hola familia !
well i would like to start out saying i can see approximately one third of the letters on my keyboard so mom you might want to do some editing before posting this.
Boo Falcons! But I love the sports updates! THE SHMASTA SPORTS UPDATE!
And Logan's turkey bowl update rocks too. i want these every single week! and don't be afraid to include more!
thanks to grandma and karleigh for writing me !
So ya elder diaz peaced out. hes now zl in vitarte and I'm with elder vizcarra from Arequipa. I'm gonna miss elder diaz but vizcarra is awesome too. Ya elder johns went to oaxapampa, the best area in the whole mission. I'm jealous. and ya I'm the only English speaker in manchay, but its not that bad. Spanish is actually becoming easier to speak which is weird. My email might be kinda short because this keyboard is nearly impossible to type on.
So ya about nuestras invstigadores, no one came to church this Sunday so all of them lost their fecha. it was a really sad day because we have been working so hard and no on came. we had about 10 potentials con fecha and they all bailed on us. Pero to end on a good note, we had the baptism of IRWIN! POR FIN!!! I was so happy, and i could tell how excited he was to be baptized. the only people there were the missionaries and his sister, but he didn't care, he was happy either way.
We might have a couple familias get baptized on Christmas so well see how that goes.
hmm so about thanksgiving. I forgot about it haha. didn't realize until the next day. kinda sad, but whatever. I'm glad dad and the boys had fun at the turkey bowl. I definitely miss that.
so tell Cory I cant email him and to send everything through you
Love you guys a lot and i will be writing a letter due to lack of ability to type today.
Entonces lots of love from manchay. Hasta lunes! Elder Paolacci
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
¡Buenas Dias!
¡Buenas Dias!
So good week. First off I am very proud of my packers. showing them vikings whats up.
That's way cool about Logan's games. Third base is by far the coolest position. Make sure he keeps playing it and tell him to be aggressive.
Oh and I'm way bummed about missing harry potter with Coleton and Karleigh, but ill get over it. I'm sure it was way good. Just make sure to put it on the list of movies I miss while I am gone and we can rent it when I get home. Well thanksgiving is gonna be quite different because its just gonna be another regular day for us. i was trying to persuade elder diaz to let us do something that morning like soccer, but no dice.
I'm way excited for my Christmas package! I'm pretty sure i got all of the other packages. thank you and grandma so much. they totally make my day when I get one. So this week was really good and a little disappointing too. We started off the week strong, 8 people accepted a baptismal date for the last day of the month so we were way happy. But come Sunday only one showed up and the rest lost their date because they wouldn't have enough times attending church. But Sunday we had the baptism of a teenage girl named Clara. It was awesome because i got to baptize her! The baptism of Jorge (my first in the field) was definitely special, but this one had a little more significance to me because it was the first person that i was involved with the whole process of teaching her about our savior and the plan of salvation and then when she accepted the gospel I was able to baptize her . So that was pretty awesome.
This has been a really good week, in the fact that I was way happy the whole week. I have no idea why but I just tried my hardest to be happy and it was awesome. teaching the gospel and being obedient leads to complete happiness.
Oh yeah, 1 transfer down! so cool. this is going by way too fast. But I'm loving it at the same time. Manchay is already starting to feel like home, which is really weird. My Spanish is doing really well i would have to admit. Elder diaz said that i was giving a lesson in Spanish while i was sleeping the other night. pretty cool huh. and there are alot of times when i catch myself thinking in Spanish. its really weird but way awesome too. and scary because my English is going to die in about 6 months.
So thanks for all the letters you have sent me. make sure everyone knows how much I appreciate the communication from home. also it might take a long time for people to get a response. but i think my blog should suffice for most people for now. I truly am thinking about everyone often, we are just so busy working here morning until night.
Also if you could send me that little wood thing for the plan of salvation that we saw at missionary mall that would be cool. and some little games we can play with little kids. idk it might be cool.
Well don't got much more time. Promise I will have more to write next week. keep writing. keep reading your scriptures. remember your prayers. this gospel is amazing. I am so thankful for my family, please make sure they all know how much I love them. Logan keep playing ball and giving it your all, coleton how you coming on those 4 hymns? make sure you are reading your scriptures. karleigh glad to hear you are being good at being the oldest, but don't worry I will be back one day. keep going to seminary and studying your scriptures, remember that you have a heavenly father who is always there for you. morgan and trent keep doing good with Malorie she is getting so big. Marissa, hey where is Marissa ? make sure to tell my big sister I love her. dad don't work to hard. well tell the rest of the family I love them so much and I am thankful for all their love and support. Loving it here in Peru and I love my mission. no place I would rather be. Well until next week!
