Letter #6

Dear Familia,
wow!! another week gone! i can't believe that last saturday i have been in paraguay for a month! time really does fly! we had a really good week, and a really sad one as well. so, we had to drop our investigator... he was suppose to be baptized on the 15th.. but he won't keep any of his commitments and just isn't progressing. it's seriously heart breaking, like your heart literally hurts when this happens, but we taught oscar again. he is awesome! we taught him the restoration and the book of mormon. he is always so attentive and has so many good questions. at the end, we asked if he would say the prayer. he started and then lost it! when you see the spirit bring a man to tears and to the point that he can't talk.. your heart just soars and you just thank heavenly father! when you see the gospel literally changing lives, your testimony just grows stronger and stronger. we called him 4 days later to see how he was doing. we asked if he had read the book of mormon, he said, "to be honest..." (these words are poison!!! i swear! everytime an investigator says them, its followed by a big fat NO!!  but this time he said) " yes! I'm seriously grateful to you guys..." we seriously almost did a touch down celebration dance!!!! haha :) si o si we're going to see oscar baptized!!! then saturday, we were walking around during siesta, trying to contact, (these are the hours of death! first because its a million degrees, second, everyone is inside sleeping and doesn't want to be bothered.) but we were walking along and i had the thought, "call juan!"... juan... there's a million juans!!!  5 juans in one house actually!! Lol! :) then i think oh... juan lloret!  we've only visited him once since i've  been here because he's always traveling for work. he was the one with the million questions that we just told, "read" anyhow, we call him up and guess what? he's read! he really likes it, but of course, has a million questions. but wants us to visit him miraculously!!!! it's seriously a miracle when people sincerely read. :) we were also finally able to teach all of rumildas family, and her husband edgar has a baptismal date for the 29th.  we're hopeful! but its seriously like beating a dead horse to get these people to come to church!! but through christ, all things are possible!
so, we have a dog that follows us everywhere! i named him sparky. so we have the dogs sparky, sabrina, and balto. and the cows, kk (knocked knee) and calvin. remember ol calvin in wellsville, utah? remember how he didn't have any teeth and couldnt keep his food in his mouth? well, this cow is the exact same! hense, the name, Calvin! bless his heart ;)
 it rained buckets on friday! no joke! we had to go to zone correlation that morning, so we went out into the down pour. the road was a literal river! it was up to our knees!! when we arrived at the church, i had to ring out my skirt in the bathroom. ive never been so grateful for my monsterous boots! they're also really heavy to wear so my calves get a work out.. wearing them is a win win situation! haha :)
i told hermana argueta that the street river was more of a river than the gila valley river! ;) oh! and yesterday i met hermana keller. she is seriously C.A. weech in 25 years! its crazy how alike they are!!! I love it! makes me feel happy, like C.A. is here with me :) any how, i love, love the mission! i'm so grateful for the gospel! remember that one of the best demonstrations of love for your friends is to share the gospel with them! the phrase,"sharing is caring," is SO true! i love you all so much!!! thank you for your prayers and love! always keep the faith!!

love, Hermana McDougal