7-3-23

MAN DOWN MAN DOWN!?! HUGE FIRE???


New month, new adventures and new experiences... just love my time as a missionary.


It looks like my time might be coming to an end here in Pedro Juan Caballero. Usually we stay in our areas for about 4 transfers(6 months ish) maximum and this was my 4th transfer. We can just say my time here won't be forgotten ever in my life. I have grown to love my savior here more and really got to grow here as a person. From a Spanish and Portugués standpoint, to a spiritual standpoint and to a missionary standpoint. It's crazy to think about how fast time flies by.


Had a good week though. Our friend Roman was going to have his marriage and baptism on the 15th of July, but we went through some changes. At first, he wanted to push it back so that they could have more money, but he had a change of heart and wanted to do it earlier. For a missionary, that's music to the ears. I was like yeah, say less. So now the plan is to have the marriage and the baptism the 13th of July. Roman taught me so many things from my time with him. The biggest one being patience and accepting the Lord's timing. I can't explain to you guys how many times I told my parents I was going to stop teaching Roman because he wasn't doing the things he needed to do. And one day out of nowhere he just started doing them and finally started reading and praying. I could see the change in him and his joy grow. Now after 5 and a half months of teaching him, he is finally going to be baptized. It taught me that I can't rush or move the timing of the Lord. All I can say is that the Lord works miracles.


Speaking of miracles... we did a street contact one day and the guy we spoke with told us that he would come to church. We just thought he was joking, but no he came. Then he came again this week. His name is Saul. I was sitting somewhere else during church, but Saul was talking to my companion and he told him that he wanted to be baptized. Keep in mind, we have only had one lesson with him and he wants to be baptized. It was crazy to hear that and it's super exciting to see what will happen next.


So, the Paraguayans are awesome but some are super lazy at cutting grass and they do not care how their lawn looks. So, what they do is burn the grass. I took advantage of the moment and got some fire pics... you guys like the joke?


Okay so I guess I'm getting old or something. Or it's walking 8 miles a day or it's sleeping on just 2 mattress the last 6 months. Whatever, but I have some crazy back spasms. They were so bad this week. We had an activity for the church and I couldn't walk because of how bad it was. One of the members who is and I quote, "A professional at curing back problems" told me she could help me. Okay sister, let's see what you can do. To say the least, my back still hurts. However, my companion got a funny picture of her stepping on my back. It's honestly one of the best photos I got on my mission.


Also here is a link if you guys want to see me daily update photos during the mission. I just figured this out the other day.


https://photos.app.goo.gl/u7QJ6bdoHJDQJ3uo6


That's about it for me, go burn some fireworks for me tomorrow. Love you all

From your favorite,     


Elder Ressel








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