Elder Paolacci
PS - also if you can keep your eye out for nice Sony cameras on black Friday. this camera works and all but I think I want a better one. lot's of memories to record and I want to get the best pictures I can. there are some ones that I was looking at in a camera magazine that I found that are black and have 14.1 megapixels. if they have those on a huge sale that would be really cool. if not I think on one of our pdays im going to look for a new one, but I figured I would ask you to look on black Friday because it might be cheaper.
So good week. First off I am very proud of my packers. showing them vikings whats up.
That's way cool about Logan's games. Third base is by far the coolest position. Make sure he keeps playing it and tell him to be aggressive.
Oh and I'm way bummed about missing harry potter with Coleton and Karleigh, but ill get over it. I'm sure it was way good. Just make sure to put it on the list of movies I miss while I am gone and we can rent it when I get home. Well thanksgiving is gonna be quite different because its just gonna be another regular day for us. i was trying to persuade elder diaz to let us do something that morning like soccer, but no dice.
I'm way excited for my Christmas package! I'm pretty sure i got all of the other packages. thank you and grandma so much. they totally make my day when I get one. So this week was really good and a little disappointing too. We started off the week strong, 8 people accepted a baptismal date for the last day of the month so we were way happy. But come Sunday only one showed up and the rest lost their date because they wouldn't have enough times attending church. But Sunday we had the baptism of a teenage girl named Clara. It was awesome because i got to baptize her! The baptism of Jorge (my first in the field) was definitely special, but this one had a little more significance to me because it was the first person that i was involved with the whole process of teaching her about our savior and the plan of salvation and then when she accepted the gospel I was able to baptize her . So that was pretty awesome.
This has been a really good week, in the fact that I was way happy the whole week. I have no idea why but I just tried my hardest to be happy and it was awesome. teaching the gospel and being obedient leads to complete happiness.
Oh yeah, 1 transfer down! so cool. this is going by way too fast. But I'm loving it at the same time. Manchay is already starting to feel like home, which is really weird. My Spanish is doing really well i would have to admit. Elder diaz said that i was giving a lesson in Spanish while i was sleeping the other night. pretty cool huh. and there are alot of times when i catch myself thinking in Spanish. its really weird but way awesome too. and scary because my English is going to die in about 6 months.
So thanks for all the letters you have sent me. make sure everyone knows how much I appreciate the communication from home. also it might take a long time for people to get a response. but i think my blog should suffice for most people for now. I truly am thinking about everyone often, we are just so busy working here morning until night.
Also if you could send me that little wood thing for the plan of salvation that we saw at missionary mall that would be cool. and some little games we can play with little kids. idk it might be cool.
Well don't got much more time. Promise I will have more to write next week. keep writing. keep reading your scriptures. remember your prayers. this gospel is amazing. I am so thankful for my family, please make sure they all know how much I love them. Logan keep playing ball and giving it your all, coleton how you coming on those 4 hymns? make sure you are reading your scriptures. karleigh glad to hear you are being good at being the oldest, but don't worry I will be back one day. keep going to seminary and studying your scriptures, remember that you have a heavenly father who is always there for you. morgan and trent keep doing good with Malorie she is getting so big. Marissa, hey where is Marissa ? make sure to tell my big sister I love her. dad don't work to hard. well tell the rest of the family I love them so much and I am thankful for all their love and support. Loving it here in Peru and I love my mission. no place I would rather be. Well until next week!
Elder Paolacci
PS - also if you can keep your eye out for nice Sony cameras on black Friday. this camera works and all but I think I want a better one. lot's of memories to record and I want to get the best pictures I can. there are some ones that I was looking at in a camera magazine that I found that are black and have 14.1 megapixels. if they have those on a huge sale that would be really cool. if not I think on one of our pdays im going to look for a new one, but I figured I would ask you to look on black Friday because it might be cheaper.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Ahhhhhhhh That is So Cool !!!
AHHHHH THATS SO COOL!!!!! (about Kelly's mission call)
South Carolina! Ah dang hes gonna love it there. For the longest time before my mission i wanted to go to south carolina. There are definitely benifits of going to a stateside mission and hes gonna love it. Im gonna be writing him a letter today so let him know to be expecting it.
