GO PACKERS !!!

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AHHHHHHHHHHHH Of course they are going to the super bowl while im gone! Ahhh its all good. Make sure you record the super bowl, and just to let logan know...YOURE GOING DOWN! I am sure coleton is now a packers fan so don’t let the excitement get to crazy when MY team wins.

Ahhhh so ya everythings great here in manchay. weird to think i have 4 months here! and over 5 in the mission. crazy stuff.
we had a baptism saturday, his name is uber. ya seriously thats his name. hes way awesome, hes one of the monthly miracles we get down here in manchay. He had been prepared to hear the gospel well before we got to him. We just had to teach him the lessons and get him in the water. hes way awesome and is a sure bet to be an amazing future missionary.
So ya we also had training with president leyva this week. it was way good. he taught us alot of stuff that can help our investigators lose thier doubts and gain a testimony. felt like i was in the ccm again. But it was awesome. He is an incredible man and has so much to teach us and so much we can learn from his example.

Here is my letter to President -
Hola presidente todo esta bien aca en manchay. Yo disfrute las capacitaciones que tuvimos este semana, aprendi mucho. Las dias siguentes yo esforze para usar todas las cosas que nos enseño, y vimos éxito. Ahorita tenemos algunas investigadores que estan teniendo dificultades ganando su testimonio pero sabemos que pueden hacerlo. El lugar de manchay es un gran lugar para la obra y estoy muy agradecido que tengo este tiempo para trabajar aca. Estoy haciendo todo que puedo para llevar este mensaje a todas las personas que puedo, y yo se que muchas personas han sidos, y van a ser bendecidos por este.
Elder Paolacci

Hello President
Everything is good here in Manchay. I really enjoyed the training we had this week, I learned a lot. The following day after the training I strived to use all the things we were taught and we saw much success. Right now we have an investigator who is having difficulty gaining his testimony, but we know he can. Manchay place is a great place to work  and serve and I'm grateful I have this opportunity to work here. I'm doing everything I can to share the gospel message to everyone I can, and I know many people have been truly blessed by the gospel here.
Elder Paolacci

So ya seriously everything is going really good. we have baptisms lined up, and we are working hard. me and elder vizcarra get along really well. i turned him into an asu and a packers fan haha, but he doesnt understand football at all.

So ya my one request is that if the pack win the superbowl, you guys need to send me the superbowl champs shirt, and if you can buy the other shirts like division and nfc champs. Also the dvd that they make for the teams when they win (dont send that to me of course - just pack it away till I get home). And anything else that would fill this huge hole that is being created in my heart right now just thinking about my boy aaron rodgers going to the superbowl. But dont worry, i am still 100 percent focused. Working really hard, too hard sometimes. That's a testimony right there of the gospel. I am totally okay with my team going to the superbowl and me not being there to see it. Wouldnt trade the blessings of being here for anything.

i love you all so much, and ill try to get my photo dvds to you guys as soon as possible. Keep studying and praying !!!
Love
Elder Paolacci

ps - So ya pass this info onto Elder johns -and tell him manchay is the best area in the mission, but he already knows that. elder vizcarra and I figured out theres been 10 different elders with me in manchay haha. peña and elliot for a day, johns, diaz, cule, silva, chavez, and now vizcarra, mercado, and inga. It is the place to be.

pss - cam you are the man. wish I could be there with you because you know our team is going all the way. but I know you will make me proud celebrating in true packer style. my comp is totally a packers fan now also. what an awesome time to have 9:00 church. But just know bro I wouldn’t even trade being there to watch the superbowl and my man aaron rodgers. The mish is the best place in the world to be. Just work hard and prepare and don’t be lazy like I was cuz then you will have to study even harder when you get in the mtc. keep the updates coming. Love ya bro

psss- logan thanks for the email - just remember that I love you when my team wins !!!!!!!! GO PACKERS !!!!!

psss- does karleigh still live there (hahaha) just wondering cause I thought she said she was going to send me an email every week and write me letters. Just pass the message onto her that her older brother is patiently waiting on an update on her life from her.

psssssssssssssssssss - tell everyone I love them. I am excited marissa is gonna come home to skype with me on moms day. Tell malorie hi from uncle dylan.

Everything is good in Manchay !!!

HOLLLLLLAAAAA!!!!!
ya so everything good in manchay york. we are working so hard and on the brink of a lot of success. This week we have 3 baptisms and we have 3 next week too! But I am gonna tell you it is all due to HARD WORK. you guys really would be so proud of me seeing how hard i work now. ya fueron my lazy days. at least until aug. 14 2011! haha. Just messing.

