Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
FELIZ NAVIDAD!
The weather outside is frightful but the AC is so delightful. Since there´s no place to go. I´d
wish it´d snow, yes let´s go, let it snow. I think it is wonderful that even Vegas has snow. We have hot humid air because it rained yesterday. It is so different being in a hot place for christmas.
Yesterday I finished a one more interview for tithing settlements. The reason why I only did one yesterday was due to the rain. One sister came because she didn´t want to stand me up like she did the week before. She came into the building completely soaked from head to toe. We didn´t have towels in the chapel so she dried herself off with the paper towels in the bathroom. I felt so bad for her. I really wished she would have stayed home. She told me that the rain started when she was in the bus. She walk two blocks from the bus stop and was soaked.
It is very interesting being the one that marks if they are whole tithe payers or partial or non tithe payers. I get to read scriptures with them and talk about tithing. One sister told me of an experience that she had with tithing. She said that when she was new in the church she didn´t pay her tithing. She told me about how she started to pay her tithing. She said that one day she was at home with her kids and they didn´t have a single thing to eat and were in bad shape. The
missionaries called her and invited her to go to a meeting that night. She told them no because she was upset and because she didn´t want to abandon her kids with nothing to eat. The missionaries insisted and so she went to the meeting. After the meeting the elders told he to go with them to their home. When they got home they handed an envelope to her and told her not to open it until she got home. She ran home thinking that their was money inside of the envelope. When she got home she found that their wasn´t money in there but rather a pamphlet that spoke about tithing. She threw the envelope and the pamphlet on the ground and laid on her bed thinking of what she wanted to do to those two elders. While she was on the bed the spirit told her she should read the pamphlet. She read the pamphlet and decided to test heavenly father like it said in the booklet. She told me that the first month paying tithing she had enough money for everything and had a little left over to help someone else. She has a very strong testimony on tithing and is a really cool lady. It was fun to hear stories like this one from the other members that I interviewed.
I´ve been forgetting to tell you all that there are tons of mango trees here and with the tree comes the fruit. I have eaten my fair share of mangos in my time here. They have all sorts of fruits here in clorinda. The people like to make smoothies with pineapple, oranges, mangos, bananas, and whatever else they can find. I still have tried a watermelon but I will be eating one before the season ends.
Our branch did a little nativity play for us the other day. It was funny. They made the costumes from the school uniforms that they use here.
Right outside of our pensión there are a ton of spiders and I decided that you all should see them. One was coming from the group and almost landed on me. I hate these things and they are everywhere.
I have a lot more photos that I will just send separately because I don´t want to use openoffice anymore. I don´t like it at all. I hope that everyone has a good christmas tomorrow and I´ll hear from you soon. Les amo. Chau
Elder Hunsaker
wish it´d snow, yes let´s go, let it snow. I think it is wonderful that even Vegas has snow. We have hot humid air because it rained yesterday. It is so different being in a hot place for christmas.
Yesterday I finished a one more interview for tithing settlements. The reason why I only did one yesterday was due to the rain. One sister came because she didn´t want to stand me up like she did the week before. She came into the building completely soaked from head to toe. We didn´t have towels in the chapel so she dried herself off with the paper towels in the bathroom. I felt so bad for her. I really wished she would have stayed home. She told me that the rain started when she was in the bus. She walk two blocks from the bus stop and was soaked.
It is very interesting being the one that marks if they are whole tithe payers or partial or non tithe payers. I get to read scriptures with them and talk about tithing. One sister told me of an experience that she had with tithing. She said that when she was new in the church she didn´t pay her tithing. She told me about how she started to pay her tithing. She said that one day she was at home with her kids and they didn´t have a single thing to eat and were in bad shape. The
missionaries called her and invited her to go to a meeting that night. She told them no because she was upset and because she didn´t want to abandon her kids with nothing to eat. The missionaries insisted and so she went to the meeting. After the meeting the elders told he to go with them to their home. When they got home they handed an envelope to her and told her not to open it until she got home. She ran home thinking that their was money inside of the envelope. When she got home she found that their wasn´t money in there but rather a pamphlet that spoke about tithing. She threw the envelope and the pamphlet on the ground and laid on her bed thinking of what she wanted to do to those two elders. While she was on the bed the spirit told her she should read the pamphlet. She read the pamphlet and decided to test heavenly father like it said in the booklet. She told me that the first month paying tithing she had enough money for everything and had a little left over to help someone else. She has a very strong testimony on tithing and is a really cool lady. It was fun to hear stories like this one from the other members that I interviewed.
