either, so I'll have to tell you about the cool experiences we had!
Sebastián: We were on our way to a visit and found ourselves with quite a bit of time, so I talked to a guy who was planting plants in his garden and had what was his sister and mom working with him, and he was interested. He'd gotten to know a few of our beliefs, but wanted to know more in a genuine way. We taught him the entire message of the Restoration, and we taught really well, and he understood really well! He accepted a Book of Mormon, wanted to read it right then and there, and wanted to know when and where he could come to church. It was so awesome! We're going to see him tomorrow.
Familia Rolón: Members, our Saturday lunch appointment, and the very member family that is helping us to fellowship Diana Rodriguez. Well, as part of training, I watch training videos with Elder Gallegos and we talk about what we learned and how we can apply it in our daily work. Saturday, we watched a video about working with members, and made plans to apply what we learned and try something I personally have never done before on my mission. We shared a part of the message of the Restoration with the family and then asked them how this Gospel and message has blessed their lives, and the head of the family (a single mother) responded very well. Then we talked about sharing these blessings with the mother of Diana Rodriguez and asked Sister Rolón how we might help her with that. We ended up getting together a plan, and then she told us about two other neighbors she'd like to invite to hear us, and we helped her and gave her the necessary things (pamphlets and a copy of The Family: A Proclamation to the World) to help them come. The Spirit was so strong there and I felt that the Lord blesses us when we do as He asks in the way He asks us to. I know that the Lord's way is the right way, every time, and this was just a little testimony of that.
Now, some less-spiritual things:
The title is pronounced "Die PO-ree" and it's a Guarani phrase that means that there is no or aren't any. And really, there are almost no traditions for Easter Sunday. They celebrate Holy Week more than anything, and a lot of people don't eat any meat on Holy Friday, but that means that the whole world makes homemade chipa (a Paraguayan cheese-bread), and we profited wildly from such an event. :)
Other facts:
During Holy Week, all channels only show movies about prophets or other Bible stories from both the Old and New Testaments. These movies are all American and were made back in the days of yore (probably the 50s or 60s). I gave in and watched the very end of Joseph of Egypt during lunch with a member. I feel so unclean!
Well, that's pretty much all for the week, I hope you are all doing well. The only other thing I have to say is that it's RAINY during the Fall time here.
I love you all!
Love,
Elder Harris
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