Blacker, Chandler

Hello everyone!  Sorry its been a while.  We're really coming down to it.  This marvelous experience they call a mission is almost behind me.  I'll probably send another email in 2 weeks and that one may be the last.  Weird right? To answer the three greatest questions that every ne is thinking... 1. No, I'm not trunky, I just miss home. 2. Yes, I do have holes in my boots 3.  Today is pday because we went to the temple.  Great experience.  If you haven't been to the temple in the last 24 hours, I highly recommend that you drop everything you're doing and go immediately.  You'll love it. As far as mission life goes.  We had a baptism on Sunday and the lady is awesome.  Her name is Nilfa.  She came to church with a member and we finally starting teaching her the next week.  After just a week of teaching her she decided to get baptized on Sunday and had a very cool experience.  She told us afterward that she could see h...

Hey everyone! I've been loving my time here with Elder Richey. He's still my favorite comp. We've been finding many cool people and love teaching together. The transfer is almost over and I'm entering into my last one. A few quick things I have on my mind: 1. Don't put your phone in your back pocket and then jump over a river. (Poor Elder Harker) 2. Once it rained really hard and dead bodies started floating out of the graveyard.  3. If I told you that I just got off the phone with the president of the USA, you probably wouldn't believe me. He's too important, why would he talk to me? In prayer, we are literally talking to an all powerful Being. Take it slow, make it real. It's probably the most important part of everyday. 4. Once I saw an old lady holding a big tree branch in one hand. She was snacking on it while waiting outside the Church.  Man I love Paraguay  Elder Blacker Bro dropped his phone in the river

Hey everyone!  Sorry it has been a while.  Time just keeps flying by.   We had a really cool experience bringing a friend to church this week. He only came because we happened to be late coming to church.  We got carried away trying to look for our friends to bring them to church and we were pulling up at about 9:05.  We stumbled upon him in the street about two blocks away from the Church.  He was actually headed home.  He went right up to the front of the chruch and decided he was too embarrassed to go in alone.  We miraculously stumbled upon him and helped enter.  He loved it so much! He said he didn't know how to describe it, only that he felt Christ was there. I always love seeing the first time that people can identify the Spirit. It really changes them. I hope y'all have a great week!  Talk to you later! Elder Blacker Fun pictures and also a Paraguayan market

Hi guys!!  So sorry I haven't been writing in a while.  We had a couple weird pdays during which I totally could have written an email but didn't. So we just recently had transfers.  Last transfer I was in a district of 6 American Elders and it was crazy.  I love those guys.  We had the perfect balance of crazy shenanigans and willful obedience.  I thought that maybe the transfer would go down as my favorite in the mission.  Last week I got the transfer news that, after just one transfer, I would be leaving the area, again.  And I am back with Elder Richey!!!   One year ago I trained this kid, and now we get another go.  I am so pumped.  It is so much easier now than it was a year ago.  We have grown a lot.  The lessons go so smoothly now.  It is just too easy.  If I could have chosen who was gonna be my next comp I would have chosen to be with Elder Richey again.  We have so much fun together. Anyway, ...

This week was incredible.  On tuesday we had the chance to watch our recent convert, Cesar, baptize his younger brother Anderson.  It was such a cool experience.  Cesar has only been a member of the Church for 1 month and he was able to help his 12 year old brother follow his example.  Everytime we go over to teach them it is so much fun.  They always love to think of deep questions and ask us when we arrive.  Paraguayans are very innocent people.  Anderson and Cesar both get almost all A's in their classes, but their questions are so weird.  They ask us if the world is flat or round.  We explain that it is indeed round and they respond, "Well why are we always on the bottom?  I want Paraguay to be on the top.  Also how do we not fall off the world if we are under it?"  We dove into a really long explanation of how gravity works and that if you dug a hole through the middle of the earth you would not fall all the way though and...

Hey everyone!   These last two weeks have been awesome. We have a baptism on Tuesday with more on the way. The work here has been incredible. We have almost stopped finding people because the people started finding us. It's a lot of fun to be with my comp. He's really funny and knows how to work. He's really invested in the conversion of the people. It's a blast out here. Short list of other cool events: -My comp found out that tiramisu DOES in fact have coffee in it, and that the peru mtc was giving coffee flavored cake to all the missionaries. (Silly mtc, we don't drink coffee) -Played lots of Magic the Gathering (my comp is an addict) -Enjoyed the mission Welp, that's about it. Have a great week! Elder Blacker