I´ve been forgetting to tell you all that there are tons of mango trees here and with the tree comes the fruit. I have eaten my fair share of mangos in my time here. They have all sorts of fruits here in clorinda. The people like to make smoothies with pineapple, oranges, mangos, bananas, and whatever else they can find. I still have tried a watermelon but I will be eating one before the season ends.
Our branch did a little nativity play for us the other day. It was funny. They made the costumes from the school uniforms that they use here.
Right outside of our pensión there are a ton of spiders and I decided that you all should see them. One was coming from the group and almost landed on me. I hate these things and they are everywhere.
I have a lot more photos that I will just send separately because I don´t want to use openoffice anymore. I don´t like it at all. I hope that everyone has a good christmas tomorrow and I´ll hear from you soon. Les amo. Chau
Elder Hunsaker
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Branch President asking for a favor! $$$
Hola Todos, 12-17-08
Well this has been a pretty good week. We had our district conference last Sunday and it went really well. I am trying to get the interviews planned with a few of the members that assist. This Saturday I have a good 2 hours set up with interviews. I´m thinking I may have a few callings to extend in some of those interviews.
This past Sunday,Virgilio Duarte received the Melchizedek priesthood. He was baptized with his wife about 4 months ago. He is a really great guy but lacks a lot of experience and I don´t believe he will be the branch president anytime soon. I´m thinking that he will be a great EQ president of himself and himself. His wife is the 2nd counselor in the Relief Society. It was fun to have a part in the process of advancing in the priesthood.
I don´t know if I explained much about my companion in the previous letter. He is Elder Robertson, 20 years old, from Green River, Utah. He has that whole Roy Hafen accent going on for him. He has been out in the mission for 10 or 11 months. He says that Green River produces a lot of watermelons and that sparked my interest in his town.
I´ve decide that doing the clothes stomping during my shower is not the way to go if you want to clean your clothes. I would like to ask a favor from ten people (or a favor of 5 dollars from 20 people). The FAVOR is ten dollars so I can add a lavaropa (washing machine) to the pench. It would be a wonderful time and water saving addition. I am completely satisfied if one hundred people want to donate 1.50 dollars to the LAVAROPA donation corp. ¡POR FAVOR!
I will have a few photos for next week. Clorinda is a pretty calm place to be. Nothing really happens here and there really isn´t anything to do. Last night we made tortillas for a family. Even the neighbors came over to try some tortillas. Everyone loved them and we are planning on doing pancakes the next time.
The people here in Clorinda are fairly open to receiving us. With the majority of the people we can just ask to go in their yard without an explanation and they let us. The people just don´t have the highest understanding of things. They are really nice though.
We have our zone conference this Friday so I will be able to see a little bit more of Formosa capital. I may see some of the elders I knew in the MTC.
There is a man he named Jesué who makes watches with alligator skin. I will be sure to buy some and take a few pictures for Danny. They are pretty cool. He tried doing a scripture case from alligator skin but it just didn´t turn out so well.
I hope that you all have a wonderful day and week. I´ll talk to you next week. Love you all.
¡¡¡¡HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELL!!!! I will try to be better at this.
Elder Hunsaker
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Laundry in a bucket
Well, as you can see from the pictures I am living right on the border of Paraguay. Asunción is about 30 minutes from here and the members can attend the temple for a total of 6 pesos. It is really cheap and yet we don't have any endowed members. I am working on that one right now.
