Elder Acor: 2/13/23

 

Goodbye Caaguazú

Cooper Acor <cooper.acor@missionary.org>

¡Hola mi familia y a mis amigos!

This week was full of ups and downs and was super fast yet super slow. 

To start off I started off the week sick again. I wasn't feeling that great at the end of P-Day on Monday but then I woke up on Tuesday and I just felt awful so it was a rest day of taking a lot of pills and drinking a lot of water to feel better. The next day I felt better and then we had our last district council of this transfer. Then we taught a ton of people but this day the last lesson of the day was with a 17 year old girl and she had this dog that was about a year old and this dog had all the energy in the world. This dog was jumping on me attacking me and I have some allergies to dogs so I just broke out in hives all up and down my arms. The thing is the girl did absolutely nothing. She just sat there and watched. I have no idea why. Next day was Thursday and again worked a good amount but wasn't anything too crazy or different. We got to talk to Mitchel and William who got baptized this last Sunday. We passed by to see how they were feeling and Mitchel was sick so we were able to give him a blessing. Then I finished the day talking to my family because it was my dad's birthday which was awesome.

Then Friday was a day of lots of work. Passing by a lot of people seeing if they are interested, teaching. Dropping the lessons if they are not. We finished the day by milking a cow so it was a very good day. First time I had done that and it was so interesting and weird. Now we have two liters of cow's milk just in our fridge that we milked ourselves. I definitely do not have the confidence to drink that milk. I think I could actually just die instantly.

Saturday was a fun day. I fasted this Saturday because I was sick last fast Sunday and I didn't want to fast sick, but Heavenly Father is always looking to bless. We had lunch planned already but we passed by some members before that. We told them that we had lunch and that we had food but they gave us food anyways. It was a lot of food and was really tasty. Then we had our lunch and I ate there. So I started my fast with two lunches in my stomach, huge blessings. The rest of the day we did divisions with the Elders in Caaguazú 3 in their area and did a huge "Ataque de Area" where all four of us worked in Caaguazú 3. It was fun. I got to go with my trainer Elder Palomino. It was fun to show him how much I have learned since the time we have had together. Finished that day late at night and walked back to our house for an hour.

Then Sunday rolled around and we went to church and we had the opportunity to confirm Mitchel and William! They are officially members and I am so happy for them. Finished church and my como was crazy sick. Which meant another day of chilling inside. It wasn't that bad. I did a lot of studying and also cleaning and cleaning or ABP. Also with this sickness pretty much every missionary and what I think I had this week and last week is Dengue. Everyone is sick. Dengue is spread by mosquitoes and the symptoms basically just feel like you're dying. Just crazy body aches. After a full day of rest we finished it with news of transfers. Crazy changes. Elder Lugarni and I are both leaving Caaguazú 4 and two elders and going to white wash this area. Elder Lugarani is going to be a zone leader so congrats to him! I am going to my new area in Encarnación! It is a zone all the way at the very southern point of Paraguay and it borders Argentina. I am super excited to go to this new area. I have the opportunity to be district leader and I am also going to finish the training of an elder! Elder Alvarenga! He is from Argentina so another comp from Argentina! I am super excited for these changes and I can not wait to see what will happen next in the mission!

Love you all and thank you guys so much for reading this email. I really appreciate it. Have a great week and remember that God loves you!

¡Adiós!

Love Elder Acor