We had a crazy week. Literally,
something happened almost everyday. Most
of the time the things weren’t pleasant.
It did start with some good news
though, since we got the news about changes. I know I mentioned this last week but it’s
still a relief. I’m glad to be staying
in my middle of nowhere area with my companion. So, after celebrating that news, we had a
pretty normal pday; some soccer, some food, and some internet.
Then on Tuesday things began to get
different. So, it started with the normal
goodbye meeting for the district missionaries who were leaving. But since there was nobody I was really going
to miss, that was kind of boring. I did
take some photos with people that wanted of them with me though. I felt almost
famous, ha ha. Then we had lunch with
Luke and Yumar, which is always a good time, even if Yumar was pretty
sick. Then we went home and we began
cleaning and packing.
So that was part of the
differentness of this change. Even
though I was staying, and with the same companion, we had to move houses. We ended up picking up all of the other
Yuquyry elders area and gave away Nueva Asuncion, thank goodness. So we moved to be closer to our area. So it was a night of cleaning and packing and
then we were ready to go. Well we were
supposed to be moving into an awesome house, but it was just dirty, dirty,
dirty. I found it immensely ironic this
week that in all TV shows it has a Latin housekeeper. However, this house was where 2 former Latin
missionaries lived, and I’ve decided they need to be better houskeepers. The
house was disgusting. It smelled like an
old person house, just full of dust and other weird smells. There was a white mold growing on all of the
cabinets and a black mold on the stuff in the fridge. There was dirty clothing strewn about the
house and more spider webs then in a Spiderman movie. My mom woulda freaked out. So our plans got changed and we spent the
rest of Wednesday cleaning our house. So
we went into Luque and bought cleaning supplies. It was that bad. On top of that, many lights in the house didn’t
work, and neither did the toilet. So
little-by-little, we cleaned and fixed things so it was clean enough to put our
stuff away and to sleep.
It was a bittersweet day though, as
we had to say goodbye to our old landlord, who is one of the nicest, greatest
guys I’ve ever met. He even helped us
move. Such a great guy!
Well we went to asleep excited for
the next day. Only to find a pipe to burst, so we spent most of the day
trying to fix our plumbing problem in the bathroom, and finishing cleaning. We did go out and buy food for the week and
some presents for friendship day. A day I
plan on celebrating in the states. (NOTE: DÃa del
Amigo in Paraguay is the eve of July 30 and is used for giving presents to close
friends and loved ones. The game of the Invisible Friend (Amigo Invisible) is considered a tradition, in which small sheets of
paper with names are given to all members of a group, each of them secretly
selects one, and on July 30 gives a present to the person on the paper. Kind of
like secret Santa here in the U.S.)
We went to a member’s birthday
party. Having some cake tasted good after the day we had. Finally at night, our new landlord came and
took care of the problems, and the house was readier.
The next day it was off to the
office, bright and early, to sign back into the country. After a breakfast of gummy bears and donuts, I
was ready. It actually went pretty fast
and so I got to hang out with Elder Menchaca and Elder Alguilera. They are two of my better friends in the
mission and 2 guys I met in the MTC, oh so long ago. But we all talked about how fast time has
gone and it’s true. Also there was an hermana
that came with me that goes home in two weeks. That’s crazy! She was the nicest missionary to me in the
airport. I’ll always remember that.
Then on our way home we ate Dominos
Pizza which was well worth it. Then as
we were waiting on a curb, we saw the funeral procession for our bishops
mother-in-law drive by. So we chased
them down on foot all the way to the Catholic church. It was a lot more emotional than most
funerals I’ve been to, and definitely more Catholic. I don’t really know how to explain all that I
saw, it was just different and I’m glad I understand death better now. Although it still scares me to death. Ha, ha
get it?
Then on Saturday the cleaning lady
came and helped us finish cleaning the house.
So it finally looks good and smells good, except one light still doesn’t
work.
Then lunch with the Lopez’s, who are
awesome. They helped me think of things
to buy as souvenirs. We also got a
chance to comfort them and witness the power of a father’s blessing. Their son Axel had doctor’s appointments this
week.
Then on Sunday we had a normal day…normal
for the week we have been having. We ran
out of cooking gas in the house, so our landlord got us some more. We cooked, met a couple progressing
investigators, and then the other elders left us after dinner at the Arguellos
and then we called it a night.
All in all a hectic week that I’m
glad is over. But we are excited for the
upcoming chance and there are interviews tomorrow, so that’s always
interesting.
Well, have a good week, and we will
talk next week. Love ya!
Elder Frost
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