It rained yesterday and drop the temperature down a few degrees. The streets turned to mud and that was fun especially now that I have to wash my clothes in a bucket while I shower. haha. My comp just stomps on his clothes while they are in the bucket. I'm not sure it does the job well enough. Maybe I'll just buy a little washing machine for 350 pesos. I think it would be well worth it for the time that I will spend here in this area washing my clothes by hand or foot. I'm sure I could sell it to someone when I leave in 9 months.
This Sunday we have district conference and I will be playing the piano for the choir that will sing. The choir is quite a funny little group of people. There is one guy that doesn't know he is tone deaf and likes to sing real loud. The rest just try to get along with the piano and the rhythm.
I have done my first little interview with our only attending priest. He wants to get his Duty to God award so I am now working with him on it. We have a laurel that was recently baptized that is about to finish her young women's award "thingy". I will be recognizing her in sacrament meeting in two weeks. I never thought I'd be doing Bishop Beards job.
The people here are a lot more friendly. They let you into their house really fast. We just say baptism and all of them want it...well almost all. One 19 year old boy asked if he could be baptized this Sunday after only asking him if the missionaries had spoken of baptism before. It worries be a little bit when the people are that accepting. I told him with a little preparation and a lot of church attendance he could be baptized.
We passed by on of our investigators the other day only to find her slightly drunk. When told her we couldn't teach her in the state she was in, she put out her hand and asked for forgiveness. She continued to do that for about 5 minutes. I shook the woman's hand about 10 times. I completely hate alcohol and what it does to people. It is in abundance here and anyone can buy it. They sell wine in little cardboard cartons. There only 2.60 pesos and there is no control. It is ridiculous how much the men drink.
That is all for this week. Things are going well. We have an air conditioning unit in our bedroom so the heat doesn't effect me at night. My companion Elder Robertson from Green River, Utah loves the machine and puts it on timer so that it is pumping when we get home. He has be out in the mission for about 10 months. He speaks some Spanish but isn't completely there. He reminds me of Jared. He is a funny fellow. The other day we went to a less active to talk with her. She had some grapes growing on the side of her house in the same fashion as in Belgrano. I asked her if they were ripe and she cut some off to try them. My comp tried them and told her they weren't ripe. He then threw them above the grapes to get rid of them. When they landed above the plant they fell through and the woman thought that they just fell from the plant. She picked them up and said that maybe those ones were ripe and made me try them. I couldn't help but laugh when she brought them over to me to try for the second time. If this wasn't funny, it is just one of those things you have to be there for.
That is all for this week. Love you all. Chau
Elder Hunsaker
It rained yesterday and drop the temperature down a few degrees. The streets turned to mud and that was fun especially now that I have to wash my clothes in a bucket while I shower. haha. My comp just stomps on his clothes while they are in the bucket. I'm not sure it does the job well enough. Maybe I'll just buy a little washing machine for 350 pesos. I think it would be well worth it for the time that I will spend here in this area washing my clothes by hand or foot. I'm sure I could sell it to someone when I leave in 9 months.
This Sunday we have district conference and I will be playing the piano for the choir that will sing. The choir is quite a funny little group of people. There is one guy that doesn't know he is tone deaf and likes to sing real loud. The rest just try to get along with the piano and the rhythm.
I have done my first little interview with our only attending priest. He wants to get his Duty to God award so I am now working with him on it. We have a laurel that was recently baptized that is about to finish her young women's award "thingy". I will be recognizing her in sacrament meeting in two weeks. I never thought I'd be doing Bishop Beards job.
The people here are a lot more friendly. They let you into their house really fast. We just say baptism and all of them want it...well almost all. One 19 year old boy asked if he could be baptized this Sunday after only asking him if the missionaries had spoken of baptism before. It worries be a little bit when the people are that accepting. I told him with a little preparation and a lot of church attendance he could be baptized.
