1st pic: Andreza Moreira, a recent convert who can't actually read. We went to her EVERY week to read from the Book of Mormon with her. A lot of times, we were almost falling asleep because it was just after lunch, but we never actually slept at her house! We persevered!
2nd pic: Hugo Rivas and his family. This man is a wonder. He's worked from nothing and still lives in a destitute area, but his kids go to a really good school and he's sacrificing for their future. He would come out on visits with us frequently and brought many into the fold. He's so wonderful.
3rd pic: Virgenio Caballero and Pablina Amarilla. Investigators who were awesome! He's the one who moved houses to live the law of chastity! They were so cool, but Hna. Pablina was sick that night, so she looks a little under the weather. They are so getting baptized! Must happen!
More Goodbyes!
Here are some more!
1st Pic: Some chamacoco youth! The one on the left is Juan Daniel (Dani) Vierci, and the other is Isabelino. Isabelino read his scriptures WITHOUT FAIL and they were there for sacrament meeting just about every Sunday.
2nd Pic: Gonzalo, Ester, y Fernandito. They were reactivating and I was giving Gonzalo piano lessons just before I left. They were super cool and I loved sharing the gospel with them. He's only 18, she's 17, and they're already expecting a second addition to the family! Crazy how things happen sometimes....
More!
More!
1st Pic: This is the Flia. Caballero. The Hna. Caballero reactivated while I was here, and I got to help out with that (she was an angel in my little choir of angels for the Christmas Pageant). They were so cool and would come out with us to do visits all the time. I loved being with them and they LOVED us to death. I think they loved all missionaries, but we really enjoyed our time together with them.
2nd Pic: Flia. Ramos. They reactivated with us as well, and it was so brilliant. She quit smoking in December and is now Primary President!!!! They love the scriptures and will be brilliant member-missionaries.
3rd Pic: Flia. Rodriguez. The Branch President and his family. We ate lunch there two times a week for pretty much my whole time there and they were cool. I'll miss them.
As many may have guessed by all the goodbye pictures, I left Zeballos Cué A! Not only that, but they moved me to open an area. Somewhere that used to be two areas, and now they're making it three areas. A magical land called Piro'y, in a city called Capiatá, just over an hour outside of Asunción. It's awesome.
I have some other big news. Unsuspectingly, a kind of short Peruvian man of 22 years of age stepped off of a plane a few days ago, with all the hopes of a missionary who set foot for the first time into the mission field. That missionary's name is Elder Gallegos. He is my firstborn son.
That's right! I'm training a brand new missionary! I'm so excited and he's so awesome! He's from Guanta, Ayacucho, Perú, and he's super cool. Super smart, he studied Industrial Engineering for two years before the mission.
I have like no time, but I'll say this, this area is brilliant, the members are kind, it's way wealthier, way bigger, and the houses are way more spread out than in Zeballos Cué. I love it already. We have a lunch appointment every day!!! Yes!!!!
Lots of work to be done too! This place is exploding with missionary work and this is a brilliantly strong ward with an amazing Bishop. Thank you all for your prayers! Enjoy a picture of Elder Gallegos!
And then one of the six missionaries of Barrio Piro'y! (plus our ward mission leader and a recent convert named Samuel AKA Samu).
Have a wonderful week everyone! I'll tell y'all a little more next week. ;)
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