that`s good you guys had a good rain storm! we`ve actually had a lot of rain these days, just about every day it`s rained so far. we`ve gotten wet a few times, but it`s all good :) as far as flight plans go, it seems like they usually get sent out like only 5 or 6 weeks before someone finishes. i could maybe get them this change, but i really have no idea. but don`t worry about the day, it`ll be the 24th. they always send the dying elders home a week before the next changes meeting. but if it`s like when i came down here, we left at like 9 or something in the morning, and with the layovers and stuff we didn`t get here until about 10 or 11, so it may be a midnight run for everyone :) i don`t know though, if i learn anything though i`ll let you know. and i still haven`t seen the package. some elders went to the office the other day and i had them ask for it for me, but they said that now they`re only sending out mail on changes day and consejos with president. we have interviews tomorrow so i may get it then, but as of right now i don`t have it.
things were pretty good this week though. yeah i was a little worried and bummed because it wasn`t elder clarke, but it`s been better than i thought. we get along really well, and i`m actually kinda relieved that i can still speak spanish haha. some days i really just want to speak english, but then most of the time i just prefer to speak spanish, and i really need to absorbe it in these last 2 months to just get the best i can, so it`s good. and i imagine he`ll be the one to kill me too. president is joining zones and stuff and where i`m at there are 2 zones right next to each other that used to be the same zone, but president carmack wants bigger zones, so i don`t know what`s gonna happen. i would be ok with ending with elder velez, and i really really want to end here, so if they drop me down or whatever they do, i just want to stay here. i love chorrera, it`s the best. we haven`t had a ton of success, but i just love the people anyway. it`s just awesome.
we did have a couple of cool things happen this week though. so we had gotten a reference last week, his name is edwin, and when we tried to call him he didn`t answer, so we waited a day and then he answered. he was like super pumped when we called and asked if we could come by and see him that night. so of course we went by and he was waiting outside for us, and we went in and started talking to him. he started to tell us that about 1 week prior his wife had left him and he was just super depressed and was looking for help. and he said that he was praying that day for help, and not 5 minutes passed by and then we called! cool huh? so we shared the restoration with him, and he was just like absorbing it all, then we invited him to be baptized and he said yes and he`s just solid! he came to church yesterday, and it was a super good sacrament meeting. they released the bishop, so he and the new one shared their testimonies, the youth speaker was good too, and the stake president spoke too, and it was just super good. at the end edwin`s eyes were all teary and he was just super happy and it was awesome. so we`re pumped. we have to call him to set up another lesson but he seems really positive.
then another day it started to pour pretty bad, and we were kinda just waiting under a tree when from accross the street a lady yelled at us and told us to come wait under her roof so we wouldn`t get wet. so we went over and we started talking to her and we find out she`s a member from way back but hasn`t gone to church forever. we asked if she would like to come back and she said she really would, so we set up another cita. she wasn`t there when we went back haha, but it was still super cool i thought. just like what are the chances that we would be right there when it started to rain, under that exact tree right in front of her house. so we`ll try to start working with her too, her husband isn`t a member, and the attendance lately at church has been really low, so there needs to be some reacctivation.
so it was a pretty good week. i`m worried cause the zone seems to be kinda struggling right now. like they`re working and everything and they`re doing well, but for some reason they`re just not baptizing, and i don`t know why. hopefully we can figure something out there. but other than that i think that`s about it. i`m glad everyone is well, and i hope everyone has an awesome week! thanks for everything!
much love,
elder paskett
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