We passed by on of our investigators the other day only to find her slightly drunk. When told her we couldn't teach her in the state she was in, she put out her hand and asked for forgiveness. She continued to do that for about 5 minutes. I shook the woman's hand about 10 times. I completely hate alcohol and what it does to people. It is in abundance here and anyone can buy it. They sell wine in little cardboard cartons. There only 2.60 pesos and there is no control. It is ridiculous how much the men drink.
That is all for this week. Things are going well. We have an air conditioning unit in our bedroom so the heat doesn't effect me at night. My companion Elder Robertson from Green River, Utah loves the machine and puts it on timer so that it is pumping when we get home. He has be out in the mission for about 10 months. He speaks some Spanish but isn't completely there. He reminds me of Jared. He is a funny fellow. The other day we went to a less active to talk with her. She had some grapes growing on the side of her house in the same fashion as in Belgrano. I asked her if they were ripe and she cut some off to try them. My comp tried them and told her they weren't ripe. He then threw them above the grapes to get rid of them. When they landed above the plant they fell through and the woman thought that they just fell from the plant. She picked them up and said that maybe those ones were ripe and made me try them. I couldn't help but laugh when she brought them over to me to try for the second time. If this wasn't funny, it is just one of those things you have to be there for.
That is all for this week. Love you all. Chau
Elder Hunsaker
Thursday, December 4, 2008
New area in Clorinda, Formosa and being calling of branch president
Dear family, 12-04-08
I have finally made my way to Clorinda, Formosa. My area is about 15 minutes away from Paraguay. My branch is supposedly a branch of women and I am their Branch President. I found out that I would be the branch president when I arrived in the terminal in Formosa capital. I don´t even have a clue as of what to do. I will be starting the tithing settlements because the last two elders didn´t do anything with those. My mind is slightly wasted after traveling for so long so I hope that you all can understand this letter.
Here are the Cuevas and Lopez/Sotelo families the night of transfers. The first photo contains; Me, Alejandro, and Carla. The second photo contains; Victoria, Me, Emilce, and Leila. I have a video of Leila talking to all of my nieces and nephews. She reminds me of an Argentine version of Kennedy and Kauri.
In my trip here I passed through Corrientes capital and saw Elder Patton in the terminal. I was able to take a few pictures of Corrientes and the bridge to Chaco. After crossing the bridge I saw this sign and enjoyed it. In my traveling I passed through Corrientes, Chaco, and ended in Formosa. I felt welcome in Formosa after seeing the welcome sign. If only I knew the home means Formosa song (mom would have sung it for sure). The border patrol sign say that Formosa receives me (Formosa lo recibe).
THE CRUZ(cross)
Before receiving the call about transfers I was debating if I could take another transfer in Belgrano. I wanted to stay in Belgrano and help the branch out a little bit more. I would have had a nice Christmas there but oh well. It was a wonderfully long 7 ½ months (meses).
I will now be reading the church manuals day and night because I haven´t the slightest clue as to how to run a branch as branch president. We´ll see how this goes. I know that I will need the Lord more than ever if I am to succeed in this position. I believe that this calls for a little bit of humility. Thank you all for everything. I love you all and hope that you will pray for me a lot more now. Chau
Elder Hunsaker
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Well I was writing earlier but a storm passed through and took a few things with it. First thing it took was the internet and then it took the power. This will be a quicky. We have two baptisms now. Alejandro Cuevas will be baptized on the 12th of December. He didn´t show up on Sunday so that is that. We will continue with the baptism of his daughter Carla and Victoria Sotelo. This week really hasn't had much in the sense of excitement or anything new. I don´t know if I told you all about the family of three that we found. The son has had four years of English studies. He understands pretty much everything. It was fun teaching them. They are extremely Catholic and they feel comfortable where they are. When I hear that someone is comfortable I always start to think of how comfortable the Jews were when they crucified their Redeemer. It just makes me think that if He were to come now, many people would still deny Him and take His life. I love the gospel and this church. I have experienced many things here in the branch and in this area. I do believe that I will be on my way to a new place this coming Wednesday. I hope you all know that I know that this is the Lords work and that I´m here serving because of the love that God has for everyone of his children. I hope I will be able to reflect His love towards His children here. I´m thankful for all the support given from everyone back home.
