I'm Back! . . . And I'm Leaving!

Well hello everybody!  I made it out alive!

It has been wayyy too long since I last wrote an email.  Last time I warned yall that maybe it would be a couple weeks because I would be just too darn busy.  Well... it's been almost a full month (my bad).  I don't know if you want to read a month's worth of office elder rants but too bad.  But, for those of you who easily get second-hand stress, I promise it will be more chill today.  

I have been somewhat busy, just not train-wreck busy.  Three pday ago we had to take the missionaries that were going home that transfer to the temple.  I was gone the whole day and just didn't have time to do much except call my family.  That week wasn't too busy.  We did have a few zone conferencias that we pushed back until almost the end of the transfer though, leaving everything a little rushed but not completely out of control.  The next week we did the gira.  We went to encarnacion and ciudad del este.  I got to drive almost the whole way, which is about a 20 hour loop.  It wasn't too exciting except for the get-sent-home threats I got from President and the part where half my comps body was hanging out the window on the drive in a work zone because he couldn't stop throwing up.  Just normal office things.

We were in Ciudad del Este on that pday so that didn't work out so well.  But at least it was fun.  We wanted to change our pday to later in the week but it didn't happen.  The coming week was transfer week.  Every transfer week I just know that I'll be writing a long email with at least 10 crazy stories that I want to share.  I just never know what the stories will be at that point.  Well these transfers were a little different.  I got the surprising news that I will be leaving the office!  I started training!  This time during all the transfers I just watched my poor trainee struggle while I gave him helpful advice from the sidelines.  It is so funny.  Apparently I do a lot.  And apparently it takes quite a toll on people haha.  These last two weeks have been surprisingly relaxing.  I just watch and answer all the questions he has (which is a lot).  Actually, training has really helped me realize how much I have grown in the office (which is a lot).  I am feeling so ready to get out to the field and start teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.  I am pumped.  I feel like I have so much knowledge that I just need to share with the people that are ready to receive it.  The rumor is that I'll be out of the office before the transfer ends.  Could happen anytime now.

I kinda feel like this last transfer was like my final boss.  I trained and trained and was able to put on those 14 conferences.  Now I am just super chill.  Everything has just gotten too easy.  I literally fell asleep doing one of my daily tasks the other day and when I woke up it was done.  I had no idea how but I am 99% certain that I did it in my sleep.  I have been here too long haha.

That is all for this week.  Hope that we avoided all that second-hand stress.  I love you all!  Talk to you next week!

Elder Blacker

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

¡Qué Pucha!

Image
Hey everyone!  Hope you are well! First I want to explain the title.  Qué is kinda like how, like if I were to say, "How cool!"  Pucha is roughly translated to "the pits."  That's where we were this week... the pits. At least for my comp anyway.  I'm doing totally fine, but Elder Park got real sick this week.   We think he has dengue.  It's been going around here a lot.  It's symptoms are bad headaches, body aches, and overall just feeling really weak and tired.  So Élder Park has been sick like this since Thursday, and we haven't been able to do much since.  The good news... I've slept a lot.  And even better I've studied a lot.  We've been having a surprisingly good time while Elder Park is sick.  We've tried to keep our missionary purpose in mind and honestly I've had some of the best days on my mission recently. Everyday since Elder Park got real sick, I'll get tired of studying in spanish after a few hours and I'...
Read more

Op!

Image
Op! I love that greeting.  Paraguayans are very specific about the way they greet people.  Op is used to acknowledge the presence of someone you know, but you don't necessarily want to talk to them.  It's almost like honking your car horn in passing. Anywayyy.... I hope you're all doing well.  My week went by really quickly.  We honestly didn't see much success.  There are days where I don't see success and usually I know that I could have done better.  This week was different.  I gave it my all and still nothing happened.  My area is the exact same as last week.  But that's okay.  I feel really happy about it.  I was really focusing on my love for God and for the people this week, and I saw the results.  I was simply really happy and ready to serve, success or not. Also crazy story.  Being inspired by an old comp, we decided that every morning we wanted to wake up and immediately do 50 push-ups to get us going. ...
Read more

Todos Somos Monos

Image
Hey everyone!  Another week already! Ok... actually I feel like a lot happened this week, so buckle up.  We'll see how long this email is. First of all, imagine this... a Mexican missionary goes to the States for his mission.  He goes to a Mexican restaurant in his first area, wanting a little comfort food to remind of home.  He sees on the menu "Quesadilla".  As he is preparing his freshly learned English to order his food, he remembers that, in English, we pronounce certain letters differently.  He studies the menu carefully, until he confidantly stands in front of the expecting American employee, and orders a "Qu-e-saw-dil-a", carefully saying it the most American way he knows how.  Imagine the reaction of the american employee!  This mexican missionary couldn't even pronounce a spanish word right!  Imagine the mexican missionary and how foolish he feels! I think y'all know where I'm going with this... that happens to me A LOT.  But i...
Read more