4-17-23

GOT LOCKED IN THE ROOM!?? I COULDN'T ESCAPE!?? GONE WRONG!


ALRIGHT ALRIGHT, I AM BACK. STILL LIVING AND STILL BREATHING.


I have been pretty bad at emailing recently, I am going to try to fix that and be a little more consistent on that. That week was a solid week. We found a lot of people to teach and made great progress with our friends. 


Since I got to start dodging the crazy people here now, I decided I need to adapt and change my game. First of all, I can not out run people with a bag on my back. So, I decided to go to Brazil and buy myself a fanny pack. Oh yeah baby, we adapting. Now I wear this fanny pack around my waist and I will be the first to tell you that I look like a stud out here my boys. White shirt, tie, pants and a fanny pack. I am changing the game of the mission.


My Spanish is really good now and slowly I am learning new words in Guardni. One thing we struggle here in Pedro Juan is our visits not going through. One day Elder Risenmay and I were sitting on a bench and 10 kids ran up to us asking if we were Americans. I never say I am from the states and always say that I am from here. Then they start speaking in Guardni and I just started saying random words hoping that it is right. Surprisingly I guessed right and the kids thought I was Paragauyo.



So, we are now hitting transfer and Elder Risenmay is leaving for the city. However, our AP's called us and if you get a call from them you are getting some sort of leadership call. They told Elder Risenmay that he was going to the city and going to have his companion. Which meant I was going to get a leadership call. Yeah... so now I am District Leader here in Pedro Juan. Moving up in the ranks, baby. My new companion also has less time than me, so we will see how that goes. However, I am super hyped.

 

We had this training thing on Friday that we had to watch and we were in the church on the computer. After the meeting I tried to pull the handle to leave and let's see that I have been doing my push-ups. We ended up being trapped in the room for about 45mins trying to figure out how to leave. Elder Risenmay ended up using a volleyball net to somehow get us out. I still don't understand how he did it.


We also went exploring and found this super dope lake thing. I got to start exploring this area more.


ALRIGHT MAN LETS GET IT. DISTRICT LEADER NOAH. You guys know who I am, I am about to kill this thing. Love you and and watch my lakers kill the playoffs.

From your favorite,

Elder Ressel







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