Abby in Paraguay

This week was a good one! Lots of great things happening- HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
We taught Monica (one of our Investigators) about the ley de castidad. She and her "husband" (who is a member) have two kiddos. She loves the idea and everything about the Ley de Castidad. We also taught Yisel (who is also a member) They want us to help them plan a wedding so they can keep this commandment. We would have Monica get married and then she can get baptized the same day or another day haha. We also taught Pablo about the Dia de Reposo and he told us that he would never miss church again...AND he is still planning on going on a mission! Hermana Scott and I are hoping he will go to the UNITED STATES! I gave him 3 packs of trial mix lol HE LOVES THEM SO MUCH! He says he is in love with them and when he finishes the package he wants to cry cause it is so good. We also have a new Investigator Maria! We taught her about the Restoration and BOY! The Spirit was SO strong! We visited the Shiray family and talked about testimonies. The lesson we had with them was very inspired. We had a testimony meeting. Bearing their testimonies was a great thing for them. The spirit was so strong! We are hoping they will attend church. We had a lesson with Maria, her sister, her mom, and Arnaldo. We read in the Libro de Mormon. When Hermana Scott was saying the closing prayer one of the baby chicks they have tried to fly onto my lap! I accidentally kicked it hahaha (completely a reflex) it scretched a bit hahaha oops. We sure had a great laugh with them. Maria also gave Hermana Scott and I a WHOLE BUNDIN!!!!! It is SOOOOOO RICO!!!!!! We also got to talk with Hermana Cardozo, her two boys, and Shirley. We read chapter 3 Nephi 11. It was a good reminder for all of us to reflect on..are we are prepared to meet Jesus? We had a lesson with Mikeas and his mom! We found out that she was baptized. We taught them about the importance of prayer. We visited Marilyn and met her TWIN sister and their cousin Richard. We had a good time. They were like, we have so many sins, that is why we don't go to church. We were like everyone has sins, no one is perfect. We have the Atonement for a reason. They are going to pray that their jobs change.
I am going to send a picture of me on a Marilyns motorbike. Dont worry I didn't ride it....just took a picture on it ;) mission rules! We had such a great day on Sunday! Yisel attended a bit of Sacrament Meeting along with her daughter, Monicas son (Monica didnt go this week cause she is with her mom in the hospital) and Jessicas daughter. She is 9 so we are hoping to have a baptismal date set with her. She loves this gospel. First Monica, now Yisel! Hoping they all come next week. Also CRAZINESS!!!!! We have a new Investigator Fanciso who is an orphan but lives with Maria Lousia - WHAT????? Anyways he stayed all 3 hours of church and we taught him the plan of salvation a little later in the day. Maria and her son joined. Also Maria and Arnaldo accepted to be baptized on October 22nd. I wonder if I will stay in San Jorge this next transfer. We will see! We also were able to teach Belen....well visit. She is having a hard time and I received revelation that we needed to talk to her about attending the Temple. The last time she attended was in March. We set a date with her. She is going this SATURDAY! We told her she will feel peace and find answers to her problems if she attends.
We also had noche de hogar with the Encina Family. The spirit was so strong and took control. We talked about sincere prayer. We mentioned how life is difficult, but with faith and putting God and Jesus Christ first we can be happy and overcome challenges. They always have there arms extended. The answers come, but when we are ready. Life is full of trials, but is sure a blessing. We have many experiences to learn from. Also another thing we contacted and found a house with a family who have all been baptized. We are going back to reactivate them for sure. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TELL EVERYONE BACK HOME HELLO! So exciting about Matthew Smith!

Love,

Hermana Alexander

It was fun just pretending to ride Marilyns motorbike haha

Just a normal day in Paraguay!

Leaves..so that we don't get sick!

Bundin..It's sugar with ground up bread and milk.

:D Dear Abby

BYU lost to UCLA

Right hope you learned the language we've been praying for you not much going on but school this week at school we're experiencing what its like to be disabled. I also forgot 2 things so my teacher said I was like classic dory so lol classic mistake

my church class is doing bells for a song in the primary program

LOVE JOSH

P.S SORRY FOR DOUBLE MESAGE

JOSH!

Thank you for your prayers! You mentioned something about your teacher and classic Dory? Have you seen the Dory movie???? Is that out??? Let me know if it is a good one which I am sure it is :) Love primary programs! The bells will add a lot to it! Love you!

Hey Abby,

How has your week been? I had a water polo tournament this weekend in the bay area, we even played Levi's high school and beat them. Today, I registered for the ACT which is kinda scary. I feel old now. Also homecoming is coming up, and mom is flipping out trying to make me ask someone, and I have no idea who I want to go with. Anyways, it is always fun to hear from you, and I wish you as well as your companion safety. So have a good week!

Matthew

MATTHEW!

HOMECOMING WITH A DATE IS A MUST! Are there any girls you have in mind of asking?????? hmmmmm?????? Go to scandia after! I always did that! awwww the ACT! That is pretty scary! You will have no problem with it though! YOU ARE MR. SMARTY! I love that you play water polo! Mom sent me a picture and it looks like a fun group! Did you get to see Levi??? Also I can help with asking ideas! You and Azzie need dates! Anywho I know you will ask someone great! LOVEEEE YOUUUUU

Hey Abby,

How has your week been going? I have been passing the sacrament, and haven't messed up, yet.

Also, school has been going well I did the best at the Fall Math State

Testing in 6th grade. Anyway, Hope you do well and don't get sick, bye!

Love Joey

JOE JOE!

I still cannot believe that you have the priesthood. It sure is a neat gift you have. Passing the Sacrament is so important! I know you are great at it! AND the members are grateful that you pass it! Also great job about the math portion in State Testing! You boys are sure smart! LOVEEE YOUUUU!