I love you all. Chau.
Elder Hunsaker
I love you all. Chau.
Elder Hunsaker
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
R.S. Cooking Contest and Rockin' the Boat-Van
Howdy! 11-19-08
I have some wonderful news that will be even more wonderful when it becomes a reality. The news is that we have three baptisms set up for the 29th of this month. We are hoping that all goes well and that we end this transfer with a bang. Haha. Alejandro and Carla Cuevas and Victoria Sotelo are the participants in the baptism. Victoria is the daughter of a less active woman that has recently reactivated herself. We found Alejandro and Carla in the clapping sort of way. I really hope that they are able to keep this commitment.
This past Friday the R.S. had a cooking contest. Pres. Martinez, Elder Cavero, and I were the judges. Yumm. We had fun tasting and judging. The food was scrumptious. They had a selection of sweet and salty foods. There was a winner for the two types of food. The requirements were; Minimal Preparation, Few ingredients, Presentation, Flavor, and Creativity. The Rogel won the dessert prize and the Bomba de Papas won the normal prize. Here are the dishes.
Alejandro and Carla live in these buildings. This post was slight destroyed before but now it doesn´t even touch the ground. The wires above are the only things keeping it from falling. Alejandro called the power company but the said they couldn´t do anything because the post and wires belong to the telephone company. I suppose that in a couple of weeks we will be hearing about some kid that was electricuted or smashed due to the lack of attention given to this problem.
Today we made a short trip to Lavalle to eat with the Calarco family again. However, this time we made a visit to the river. We took a few photos and then we saw “the van”. Everyone wanted to take a picture standing on top but there wasn’t anyone to take the picture. I decided that I would take the picture and enjoy whatever mishaps that might occur. Nothing happened in the end and we were able to come away with a few good pictures. I hope you enjoy them. The water is really brown. I picked up some sort of a river plant and when it snap in half it left a very interesting smell on my hand that is still there as I speak/write.
We had some southern winds that came through with some cold air this past Saturday. However, the weather is back to being warm as it should be for the upcoming summer months (21 of Dec. to ?? of Feb). Christmas will be different with the warm weather. I believe that this will be my last transfer here in Goya. It won´t be that great of a Christmas if I get transfered but I don´t know if I can handle 9 months here. We´ll see what happens. I love you all and hope that things go great with the upcoming holidays. Happy Birthday to Tanner on the 21st. I´m sure I won´t be seeing a turkey on the table for Thanksgiving. Chau.
Elder Hunsaker
I have some wonderful news that will be even more wonderful when it becomes a reality. The news is that we have three baptisms set up for the 29th of this month. We are hoping that all goes well and that we end this transfer with a bang. Haha. Alejandro and Carla Cuevas and Victoria Sotelo are the participants in the baptism. Victoria is the daughter of a less active woman that has recently reactivated herself. We found Alejandro and Carla in the clapping sort of way. I really hope that they are able to keep this commitment.
This past Friday the R.S. had a cooking contest. Pres. Martinez, Elder Cavero, and I were the judges. Yumm. We had fun tasting and judging. The food was scrumptious. They had a selection of sweet and salty foods. There was a winner for the two types of food. The requirements were; Minimal Preparation, Few ingredients, Presentation, Flavor, and Creativity. The Rogel won the dessert prize and the Bomba de Papas won the normal prize. Here are the dishes.
Alejandro and Carla live in these buildings. This post was slight destroyed before but now it doesn´t even touch the ground. The wires above are the only things keeping it from falling. Alejandro called the power company but the said they couldn´t do anything because the post and wires belong to the telephone company. I suppose that in a couple of weeks we will be hearing about some kid that was electricuted or smashed due to the lack of attention given to this problem.
