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Hey everyone!  This week was incredible!  We only worked half the week because of my sick comp and zone conference but our numbers of finding and church attendance and everything were WAY more than normal, thanks to the blessings of God.


There was one time that we decided to eat out for lunch, something I hadn't done before unless it was empanadas.  I ended up getting a pretty tasty soup that tasted a little like pirate booty, with a giant part of a chicken sitting it the middle, skin, bones, and all.  I used my fork and knife to cut the chicken sitting in my soup to eat what I could.  When I finished, or at least thought I had finished, a man came up to us and told me that as a part of Paraguayan culture, you pick up the chicken and eat it with your hands, despite it being covered in soup!  Turns out this dude was really awesome and paid for our food and invited us to his house for us to teach him!  How cool!


I'm incredibly short on time but we've been teaching a lot and we had 10 friends come to church!  That's the most my comp has ever had and he goes home soon!  There's only about 30 active people in the branch!  I've also invited a record breaking number of ppl to get married so they can get baptized.  A couple of them are actually going to do it!


I'm incredibly short on time but I love yall and know God blesses us for all of our efforts!


Talk later!


Elder Blacker








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