Hmmmm so all is good in manchay! On the 11th i hit 3 months woot woot. Now that i think about it though i think thats the day coy hit a year. wow thats crazy. time flies thats for sure. I cant believe this is the last week of the transfer. Me and elder diaz are most likely gonna be together again but elder johns is most likely leaving. i have enjoyed getting to know him. he is awesome. i hope another north american comes in his place or ill be all alone :( Well next week is thanksgiving no? Im gonna be so sad without the turkey bowl. Eh but ill live. But i was thinking if you could send some thanksgiving recipes that i could give to my pension that would be cool. Idk something exciting i guess.
Hmm so this sunday we have the baptism of Clara. Shes 17 and at first wasnt very excited to be baptized because her mom wouldnt be able to come because she lives in brazil, but after she prayed about it she felt the holy ghost and knew in her heart it was the right thing to do and now shes excited as can be. We are excited for her. So last thursday after the temple we went to downtown lima to a museum. it was limas version of china town. i was quite confused, being in a different country imitating a different country. Sometimes i just have these strange moments where i cant really believe im in peru.
So where we email from has a printer so let people know for now if they wanna write me they can send the email to you and you can forward them to me and i can print them off here. .
So ya while we are on the subject, mom you are pretty much a celebrity here. At least once a week i get a "hey my mom talked to your mom". haha its awesome cause now ill have all these connections when i get back. I love you mom.
que mas. haha not gonna lie my spanish is doing farely well. I have gained a true testimony of the gift of tounges because when I teach it all just flows perfectly. It is awesome. Thursday nights we have english class for our investigators and i had to give a prayer in english! holy cow it was so hard. i havent given a prayer in english for 3 months. haha i wish i had it on video you all would have laughed at me.
So i was just reading the first line of your email.....misionerA? Mom its ELDER Paolacci, not Hermana Paolacci. But keep working on your spanish. I promise if you study you will get better.
So ya the question about dec 16. Yeah we have our christmas conference dec 16 but you dont have to worry about the package getting here until the 25. well actually the tuesday before. So yes send a cd too and I will put pictures and some videos on it of my area I have made. If you want you guys can send some videos on a dvd too.
About the preach my gospels, just 2. if you havent found them yet look into alphagraphics. they can do it i think.
So ya again let kelly know im way proud of him and to enjoy the time he has before his mission, he needs to study HARD because it's HARD WORK. Let people know they can send you emails and you can attach them to your email. Handwrittens are still better but they take a while and im sure some people dont like doing it or they forget.
Well keep reading your scriptures and work hard (cause I am working hard) remember if we are obident to the teachings of the gospel our lives are truly blessed.
Love Ya guys!
Elder Paolacci
PS - you wanted to know some things for christmas - dried mangos(costco ones) money is always nice if you have any to spare - CANDY - a recap on sports since I have been gone and whatever else your heart desires
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Greetings From Manchay !!!
Greetings from Manchay!
Well everything's good from down here. Im glad the packers are doing good woot woot! And I was thinking about how cool it would be if the giants won because that's Tommy Joseph's team! so cool. Ok so im way excited for Kelly's call. I get to have email on Monday so make sure you guys update me right away. Um im not a big fan of guessing but im going to say......foreign: Toronto Canada, stateside: san Antonio, Texas.
So this week we had one baptism. His name is Michael and he's 10 years old. he's a great kid and im sure he will serve a mission when the time comes. He has an amazing testimony and such great faith for a boy of his age.
On Saturday we have the baptism of a 16 year old named nelson. The most amazing investigator ever! we seriously had no struggles with him and he accepted the baptismal challenge the first lesson. Its really cool to see how the lord prepares some people, Nelson was just waiting to here about the gospel. So when we presented it to him all of his questions were answered and he has gained the strongest testimony. We have alot of investigators and should have about 8 baptisms this month. So yesterday we had a multi zone conference. Elder Nash of the seventy was the speaker and it was so cool. oh and I also got to see elder Capps! It was awesome, we did some catching up. I love that guy. We are going to see each other again December 16th for our Christmas.
Today we went to the TEMPLE! it was awesome. I LOVE the temple. One day it will be amazing to be there with our whole family. I'll try to send a couple pics. There were a few elders from my ccm district there and it was awesome to see them again.
So I got the shirts and all the other stuff! Thank you so much! It's all totally perfect. those insoles were a great idea too. oh and don't be shy if you want to send more candy haha I promise im brushing my teeth. so ya every thing is so good, we changed our pension on Sunday. she's not the best cook but ill get by.
My Spanish is doing pretty good. Im staring to talk alot faster and understand a majority of what people are saying. I think the thing I need to work on the most is vocabulary, but that will come I think.
