Ralphs, Jay

When the lights and electricty of the whole town go out the morning before Church, you know it will be a memorable Sunday.  And it sure was.  Without air conditioning, lights or a speaker the sacrament meeting began. A faithful congergation waving makeshift fans to cool down. The Paraguayo Missionaries on the this email list would understand the brutality of sitting for 30 minutes in the un conditioned chapel till half way through the meeting, the lights turned on again. To be honest it was a precious experience for me, the windows were open shining in natural light into the chapel. The Spirit was there as the people, sweating a little, took there seats and listened to the prelude music I got to play. There genuine comittment and faithfullness to come to church, without lights, some without water in their houses inspired me. Would I have come to church back home? Would you have gone? Knowing it could be 90+ degrees the whole meeting? The lights and air did evenutally come back...

To be brief. Heyy how are you guys? It has been a wild week.  Tuesday, I had divisions with the OG Elder Bean. Dang we had a good time. It was awesome to reflect on everything that has happened since we were missionaries in the MTC over 6 months ago. Speaking of which, sorta a fun milestone but yesterday marked six months living in the country of Paraguay and we got to eat pizza on the roof and look at the stars Oh also there's a toucan at there pension. dooh dooh dooh  I love Sundays. And yesterday was no different. Two Ateos came to church. Two people who told us SUNDAY MORNING that they were not going to come to church came. And my dear friend Carolina Caceres got baptized. Truly the Lord is one of Miracles.  Carolina, as I explained a couple weeks back I think, was found by a miracle. We prayed. And then followed an impression to visit a purple house further up the road. We began to talk to Carolina, and she was arguing with us about doctrines reading from revela...

Haupei.  Another wild week.  - Earlier this week, I got the chance to teach a family of Athesits. There questions where profound and when we got there we started a deep doctrinal discussion which got cut short cause we had another lesson to go to. But, they are accpeting the lessons and next time we go by we are planning to blow their minds with the Plan of Salvation. - I also got to teach the gospel in English for the first time in my life. We are teaching this man named Gustavo who teaches English for a living, and his son, Givoanni litterally was born in New Jersey and speaks better English then Spanish. So, we taught a lesson about Baptism and the Book of Mormon in English. And he said he'd come to church! - Then, on Friday Morning, we went out with an ex-missionary from our mission, who served here 5 years ago. We were walking along when this guy stopped his bike trailer thing, and told me I had a weapon on me. Dumbfounded, I sorta just stared at him. Then he pointed at t...

Hi Everyone. It feels like forever ago that I wrote but a thing or too have happened since last week.  We had cambios and I got called to train again. From the start. A Latino companion from Guatamala. So, I will stay in Franco as DL and train.  I spent the whole first half of the week traveling I left Tuesday, had an awesome night in the office (shout out Elder Parra and Elder Thomas and Elder Winder) and then on Wednesday met Elder Leiva. Ooh and on Thursday I went to the temple!! RANDOM INTERMEDIO PENSAMIENTO ESPIRTUAL: The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the most important event in human history that has ever happened. I know it is real. I know that event is the center of all human history. The Atonement of Christ has both Reedeming AND Enabling power. We have been invited repeatedly to learn and to understand the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  To help you out here's 3 talks and 2 chapters that talk exculsively about the Atonement of Christ. https://www. churchofjesuschrist...