well to be honest this was a fairly quiet week. not too much happened. probably the biggest thing that happened was that we had interviews with president. it was pretty good. we got to the church at i think 9, and he got there at about 9 30. where i`m at there are 2 zones right next to each other, so both zones were there, about 28 missionaries, and we were supposed to all get interviewed that day. so he first said he wanted to talk to the sisters, and while he was doing that we just had a normal district meeting. we finished and he was still with them, and ended up taking 3 hours with just 3 sets of sisters. so lunch got there, good old pizza hut :) and then he tried to cram everyone else in. we didn`t end up leaving the church til about 6 or so that afternoon, and he still hadn`t interviewed about 7. it was good though.
my interview with him was pretty short. he asked me a few little questions, how my family was doing, if they write, and if i write them. i feel bad because i can`t always get to every email, but know that i do read every one of them and i love them. but then i`ll also be home in 2 months so we can all just chat then :) he asked if i had any questions, and i asked him a few things, well i suggested that i would really like to stay here in chorrera to finish my mission. partly because i feel like i`ve bounced around a lot in my mission, and so i would just like to finish here. then i just love it here, chorrera is just awesome, so i`m hoping i get left here. we talked a little bit about going home and stuff, and he said that he wants to go back to how it was with the leaving missionaries, that instead of leaving a week before changes, they go home the day after, which would mean i would go home on the 31st of october instead of the 24th. so as of right now i have no idea what`s gonna happen haha, and someone said that they don`t usually mail out the flight plans until like a month before, so sorry, can`t really help much there :)
yesterday we had to give a talk in church, and i`m still not very good at talking in front of so many people haha. i remember my fairwell talk i could barely stand up haha, now it`s not so bad, but i still don`t like it. i was praying all week so that i could do it well and say the things i needed to, and i think it turned out ok. i don`t know if i`ve mentioned it but the ward just isn`t very excited right now to help with missionary work. like 2 weeks ago the stake president spoke and kinda macheted them cause the numbers were so low despite the fact on how big the ward is. so i kinda tried to talk about that, but in a soft but direct way haha, just like to help them get animated to help with the work. i really do want to leave this area a lot stronger, so hopefully we can see some miracles these coming months.
but sadly i think that about sums it up. we`re having a hard time finding progressing investigators, even though we seem to find a lot of ¨positive¨ people, it`s tough, but we`ll keep at it. things are good, i`m happy, but want to find some success soon. oh by the way i did end up getting the package you guys sent. the magic trick where the 41 cents changes to 31 is great! and i liked the pictures too, thanks for sending it :) and i appreciate all the prayers and fasts on my behalf, i know i couldn`t do this without them. i hope this week goes well, and we`ll talk soon!
much love,
elder paskett
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