7-10-23

I AM NOW IN THE JUNGLE!?! IT IS TIME TO GRIND!?!


Welp... we are not in Pedro Juan Caballero anymore. However, we can just say that we might be in an even more interesting place.


Before we get into that, my last couple days in Pedro Juan were fire. Had some lessons like normal, got to give my boy Roman a tie and say goodbye to him and I said goodbye to the other members. Pedro Juan was dope and I will for sure miss my time there.


Now I knew I was going to get transfered, it was just a matter of waiting. The calls come in at around 9-10 PM. If you get a call from our president, you are going to the office or going to be a zona leader. So, here's what happened. I'm waiting and waiting and waiting and I got nothing. I just assumed that I was going to stay in Pedro Juan for another transfer. Then out of nowhere, I get a call from president. I'm freaking out didn't know what to do. I answered the call and president told me that I was getting transfered. First he told my companion that our secretary was going to replace me. I thought that I was going to replace our secretary and go into the office. However after that, my mission president goes, "Elder Ressel, you know your my favorite smiler right." I was like president, you don't start off by saying that to me. He then proceeded to tell me that I, "have a special assignment." So, I am now in this area called Horqueta and Tacuatí and we can just say it's in the middle of nowhere. Tacuatí is a área with a total of 8 members and Horqueta has a total of 25 active members. The areas are an hour apart from each other, so I have to bus to each area now.


It's got some pretty good jungles here. Probably the closest I have been to a jungle area. This area is super hard and I have to learn guarani. Not a lot of Spanish here, so I'll be working on that now. 


I'm super excited to see what I can do to contribute to these areas and help the people grow. It's going to be hard, but hey I escaped from almost getting robbed this is going to be sick.


I love you all and we are going to kill this transfer here in Horqueta y Tacuati.

From your favorite,

Elder Ressel 





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