Today we made a short trip to Lavalle to eat with the Calarco family again. However, this time we made a visit to the river. We took a few photos and then we saw “the van”. Everyone wanted to take a picture standing on top but there wasn’t anyone to take the picture. I decided that I would take the picture and enjoy whatever mishaps that might occur. Nothing happened in the end and we were able to come away with a few good pictures. I hope you enjoy them. The water is really brown. I picked up some sort of a river plant and when it snap in half it left a very interesting smell on my hand that is still there as I speak/write.
We had some southern winds that came through with some cold air this past Saturday. However, the weather is back to being warm as it should be for the upcoming summer months (21 of Dec. to ?? of Feb). Christmas will be different with the warm weather. I believe that this will be my last transfer here in Goya. It won´t be that great of a Christmas if I get transfered but I don´t know if I can handle 9 months here. We´ll see what happens. I love you all and hope that things go great with the upcoming holidays. Happy Birthday to Tanner on the 21st. I´m sure I won´t be seeing a turkey on the table for Thanksgiving. Chau.Elder Hunsaker
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Visit to Lavalle
Hola family/friends,
This past conference was a different one. Elder Shane Bowen spoke for about 2 hours. He spoke about line of authority in the priesthood and about who we are. It was a really spiritual conference. I learned that he as a seventy doesn't have keys of the priesthood but that he works under the keys of the twelve apostles. He also asked us if we knew the juramento y el convenio...yeah I didn't understand that either until he said priesthood. It is the oath and covenant of the priesthood. I've studied it a few times now and I think that everyone that has the Melchezedek (give me a brake, I can hardly speak in english anymore thanks to my Spanish speaking companion) should probably do a quick little review on section 84:33-?.
My stomach was on a slight fritz during the conference and it wasn't fun to watch everyone eat real food while I sat with a banana and a sprite. I also received the package from the Vincent family. It was about time for that box to arrive. I received a box from my friend Kylie from Dearelder.com. It was full of all sorts of goodies. I am starting the American candy addiction for Elder Cavero. He is all ready hooked on phonics and the reese´s pieces. He'll probably end up coming to the states just for the sour patch kids.
Yesterday we had divisions with the zone leaders. I was with Elder Saldivar in his area. We had the fantastic Lavalle lunch appoimtent. There are about 35 members in Lavalle. It is a little town outside of Goya kinda like Glendale or Overton. The Calarco family lives there and has church in their house every Sunday. They are a funny family. The food was really tasty. It was like chili-mac from the mid-west. I only came to know of chili-mac as of yesterday when Hermana Byrhn said it to me when the food came out. Hermano Calarco is a little bit crazy. We jump from this tree with the swing beneath his feet. I have it on video and you can see it when I get home in a while. He let me try it too. I also met my first pineapple plant at the Calarco house. I never knew that they were red before they were brown. The bird's nest is just to show how excited Hermano Calarco gets when we come. He just wants to ? everything he has.
I saw one of the swallows the other day and I wasn't quite sure how to feel.
I´ll make sure to take pictures of the swallows when they arrive.
I love you all and hope to hear from you soon. Lots of love. Chau
Elder Hunsaker
P.s. I did see Hermana Peruch in the conference. She told me that she had 6 months left and wasn't sure how she felt. I let her know how I felt about that. Haha. It was fun to see her and another elder from the MTC.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Miracle in Belgrano
I'm going to start this letter off with the best. This past Sunday we had 5 investigators in church and the total amount of people on Sunday was 38. That is a miracle for Belgrano.
Elder Cavero and I have been working more with the branch. We´ve got a lot of work to do so that the baptisms that are coming will be able to remain active. We now have a ward mission plan and we are working on a few other plans. We have the baptism of Alejandro and Carla Cuevas coming up on the 22nd of this month and another in December. We just need to maintain assistance.
We have our usual conference trip coming up this Friday. For the first time in the mission I will be able to see Hermana Peruch from my district in the MTC.
Last night I tried the 1 year 1 kilo challenge and from how this morning went I don't think I won. I tried to eat a whole kilo of ice cream last night and I am now dying from a terrible tummy ache.
