Idolatry...

So this week was pretty sweet, lots of miracles likes always. 

Started off I went down to a city called Ytororó to do divisions with Elder Araya, an Elder from Chile. Super cool dude and super funny as well. As always we were on the grind looking for Mia posters and contacting everyone we could see. We were walking and found this one guy and started talking to him. Seemed like a pretty normal guy and as we continued talking I pulled out a pamphlet in order to show some pictures and stuff. And before I say anything I just barely pulled it out of my bag he points at the pamphlet, screams "idolatry" runs into his house (like sprinting) comes back with his Bible and reads like 6 different verses about why worshiping images is bad. After trying to explain that we don't worship the pamphlet he cooled down. But I honestly still don't know if he understood haha. 

Wednesday was a great day, we ended divisions, and hit the grind. Found a bunch of really cool people. We found this one lady who said that she was studying a bunch for her law school exam that she has. She kept saying how stressed out and overwhelmed she was. We gave her a Book of Mormon and explained the blessings that would come If she would read just a little every day. We gave a couple of verses for her to read. And she said, "OK tonight I'll read these couple but that's it because I have to study a bunch" we said ok no worries. About 30 minutes later, we got a text from her "hey I just finished the whole chapter" so that's was super cool. 

We also got T Shirts from the pharmacy that is right below our apartment, we became such good friends with them that when we asked for their employee t shirt they got us 2 of them. And took a picture of us and put it all over their Facebook. And at the end of the day we had a family home evening with this old lady In the branch, and she asked if we had long hair before the mission. We told her yes and showed her some pictures. And the only thing she said was "wow you're ugly you look like you have a spray tan" so my confidence is at a new high. 

We also had zone conference this week, we all went up the Asunción in the bus which was awesome except for the fact that we're always packed like sardines the pictures don't do it justice, but it's super fun. Super cool conference learned a lot and I'm excited to apply it all in my area. Kinda sucked though because this week we had 4 people on date for baptism and they all fell through. But were still on the grind and 4 different people came to church with us so that was super cool to see. 2 of them should be getting baptized here soon. 

Also had divisions this week with Elder Shulz which was super cool. We worked like crazy and I definitely learned a lot from that guy. The best part of the mission is without a doubt the work. When you're working 100% there is no better feeling. Just straight satisfaction and the knowledge that you're doing exactly what the Lord wants you to do, nothing better. 

Definitely a solid week, can't wait for more, get back out there and help people achieve a joy that they've never felt before. The mission truly is amazing. 

Love you guys
Easton


Our poster collection
My desk
Conference

This won't mean anything to you guys, I just wanted to remember it. 

Another poster
Cool mural
Helping a lady move.  We had to get her a mattress and a hutch out this window and down the ladder. The stairs inside were too small to fit anything down. 



On the bus to Asuncion
Elder Santos
On Divisions with the AP
Three Zones
Just our Zone
The Homies
Our District

Our pharmacy friends



















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