Elder Jacob Burr

Hey sorry about yesterday. we didnt have pday because the leaders were having 
a huge meeting in asuncion so we had pday today but next week it will be 
monday like usual. congrats big ry dog on being baptized!! thats so cool! 
 i got big T´s email today and i laughed so hard about the purple 
bike and helmet hahaha i wish i had a bike we either grab rides with random 
trucks or motos or buses. we are supposed to have two other missionaries here 
but its just me and elder brown so we walk everywhere. sorry if i dont space 
all my words this key board is very paraguayin. yesterday i was bummed about 
not having pday but we took a bus out to this place called corillera which 
was super poor. there are some members out there who we visited and we were 
walking down this hill and we saw a man and decided to go talk to him. we 
clapped and he told us to come in. we were talking with him and he said that 
he had talked to missionaries before and he had the first lesson restoration 
pamphlet not sure how to spell that. anyways we were talking to him and he 
told us that the night befopre he prayed that 1 or 2 messengers of god would 
come to his house and bring him unto christ. we both just stared at him and 
were like are you serious. he told us he works every single day but friday 
and we asked if we could teach him this thursday in the afternoon jueves 
tardes. he told us he had work but that he didnt care and that he would 
rather come unto christ than have money and that money was nothing compared 
to that. we got the pamphlet from him and we were about to write down jueves 
tardes on the pamphlet when we realized it had already been written from 
the missionaries a year ago. it was insane the lord already knew this was all 
going to happen and it was random how we didnt have pday and he has already 
been to church twice before. we taught him about baptism and he asked if he 
went to church on sunday if he could be baptized for this sunday!! he is 
the coolest guy his name is olimpio! the people have to go to church atleast 
3 times before they are baptized. later that night we met a sixteen year old 
kid named ramon who is extremely interested in the church and he just kept 
asking us question after question and asked us if he could go to church and 
have a book or mormon it was so cool! it has been the best day out in the 
mission so far!! it finally stopped raining but the rain went on for about 4 
days it was insane all my stuff was soaked and muddy but all my stuff is 
holding up pretty well. our shower almost broke the other day and we almost 
didnt have our some what warm water if it goes out you are stuck with cold 
water its pretty much this like electric contraption with amillion wires. we 
were teaching a lesson the other day and this little girl called me feo haha 
ugly. and then the next house we went to this old lady kept saying i was 
beautiful in guarni and kept staring at me hahah we had our first zone 
conference the other day which was pretty fun. president wade and his wife 
were there also did i tell you elder brown from the mtc who talked to you at 
the airport is in my zone here. he says hi mama burr haha. after that we 
went to bk! haha they have one here but its disgusting iwaspretty bummed but 
they have frosted flakes here so when we go grocerey shopping i always grab 
some. that is insane about all the stuff with the suns i swear they have no 
idea what they are doing stephon curry is terrible he looks like he is 10 
years old. all of the people here keep asking if we aresad about michael 
jackson because i guess he died or something haha is that true. also its so 
funny whenever a plane or helicopter flies over the city the people like run 
inside because they think its like world war 3 they dont ever see planes or 
anything. elder brown and i usually make explosion noises and gun shot 
noises haha today on the bus going itagua for zone meeting i sat in the 
front of the bus and my comp was in the back because those were the only 
seats left on the bus but i talked to this guy in spanish by myself for 
about an hour and a half. i taught him the whole first lesson and invited 
him to chrch haha it was crzy i was able to speak and understand everything 
he said! it was an awesome experienece. when we got off the bus elder brown 
was like holy cow you talked to that guy forever what happened!!! haha the 
other day we visited a less active and i gave him one of my long sleeve 
church shirts because he had nothing for church. i have never seen someone 
so happy in my life haha i always teach his little girls the abc and elglish 
words and phrases also i taught them sike! i say high five and then pull it 
away and say sike haha they try and do it and they say blahh haha its pretty 
funny. this last week i was sick just about the whole week with a soar throat 
which sucked but i am doing alot better now! we went to visit this 
member named renildia who is a member and she was smoking and we said renildia 
were you smoking and she said well ya but not alot haha whoever taught this 
lady i guess forgot the word of wisdom but we are working with her. she gave 
my comp a paraguayin kiss on the cheek hahaha i stuck my hand out and said 
bye renildia no more smoking haha. oh ya haha i saw simpsons the other day 
here and the voices sound terrible haha also the people love the song sweet 
child of mine guns and roses haha. not much else to say i love you all i 
hope everyone is doing great send me emails to ty its hard writing alot 
because we dont have much time. again i love you all!! para siempre dios 
este con vos! if we fail we fail with glory god speed the right. 
Elder Jacob Julious Burr
ps did you get the email last week about my first baptism here are a few 
pics. peace!