Hello Abby,

I hope your week went well. The Sunsplash dance was fun. I heard goldfish was a hit. Rocklin beat Clovis West in football barely by scoring a touchdown in the 4th quarter. BYU lost 17-7 to UCLA, Butch played amazing. He hits hard. Anyways have fun!

Do you see these Emojis????

-Michael

MIKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OOOOO Sunsplash dances are always fun! Did you dance with a lot of girls???? Was it also a tri stake???? YAY FOR ROCKLIN! Seems like the team is good this year! Where is Clovis West? Such a bummer about BYU! Glad Butch is having a good season! Who do they play next? LOVE THE EMOJIS. BYE DUDE LOVE YOUUUUUUU

Hi Abby how has your week been going. I think it's going good. my first flag foot ball game was great we lost

.are soccer was great we lost

come on. I don,t care it doesn't matter. i hope you hove fun on your mission bye abby LOVE ADAM.

CHUBS!

You guessed right! My week has been good! So fun that you are playing flag football. Mom sent me a picture of you! I am sure you run so fast and are such a great player! Soccer and football are sure fun sports. Look at you mr. athlete! Its okay to lose sometimes...I predict you will WIN THIS WEEK! LOVEEE YOUUU

HEY FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I SERIOUSLY LOVE P DAYS CAUSEEEE I GET TO HEAR FROM YA´LL

You guys all sound so good! Love the indiviudal emails! That is a bummer about BYU losing to UCLA. Who do they play next???? Glad Butch is having a good season! That is exciting that Joey and Micheal are moving up with Scouts. Is Michael going to start his Eagle project soon???? ;) Also so exciting about Jack and Ryder! Priesthood Power! The Scout pictures of you and dad embarassing them is so great! Adam looks like a stud in his flag football picture! Wish I could watch him play. In 2017 I can! Thats really good that Michael will be taking guitar and golf lessons. Is he doing golf with Azure? HAHAHA Love the picture with the bear head. Is that from Star Wars??????? AWWW I miss josh´s laugh! So contagious! Maroon 5 just came on and made me think of him. My singing bud :) Josh that is so neat that for the primary program your class is doing the bells. What songs are you doing? Also have you seen Finding Dory? Is that out yet????? Also YES Matthew needs to ask a girl to homecoming! When is homecoming? The last weekend in Sept????

HEY FAM BAM!

This week has been another great week! Hermana Scott and I have a new investigator, Araceli. She is 20 years old. We also had one of our investigators Monica attend Sacrament meeting this Sunday! We had 79 people attend church this week. Hermana Scott and I received a sheet of all the members who were baptized in our church this Sunday. It will be very helpful for us. We are working hard trying to reactivate the less active. We had Zone Conference this week and also a meeting with all of the sisters serving in the Paraguay Asuncion North Mission. They talked to us about PANTS and everyone got fitted. OH BUDDY! We wear pants from Oct. through April. It is starting to be spring here! So hot already haha Is the weather cooling off back home? Can you believe it is already September?? The mission is flying by! Also CRAZINESS! Lice is going around with the Hermanas. Two Hermanas got it first and then four others. Yikes! Luckily, Hermana Scott and I didn´t end up having eggs in our hair. Hermana Evans was checking everyone after our meeting.

Also Hermana Scott and I were able to go to an activity in loma. We worked with the youth. They were assigned to be a missionary for a day. It was such a great experience not only for me, but for the youth as well. Hermana Scott and I helped them teach (we role-played as the Investigators ). We also got to work outside and helped them contact people in the streets. The Hermanas we were with were amazing. We visited a less active member in their ward. She just barely got divorced and is struggling. The Hermanas definitely had the spirit with them and said words of comfort to her. They took her negativity well. Sandra, who is one of our Investigators hasn´t been home when we stop by but Hermana Scott and I have been able to teach her mom. PLEASE PRAY FOR PABLO! He has been attending church every Sunday and has been a HUGE example to his family. He is struggling a bit but we were able to teach him, his less active brother, a friend, and Mikeas who is interested in the church on Saturday. Unfortunately Pablo decided not to go to church this Sunday so they all didn't go. He complained that he is the only one that goes. On the bright side they all liked the sour patch watermelon candies that I had.

The people here love the Lollipops! Even the adults! We did a lesson with the lollipops with the familia Shiray- we gave each person in their family a lollipop and one of the kiddos had to carry a heavy object for each person that wanted a lollipop. This lesson was about the Atonement and how Jesus Christ atoned for each persons sins and burdens. They also loved the goldfish. Hermana Scott and I gave them the rest haha Also we taught the familia Rojas and the Hermano can speak English! Hermana Scott and I were shocked and try to speak to him in English sometimes.

SCARIEST THING! hahahahahaha last night we were writing a note and this HUGE dog came out of nowhere and started chasing Hermana Scott and I. We felt his breath and he was ready to bite. Luckily we made it out just in time. The Lord definitely protected us. We also met a less active Marylin. She is the cutest and loves frozen. She has an Ana doll along with other collections of dolls. We sure hope to visit with her more often.

Seems like everything is good at home! That is awesome about Rocklin! Bummer about BYU, but I am sure the boys played really well. That's awesome that Butch had a good game and started. He sure deserves it! Adam is the cutest little soccer player! So exciting about his first goal of the season. Mikey and Sarah! How fun that they are working. Thanks for the updates! So exciting for Emily! When is her date to leave? Also there are club soccer teams here in Paraguay - olympia and cerro ask the boys to see there status and tell me which one is better :) LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH SURE LOOK FORWARD TO MONDAYS.

Love,

Hermana Alexander