It was nice to hear the updates from the Utah trip. Sounds like you have
been pretty busy all week with fun activities.
This week has been pretty crazy. The time goes flying by really fast as
always.
The first few days this week we started the week really well, teaching a
lot of lessons, finding new investigators, committing people to come to church.
We have received a lot of help from a recent convert named Fagner.
Fagner is from Santa Rita. He was baptized in Santa Rita about a month ago
but moved without ever getting confirmed. We found him here in Minga Guazú (a
miracle) and helped him to get confirmed. This past week we worked with him a
lot and went out teaching with him a couple of times. Yesterday he received the
Aaronic Priesthood and was ordained a Priest. Fagner is 21 and has desires to
serve a mission so we are helping him with that. Fagner was born in Paraguay but
his parents are Brazilian so he speaks more Portuguese than Spanish. It´s fun
because that gives me the opportunity to practice my Portuguese. Belleza pura!
Haha
There is another really great member that helps us a lot. His name is
Joel Morán. Joel is a returned missionary. He served in Uruguay about 5 years
ago. His testimony always impresses me a lot. He has been through a lot of rough
stuff since his mission but has stayed true to the church. Joel mentioned the
other day that since the mission when he developed the habit to read the
scriptures every day he has not lost that habit. Every day no matter what he
reads a chapter from the Book of Mormon. I know that the small and simple things
(reading the Book of Mormon every day for example) are what help us stay strong
and true.
We had a couple of road blocks this week as well. My companion has
had problems with several of his teeth. We are in Asunción right now actually.
We had to take a midnight bus last night so that he could go to the dentist here
in Asunción. We won´t get back to Minga Guazú until later tonight.
I was also a little bit sick over the weekend. Saturday I had a fever and
it was kind of rough because that night it got really really cold and I couldn´t
sleep very well. But now it seems like we have smooth sailing ahead. Hopefully
we can just focus on the work and see lots of miracles.
Anyway, I love you all very much. I am grateful for your support and the
love that you always give me. I know that this is the true church of God on
Earth. I know that Jesus Christ lives and that he is our Redeemer.
Love,
Elder Snow
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