Manchay is awesome. i never wanna leave this place. It may be not be pretty on the outside but I'm pretty sure its the best place to be a missionary in the whole world. i love it here. And I feel truly blessed to have started my mission here. this week we have the baptisms of a kid named uber (what a name - good thing he is so awesome), and also two sisters genesis and Shirley. They are all so awesome and are gonna be great members. so here be my letter to President

Este semana ha sido muy bueno. Hemos arreglado mucho con nuestra area y dejado algunas personas. Fue un poquito triste pero no estaban progresando y ahora vamos a tener mas tiempo para enfocarnos en las personas que estan progresando y mas tiempo para encontrar nuevos.
Este semana tambien termino nuestro tiempo de preparación mas o menos.
En la proxima 2 o 3 semanas tenemos la oportunidad para tener 7 bautismos. Entonces vamos a ver que va a pasar. Vamos a trabajar nuestro mejor porque sabemos que estas personas tienen la oportunidad para cambiar y queremos ayudarles hacerlo. Gracia por todo su ayuda presidente.
Elder Paolacci


so now what about my PACKKKEEERRRRRSS!!!!!!!!!! As i say to my buddies here, there have only been 2 perfect people to walk the face of the earth, Jesus, And ARODG!!!! (hahaha - just my standing football humore here with the natives) I'm so happy. they are gonna win the super bowl this year, just like i said. if they win you guys have to send me the championship shirt! ahh so awesome. Cam you are the man sending me updates. I knew I could always count on you. Let me know how ASU is doing also. I promise I will be a faithful sports updater when you are on your mission also. I got your back bro. And Coleton and Logan you are the best brothers a guy could have. Thanks for writing me and not forgetting about me. I know I can always count on you. What's up with my sisters (clearing my throat) I know they will be writing next week. Tell the Breshears family thanks for the email. i love reading them and keep sending them. Just keep telling everyone to email you mom and you can forward them on to me. Or they can do dear elder like grandma. That always works and I must admit it is nice to get something when they deliver the mail on Tuesdays. I have the best family and friends. If I haven't told all of you lately how much I appreciate you I do.

So here's a fun fact for the boys that they might like to know about (tell Tyler to he might get a kick out of this)- the weirdest food I've eaten so far is..... i once had chicken with a member and they had the chicken feet just chillin there on the table while we ate. So nothing too crazy so far (at least that I am aware of) they are nice to us here and just keep it simple, they try not to kill us.

Also mom thanks for sending coys letters to me. I love hearing about my friends. I know we are all totally busy doing the Lords work and so there is not a lot of time to write but the updates he sends to his family are awesome. It sounds like hes loving it as much as I am.  Tell him to keep up on his spanish cause then we can make fun of everyone without them knowing when I get home (ha ha)

Well I love you guys, keep being awesome. Keep up family prayers and scripture study. Maybe for FHE one night you can make a video and send it to me. The members love seeing pictures. They would get a kick out of seeing my family in action. Can you believe I have 5 months down already and only 19 more to go - it is going by way to fast! Send my love to everyone.
GO PACK !!!
Love
Elder Paolacci

Ps Tell grandma paolacci we are already imaging how good those mangos are gonna taste. Hope the mail comes fast.

Just a few photo's . . .

Just a few photo's I found today. Dylan is having trouble sending photos from the computer he is using. So these will have to do for now . . . .

Greetings From Manchay !!!

Well.......Greetings from Manchay!!! Six more weeks!! Yeah !!!
Ya so this was my first transfer after my training  so i was kinda nervous that i might be leaving. But it was not so and the Lord has blessed me to stay here six more weeks ! I really didn't wanna leave Manchay. I'm pretty sure these 6 weeks will be awesome and I am really happy I get to stay - we are working hard and I am excited.
But ya there's not really much news from this week.It was busy because of transfers. We are working really hard with our investigators and we are seeing lot's of progress. Keep us and them in your prayers.

Heres my note to president -
Hola presidente Leyva : Bienvenidos de manchay! Estoy tan agradecido que tengo mas tiempo aca. Manchay es lo máximo. Este mes va a ser un buen mes en verdad. Vamos a tener mucho éxito. La única cosa que necesitamos hacer es sacar algunas permisos y continuar trabajando.
Estamos tan feliz. Creemos que ultimo cambio fue un prueba de nuestra pacienca, y ahora somos mejores misioneros. No hay mucho mas que eso.
Estoy muy feliz aca en manchay y estoy listo para trabajar.
Elder Paolacci

(Translation - the best I can)

Hello President Leyva,
Hello from Manchay. I am so grateful that I have more time here. Manchay is awesome. This month will be a good month indeed. We will be very successful. The only thing we need to do is take some time and continue working.
We are so happy. We believe that last change was a test of our patience, and now we are better missionariess because of it. Not much more than that.
I am very happy here in Manchay and I'm ready to work.