Summer is finally here and I'm ready for winter again. It just isn't that fun to walk outside during the hottest part of the day. I feel bad for the sister that washes our clothes with the way Elder Cavero and I sweat. If mom thought that we had dirty shirt collars only after church at home she should see my shirt collars now.
This is all for this week. I hope that things continue to go well back home.
Love you all.
Elder Hunsaker
Elder Cavero and I have been working more with the branch. We´ve got a lot of work to do so that the baptisms that are coming will be able to remain active. We now have a ward mission plan and we are working on a few other plans. We have the baptism of Alejandro and Carla Cuevas coming up on the 22nd of this month and another in December. We just need to maintain assistance.
We have our usual conference trip coming up this Friday. For the first time in the mission I will be able to see Hermana Peruch from my district in the MTC.
Last night I tried the 1 year 1 kilo challenge and from how this morning went I don't think I won. I tried to eat a whole kilo of ice cream last night and I am now dying from a terrible tummy ache.
Summer is finally here and I'm ready for winter again. It just isn't that fun to walk outside during the hottest part of the day. I feel bad for the sister that washes our clothes with the way Elder Cavero and I sweat. If mom thought that we had dirty shirt collars only after church at home she should see my shirt collars now.
This is all for this week. I hope that things continue to go well back home.
Love you all.
Elder Hunsaker
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
HOLA
¡HOLA! 10-29-08
So this week has been a slow one. Our finding of new investigators is less than normal and nobody came to church this past Sunday. My companion and I spoke on Sunday and maybe that´s why no one came. Haha.
We finally cut the grass in the backyard with a borrowed edger from a member. It made me think of the “good ol´days” cutting down the weeds in the backyard at home. Another thing that made me think of those good days were the grapes that we have growing in our back yard. I think I´ll still be here when they are ready to be eaten. Dad, don´t be too jealous of my plants. 
We have had rain about every other day and it is somewhat bothersome when you want investigators to go to church. Another thing that happens when it rains, is that the frogs decide to come in and join us in the pensión. My comp doesn´t like frogs all that much so I end up with the task of capturing these unwanted guests and tossing them out the front door or the second story window and onto the balcony. The other day we found one stuck to the window upstairs so I opened the window to get it off and it entered the house. After much effort I caught it and tossed it out the window. I then followed it on the balcony until it pulled a little terrorist move and jumped off the edge of the balcony to the ground below making a loud “SMACK” as it hit the ground. We didn´t find a body afterwards. It is believed that he is still out there waiting to come back in.
We have another zone conference this following week. President Shane Bowen of the area is coming. Along with conference I will be making a trip to Walmart again. I hope that the packages make an appearance in this zone conference if the zone leaders don´t bring them this weekend after their meeting with Pres.
Thursday night we had Bro. Scarpa come to the district to do a MLS training meeting with the presidencies of the branches. We learned all sorts of stuff about MLS. We are about to start printing off the papers for the tithing settlement interviews that are coming in December. I don´t think we´ll need much time for the interviews considering that we are in a branch.
We have a few baptismal dates pending still. We have set dates with the Escobar family, the Cuevas family, and with the Pereyra family. The Escobar family needs to come to church more than anything. The Cuevas family needs to lay off of the little boxes of wine. And the Pereyra family needs to get married. However, we just need them to be in church every Sunday for the rest of their lives. Is that too much to ask??? I don´t think so.
The branch will be having a Halloween dance this Friday at 7:30pm. You are all invited but you can´t wear masks. We´ll see how the turn out is for the dance. They do a mild celebration of Halloween. I haven´t heard anything about all saints day.
Avocado trees don´t seem to exist here in Goya. In Misiones there were avocado trees and the people did eat the fruit. I remember someone telling me that I was going to see a bunch of avocados and that nobody does anything with them so I would be able to eat them. Lies. Haha.
I hope that everyone is doing well. I love you all. Adios
Elder Hunsaker
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