Yesterday when I was talking to elder Capps I said some Spanish words in my English on accident and it was very scary. I really don't want to be one of those missionaries that cant speak English when he gets back.
Elder Diaz and I are doing good. He's a great missionary.
So I cant believe that I already have been out for three months! its gone so fast and im loving it. we end this transfer on not this Tuesday but the next. me and elder Diaz will probably be together for one more transfer after this
.
So ya im trying to get letters done for the rest of the fam that I missed. They should be there soonish.
I love all ya guys and make sure you don't change too much while im gone! READ YOUR SCRIPTURES. This gospel is amazing and Heavenly Father is just waiting to bless us if we are obedient. I'm having fun, but more importantly I'm working really hard. It is awesome.
well, Hasta Lunes!
Elder Paolacci
Well everything's good from down here. Im glad the packers are doing good woot woot! And I was thinking about how cool it would be if the giants won because that's Tommy Joseph's team! so cool. Ok so im way excited for Kelly's call. I get to have email on Monday so make sure you guys update me right away. Um im not a big fan of guessing but im going to say......foreign: Toronto Canada, stateside: san Antonio, Texas.
So this week we had one baptism. His name is Michael and he's 10 years old. he's a great kid and im sure he will serve a mission when the time comes. He has an amazing testimony and such great faith for a boy of his age.
On Saturday we have the baptism of a 16 year old named nelson. The most amazing investigator ever! we seriously had no struggles with him and he accepted the baptismal challenge the first lesson. Its really cool to see how the lord prepares some people, Nelson was just waiting to here about the gospel. So when we presented it to him all of his questions were answered and he has gained the strongest testimony. We have alot of investigators and should have about 8 baptisms this month. So yesterday we had a multi zone conference. Elder Nash of the seventy was the speaker and it was so cool. oh and I also got to see elder Capps! It was awesome, we did some catching up. I love that guy. We are going to see each other again December 16th for our Christmas.
Today we went to the TEMPLE! it was awesome. I LOVE the temple. One day it will be amazing to be there with our whole family. I'll try to send a couple pics. There were a few elders from my ccm district there and it was awesome to see them again.
So I got the shirts and all the other stuff! Thank you so much! It's all totally perfect. those insoles were a great idea too. oh and don't be shy if you want to send more candy haha I promise im brushing my teeth. so ya every thing is so good, we changed our pension on Sunday. she's not the best cook but ill get by.
My Spanish is doing pretty good. Im staring to talk alot faster and understand a majority of what people are saying. I think the thing I need to work on the most is vocabulary, but that will come I think.
Yesterday when I was talking to elder Capps I said some Spanish words in my English on accident and it was very scary. I really don't want to be one of those missionaries that cant speak English when he gets back.
Elder Diaz and I are doing good. He's a great missionary.
So I cant believe that I already have been out for three months! its gone so fast and im loving it. we end this transfer on not this Tuesday but the next. me and elder Diaz will probably be together for one more transfer after this
.
So ya im trying to get letters done for the rest of the fam that I missed. They should be there soonish.
I love all ya guys and make sure you don't change too much while im gone! READ YOUR SCRIPTURES. This gospel is amazing and Heavenly Father is just waiting to bless us if we are obedient. I'm having fun, but more importantly I'm working really hard. It is awesome.
well, Hasta Lunes!
Elder Paolacci
Monday, November 8, 2010
P-Day Switched
Dylan's P-Day was switched to Thursday so they could attend the Temple in Lima this week. So no email till Thursday. So here's looking at you Thursday !!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
This Place Is Great !!!
HOLA!!!! This place is great !
So first off I'm glad my teams are back to winning! haha oh and you need to remind the boys that i totally called the rangers to be in the world series! doesn't seem like they're gonna win, but who knows so ya all is well in manchay, I'm feeling a little better, and my eye is all better which is nice. we called Hermana Leyva and she told us to buy some medicines and stuff. but ya I also remember Ryan Miller telling me that I'm not gonna be 100 percent healthy for two years so I just have to get over it.
so this weekend was kind of a doozy. we were supposed to have 3 baptisms but only ended up with one. its really sad, one of them didn't happen just because he had to work, but the other one was really disheartening. we have this 11 year old boy who has been taking the lessons and was supposed to be baptized on Saturday. well Saturday morning we were passing by his house and his dad was in town and hes a big drinker. him and his friends were all drunk, and we felt a huge need to emphasize to Irwin(the investigator) that he needed to stay away. well later that day we were passing by and we saw him take a drink of beer. ah it was so sad because now he cant be baptized for 4 more weeks. its really rough down here for a lot of kids because they don't have any good examples.