Elder Cule finished his 2 years Tuesday. And Elder Silva, his old comp, got transferred to Huancayo. (so I told him to look for my buddy Elder Sheridan - lucky guy) so now we have 2 new elders in Manchay. They seem pretty cool. Elder Mercado and Elder Chavez. It's kinda funny because they know nothing about manchay, and i feel like i know everything. I love this place.

So ya i got stuck with the bad computer again this morning so its gonna be hard to type alot.

Oh so if you don't already know Elder Rider got moved up to senior comp! Ahhh he's crazy. I called him the night of transfers and he seems scared out of his mind. I'm scared for him. But he is an amazing missionary and he will be awesome and I look forward to the day I can serve in the same area with him. Elder brown got transferred :( Good thing he is from AZ and I will see him when I get home.

So ya that's way cool that Kelly got to Baptize Tyler. I'm was so glad i got to baptize Logan before i came out.

Well ya sorry i could write much. Love you all. Hope you all are just having a good ole time. Okay family keep doing what you are supposed to do and staying on the right path. Scriptures and prayers are a sure ticket to happiness and protection.

Tell everyone thank you for the letters - i appreciate it so much when people write !!!
Love,
Elder Paolacci
elder paola to all the latinos

Happy New Year

well hello there family


haha what a week! lets just say latinos know how to party. haha just messing. but they are crazy. i thought they went crazy with the fireworks on christmas, oh was i mistaken. they took it to the HNL (ask matt dahl). I will be sending a video as soon as i can. haha its crazy. definitely a video that we will wanna be saving.

So ya i have a feeling these could be my last days in manchay. its kinda sad but i know the other areas in the mission are awesome too and there will be work for me to do.

heres my letter to the president
Ya pues este es la ultima semana de este cambio, y yo he aprendido mucho en este tiempo. Yo he mejorado my abildad para ser un misionero efectivo y tambien mi testimonio ha crecido bastante. Manchay es un gran lugar. En verdad es un poquito loco como yo he cambiado en mi tiempo aca. Me gustaria bastante para quedarme y trabajar mas aca pero se que no es mi decision, este es de el señor para decidir. Ahorita estamos encontando mas y mas personas listas para el evangelio. Es lo maximo como el señor prepara personas. En este cambio yo he visto bastantes milagros, pero tambien desafios. Y estoy muy agradecido para estas oportunidades. Tambien en este tiempo siendo capactitado yo he aprendido bastante. Yo he sido bendicido para tener dos granes papas de la mision, y espero que puedo ayudar otros misioneros como ellos me han ayudado. Gracias por todo presidente!

Elder Paolacci

Google Spanish to English translation (not a very good translation this week - but we get the gist of what he is saying)
And since this is the last week of this change, and I've learned a lot at this time. I have improved my Abild to be an effective missionary and also my testimony has grown considerably. Manchay is a great place. It is indeed a little crazy as I have changed in my time here. I would like enough to stay and work over here but it's not my decision, this is the Lord to decide. Right now we find more and more people ready for the gospel. Is the maximum as the Lord prepares individuals. In this change I have seen many miracles, but also challenges. And I am very grateful for these opportunities. Also at this time being capactitado I've learned a lot. I have been blessed to have two beans potatoes of the mission, and I hope I can help other missionaries as they have helped me. Thanks for everything president!

So ya it was a great week. we had the baptisms of gregory and anthony. both great young guys. haha gregory actually lives in elder norris area in setipo but he was down here for a month and we snaked him from them. haha jk but he is awesome, he was definitely a miracle in our sights. the first thing he said to us was that he wanted to be a missionary like us. it was way cool. Amazing to see the changes the lord makes in peoples lives.

So ya other than the great time we had with the work this week we also had a pretty fun time on new years. we spent the night in the room of the other elders because the porras family was having some crazy party that lasts to 6 in the morning that they do every year. so ya theres a hill/mountain behind the room of the other elders so we hiked that and recorded the craziness of new years eve. and ya the next day we finally ended up moving our house/room. its alot nicer, smaller, but nicer. mostly because its clean. not really important because im probably hitting the road tommorow.

hmm so ya new years day was pretty sad for me because that marks the official start of my ski season. i catch myself thinking about it alot but its all good. just give a little shout out to my homies at ALPINE.
they rock.

well ya it looks like we have less time this week to email so i gotta go. love ya guys HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!! start it off on a good step? Keep it simple Just do the things you know - pray, read your scriptures and go to church. I promise if you do those things you will continual to feel blessed.

Tell Karleigh I love her and I will have more time to write next week. Keep her chin up and tell her re-read my last letter and boys, better step it up on the sports updates!

i think that's it. ahhh im losing all my english phrases!! ya esta bien. have a good week,
Love Elder Paolacci

p.s. GOOOOOOOOO PACKKKKKERRRSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they be winnin the super bowl this year