Hello all I am sorry I haven't gotten back for a while I hope you all are doing well and I wish you the best. I hope you like reading my emails because I have to be quite frank… I like writing them (sometimes) :D
This last week we have been keeping busy finding good new investigators. It’s hard sometimes when you get into the “people finding” mode. It’s like the people can tell you are in “people finding” mode because they see you coming and for some reason they know you are going to come talk to them so; of course, they just book it in the opposite direction or something like that. I haven't quite figured out how they do, but I will someday. We have a funny one. We were walking towards this guy and he saw us coming so instantly he began to observe a side view mirror on some random car to make sure that it functioned properly. We walked up and asked him what was wrong with his car and he said that it wasn't his car. Then we said ya we understand sometimes people don't want to talk to us it’s ok. hehehe got ya!!
We also have this other game that we have been playing lately. So pretty much every girl in this country thinks she is hot stuff. And all the guys seem to agree also. So whenever there is a girl walking on the street it must be the rule of thumb that if you are a guy you have to check her out no matter how old she is, no matter how old you are and no matter how far away she is. We; of course, can't look at the girls and so we look at the guys who are checking out the girls and we give them the face of disgust. So yes; of course, after they are done looking at the girl, their attention goes to the two weird dudes walking around with white shirts and ties and what do they get? The face of disgust!! Of course they feel like idiots because we caught them looking at the girl in the wrong way. HAHAH this is always good for a laugh or two when the sweat is starting to get into your head.
Braulio is coming along great. I love every time we come out of a lesson from his house with him and his sister. They always tell us that whenever we talk to them and when they understand they feel this fire. This love. This peace that they never want to lose. They are a special family that is not like the rest of the people here in Franco. They have a Down syndrome brother who is probably about 45 years old. He has prepared them; through his challenge, to accept the gospel. Because of him, his brothers and sisters are more prone to feel the spirit. They are more prone to love, they are patient and they are spiritual.
He has a baptism date set for this 15th we are really trying to get him to it and I think we will make it. This last Sunday we took him to church for the 3 hours. He thought it was pretty long but it’s ok because everyone still thinks that sometimes. We couldn't walk him back to his house and so the ward mission leader a man named Irala said he would ride the collectivo home with him. We passed by Irala's house later that day to find out that Irala and Braulio had talked for almost 2 hours about the church. They had lunch, they watched a video about the testimonies of the 12 apostles. Ya go Irala!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh ya we were walking from the bus stop before church with Braulio and he had his bracelet on which had a cross. He asked us if he had to take it off. We told him that it was up to him and that if it helped him feel the spirit more then he could keep it on, but we told him to listen to the spirit and do what it tells him to do because the spirit never lies. Guess what? He took it off just as we were getting ready to take the sacrament 2 hours later. OHHHH YYAAAAAA!!!!!!
This last week; as Elder Hewitt's time here in Paraguay is coming to a close, I have really had to step up to the plate. It’s been a lot of fun going back to the way I was in my 3rd week when I was learning really fast. I feel the same way now because I am doing a lot of the work, but I don't mind. It is helping me grow and gain a new perspective on things that are here in the mission and how you will need to handle different situations with different companions. We have been having a lot of trouble with the members lately. There is a lot of drama that goes on and of course all the members think it’s the job of the missionaries to fix everything. We have shut down a lot of people who want help with ward problems. We tell them that we are only here to preach the gospel not to solve their personal problems. That’s what the bishop is for. So that’s been kind of rough.
I have been thinking a lot about how we are all blessed to be here. We often take for granted who we are, who we are blessed to have in our families, our talents that so often we forget to improve, our knowledge that we have of the simple truths of the gospel and the joy it can bring into our lives if we just allow it to bring about this change of happiness. The gospel is simple. Have faith in Christ, use this faith to repent and be baptized, keep the commandments and endure to the end. How easy is this? We often times in the heat of the busyness of the day forget what true happiness is. Prayer, repentance, family, the gospel, these are things that we can use to actually bring love into our lives and feel closer to God. We don't need a fast car, a great business deal, lots of friends (but this is nice) hehe. We have all that we need. Our families and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I love you all and hope you the best this coming week.
-Elder Beatty
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