Turns out, theres a member who has been in the prison for 2 years, and lives in our area! We heard about him, and decided to go and visit him with his wife!
Hes less active, by the way. Well, we met his wife there, it was about a 20 minute taxi ride, and she asked if we had IDs. uh... my drivers license is always in the apartment, but I had my woods cross high school ID, and i used it, and they let me in. Seems legit.
We met the brother, and as it turns out, he actually started his own church in the prison! Hes a pastor! He brought his guitar and sung us a couple songs, and preached to us for a little bit, and it was alright. He doesnt realyly believe in the book of mormon anymore, and talking to him was almost like talking to an Evangelical Pastor, so im not sure we accomplished too much, but im sure he was happy to get the visit.
we had to walk past all of the cells to get to the courtyard area, and it was just as you would expect a paraguayan prison to be. A bunch of convicts yelling at the big gringo brother as he walks past. It was about as uncomfortable as i have been in the whole mission.
We decided to start talking with EVERYBODY, because weve been a little bit too lazy with it. On the bus, in the street, everybody. We give them the pass along card for Christmas from the church, and invite them to watch the video. One time in the bus, We started talking to a girl with an iPhone (The second iPhone ive seen in the mission!). She watched the video, and liked it, and we started talking. Turns out, her parents are French, Her dad lives in Brazil, she lives with her French Grandmother in a German colony, her brother is studying at Texas A&M, And her cousin lives in Manhattan! She visits them all the time, and speaks English! She was the most cultured person i have ever met! IT was awesome!
I started talking to her about the chruch, and she said that shes been before, because her cousin that lives in New >York is a member! So we gave her more information about how she can find out how to be saved, and stuff like that, it was great!
Another time, I started talking to this guy, and he said that a year ago, the missionaries visited his house a bunch, and he attended church maybe 5 times! He reads the book of MOrmon, but works on sundays, had to stop attending, and the missionaries stopped passing by. And he wants them to start passing by again! He had a lot of questions. He lives in Elder BAskin`s area. Youre welcome, Elder BAskin.
Also, there was a baptism on wednesday! It was a bummer, because it started raining at midday. And the girl who was going to be baptized only has a motorcycle... And also, when it rains in Paraguay, no one leaves their house. But we had faith that it was all going to work out. We called a few members, and assured them that there was going to be a baptism, and one of them offered to take Damaris and her family to the chapel! As it ended up, about 30 people came! Which is a way good attendence! It was way spiritual. We invited the sister misisionaries from another branch to come and sing a musical number, and it was great.
Wow what an eventful week. Plus, transfers came. And Elder Balcaza is going to Argentina, and the Secretary of Tramites (Josh Blotter of our mission) is going to be my new companion! Elder Quesada! Hes from Cali, Colombia, and has 18 months in the mission. Yet another short companion... hooray. Hugging is EXTREMELY uncomfrotable.
But we get along very well.
I love you.
Merry Christmas!
Elder Christensen
I WOULD send you pictures, but this computer doesnt allow me to
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