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Oh so I sent some letters this week, but only a couple. I'm gonna take some time today to finish them. haha and hopefully they get there!
Oh so last night was Halloween?! I could barely tell, they don't really go all out here like we do in the states Hmmm so we are looking for a new house in Manchay.
Tell Coleton to not quit playing the piano! that was my biggest mistake and I totally regret not being able to read music here.
Tell Logan I'm proud of his baseball skills and to keep working hard.
Tell Karleigh to get better, being sick sucks!
I can't believe how big Malorie is getting !
My shirts haven't arrived yet but hopefully they'll be there tomorrow.
oh and I must not have followed the instructions for the flea collars because we have massive flea problems
And idk if you would be willing, but a great Christmas present would be some new shoes! haha the old ones that i brought aren't gonna last, so if you want you can use my money and try to find some of those eccos. if you don't know what I'm talking about ask Elder Johns mom and Elder Riders mom. I know they might be expensive but they'll last.
I can already tell my English is gonna be toast in a couple months, so I'm interested to see how my emails are gonna start sounding.
sorry for sending such short emails lately, I'm working on it, we don't have much time because we need to email President Leyva too (in Spanish)
I'm working way hard down here and we are having a ton of success, it may be hard but there are always blessings for hard work. Stay strong, keep praying, the Lord is always there to hear and answer our prayers. I witness this daily, so don't ever be afraid to ask him for help whenever you need it.
well family I love ya guys and I'll talk to ya next week
Elder Paolacci
PS - Tell Grandma Harper thank you for the package
PSS - Tell everyone thank you for the letters they truly are the best thing ever to get
PSSS - I can't wait to hear about Kelly's mission call
So first off I'm glad my teams are back to winning! haha oh and you need to remind the boys that i totally called the rangers to be in the world series! doesn't seem like they're gonna win, but who knows so ya all is well in manchay, I'm feeling a little better, and my eye is all better which is nice. we called Hermana Leyva and she told us to buy some medicines and stuff. but ya I also remember Ryan Miller telling me that I'm not gonna be 100 percent healthy for two years so I just have to get over it.
so this weekend was kind of a doozy. we were supposed to have 3 baptisms but only ended up with one. its really sad, one of them didn't happen just because he had to work, but the other one was really disheartening. we have this 11 year old boy who has been taking the lessons and was supposed to be baptized on Saturday. well Saturday morning we were passing by his house and his dad was in town and hes a big drinker. him and his friends were all drunk, and we felt a huge need to emphasize to Irwin(the investigator) that he needed to stay away. well later that day we were passing by and we saw him take a drink of beer. ah it was so sad because now he cant be baptized for 4 more weeks. its really rough down here for a lot of kids because they don't have any good examples.
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Oh so I sent some letters this week, but only a couple. I'm gonna take some time today to finish them. haha and hopefully they get there!
Oh so last night was Halloween?! I could barely tell, they don't really go all out here like we do in the states Hmmm so we are looking for a new house in Manchay.
Tell Coleton to not quit playing the piano! that was my biggest mistake and I totally regret not being able to read music here.
Tell Logan I'm proud of his baseball skills and to keep working hard.
Tell Karleigh to get better, being sick sucks!
I can't believe how big Malorie is getting !
My shirts haven't arrived yet but hopefully they'll be there tomorrow.
oh and I must not have followed the instructions for the flea collars because we have massive flea problems
And idk if you would be willing, but a great Christmas present would be some new shoes! haha the old ones that i brought aren't gonna last, so if you want you can use my money and try to find some of those eccos. if you don't know what I'm talking about ask Elder Johns mom and Elder Riders mom. I know they might be expensive but they'll last.
I can already tell my English is gonna be toast in a couple months, so I'm interested to see how my emails are gonna start sounding.
sorry for sending such short emails lately, I'm working on it, we don't have much time because we need to email President Leyva too (in Spanish)
I'm working way hard down here and we are having a ton of success, it may be hard but there are always blessings for hard work. Stay strong, keep praying, the Lord is always there to hear and answer our prayers. I witness this daily, so don't ever be afraid to ask him for help whenever you need it.
well family I love ya guys and I'll talk to ya next week
Elder Paolacci
PS - Tell Grandma Harper thank you for the package
PSS - Tell everyone thank you for the letters they truly are the best thing ever to get
PSSS - I can't wait to hear about Kelly's mission call
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