that`s cool that you got things lined up for dad to go paragliding. then me and him can talk about it, since skydiving is kinda sorta the same thing :) and it sounds like it was a fun party. i`m sad i missed the 50th, but i guess i`ll be there for the next one. and don`t worry too much about me staying longer. we had consejos this week and i was talking to the office elders and they said it`s basically too late to change. or more that it`s just a super big headache and they have to talk to guatemala where like the headquarters are and explain it all and stuff, so i`d have to really fight for it. i don`t know, i`m pretty sure i`ll come home in october, but i`ll be sure to let you know if anything changes :)
so yes we have changes this week. i think everywhere else they call them transfers or something, but the word in spanish is "cambios" so everyone just says changes in english haha. but yeah, my comp got the email and it says he`s leaving. so i`ll be staying here and someone else will be coming. i`m really interested in how this is gonna affect the end of my mission too. so like i said we had a meeting with president this week, and he`s making a lot of changes already. he said how he doesn`t want people to be in leadership positions for as long, and doesn`t want them to die as leaders, or like their last change as a zl or something. he wants them to use the things they`ve been teaching the zone and put them in practice and work hard their last few changes. it kinda worries me though, cause i really don`t want another area. i already had it in my head that i was gonna finish here. i`ve gone back to barrio centro, an area that i was in in this zone before, and talked to a few people and it`s all planned for me to die here. but i`m worried i might get changed now. and i`ve already had 8 areas on my mission, which is a lot, and so i really don`t want another one. so i don`t know what`s gonna happen. that also means that elder clarke can`t really be my comp since he already has 3 changes of being zl, so he`ll probably go down this change. who knows, we have changes on wednesday so i`ll let you know how it goes next week :)
i`m excited to get a new comp though. we really just have not worked like i would have liked to this change. i`m really hoping i get someone good that wants to work this change so i can really finish my mission strong. i thought that when i would go up to zl that i would have a comp that both wanted to work and knew how to, but my expectations weren`t met this change. we don`t really have any evidence of work this change. my new comp is gonna get here and we won`t have anything. but hopefully he`ll come in with some ideas so that we can spark the ward and get something going. i like the area, and the members are good, but they`re just a little "dead" and are basically just like "sunday members," so it`s hard. but i think this change`ll be good :)
as far as like stories go, i don`t really have any, sorry. it was a week too quiet. my "kid" is having troubles and that worries me. he`s just been doing some stupid things and i feel bad, like if i didn`t teach him right or something. i know that doesn`t really have a lot to do with it, like he can always do whatever he wants, but i still feel bad. but that`s about it. i hope everything goes well with the family reunion, and the class as well, i`m sure you`ll just do great :) i hope this week is just fantastic, and we`ll talk to you soon!
much love,
elder paskett
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