Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Dang Computer !!!
ahhh sorry i have no clue what happened but the computer I am on shut off and my letter I was writing and almost finished got erased. so sorry I don't have time to start over. well quick recap i guess, I'm gonna be district leader next transfer (tomorrow) ahhhh I'm way nervous cause that means I'm probably training too. so ya keep me in your prayers haha.
happy 60th birthday pops! Thursday right? haha love ya. (he really isn't 60)
um well we had 3 baptisms Saturday! it was way cool. we had special musical numbers and everything.
say hi to grandma smith for me, i had all the answers to her questions written before the email got erased. ill try next week.
hey so ya I'm out of time! Sorry about this.
well we are gonna see how this whole dl thing turns out. should be interesting!
love you all!
chow Elder Paolacci
ps-tell those little bros to get on the sports updates for me
happy 60th birthday pops! Thursday right? haha love ya. (he really isn't 60)
um well we had 3 baptisms Saturday! it was way cool. we had special musical numbers and everything.
say hi to grandma smith for me, i had all the answers to her questions written before the email got erased. ill try next week.
hey so ya I'm out of time! Sorry about this.
well we are gonna see how this whole dl thing turns out. should be interesting!
love you all!
chow Elder Paolacci
ps-tell those little bros to get on the sports updates for me
Monday, March 21, 2011
Way to go Kel
ahhhhhhhh wow,
first off I cant believe kelly is about to start his mission. I'm so ridiculously proud of him and I know he's gonna be a great missionary.
ah wow this is so crazy. way to go kel
well it was a pretty good week. we had conference with president. It was awesome. Learned a bunch. the downside was that it was 12 and a half hours long! but it was good and worth every minute.
I gotta be honest, I am kinda nervous for transfers next week because prez slipped the hint that I'm probably gonna be training next transfer. I really dont feel ready but well see what happens.
Well Saturday we have 4 baptisms planned! It's gonna be awesome. They are gonna be great members. They are all young single adults and already have great testimonies. We are also gonna have musical numbers and the whole shabang. I love the gospel and I love how it changes peoples lives for better.
Last Monday was probably the coolest pday yet in the mission. We went to the area of the sisters in our area and climbed some sweet hills, trees, and almost kissed a pig haha. just gonna leave it at that for now, but ended up with some good pics so I'll try to take a lot more pics and send a cd.
my letter to president
Hola Presidente! Primeramente me gustaría agradacerle por la capacitación que tuvimos. Me dio muchas animos para trabajar y aprendi muchas cosas que ya me están ayudando mucho. Ibamos a tener un bautismo este sábado pero la mama de la joven que se iba bautizar quito su permiso, no nos esta diciendo porque, pero sabemos que ella se va a bautizar y va a ser una buena converso. Este sábado tenemos 4 bautismos. Va a ser el primer bautismo con los números especiales y en la reunión sacramental. Estoy bien animado y los que se van a bautizar están animados también. Va a ser bien bonita. Gracias por todo su ayuda presidente y espero que siempre yo vaya a estar aprendiendo y mejorando.
Elder Paolacci
Hello President! First I would like to thank you for the training we had. It gave me so much encouragement to work and I learned many things that are helping me a lot. We had a baptism on Saturday but the mother of the girl who was to be baptized removed her permission, telling us why, but we know she will be baptized and will be a good convert. This Saturday we have 4 baptisms. Will be the first baptism with the special musical number. I am very excited and those that are going to be baptized are very excited as well. It is going to be really nice. Thanks for all your help and I hope President I will always be learning and improving.
Elder Paolacci
Logan: whats the problem why arent you guys winning?! just kidding keep playing hard - you are only 1 player, just be a great team leader and the rest will follow.
Coleton: Hey why arent you wearing your new thing?
Karleigh: Frigging go to seminary, you can sleep once you get to college. believe me if i can wake up at 5:30 every morning anyone, and that means YOU can wake up at 5:30.
Morgan: Be nice to trent. jk love you. Give my niece a hug for me
Marissa: Peru is legit - seriously
Mama y Papa: Love ya, keep being the best parents ever.
Maggie: i miss you more than anyone else
(Maggie is his dog)
haha love ya guys, have a great week! Keep the faith - it is real and really awesome. I am so happy !
love
Elder Paolacci
first off I cant believe kelly is about to start his mission. I'm so ridiculously proud of him and I know he's gonna be a great missionary.
ah wow this is so crazy. way to go kel
well it was a pretty good week. we had conference with president. It was awesome. Learned a bunch. the downside was that it was 12 and a half hours long! but it was good and worth every minute.
I gotta be honest, I am kinda nervous for transfers next week because prez slipped the hint that I'm probably gonna be training next transfer. I really dont feel ready but well see what happens.
Well Saturday we have 4 baptisms planned! It's gonna be awesome. They are gonna be great members. They are all young single adults and already have great testimonies. We are also gonna have musical numbers and the whole shabang. I love the gospel and I love how it changes peoples lives for better.
Last Monday was probably the coolest pday yet in the mission. We went to the area of the sisters in our area and climbed some sweet hills, trees, and almost kissed a pig haha. just gonna leave it at that for now, but ended up with some good pics so I'll try to take a lot more pics and send a cd.
my letter to president
Hola Presidente! Primeramente me gustaría agradacerle por la capacitación que tuvimos. Me dio muchas animos para trabajar y aprendi muchas cosas que ya me están ayudando mucho. Ibamos a tener un bautismo este sábado pero la mama de la joven que se iba bautizar quito su permiso, no nos esta diciendo porque, pero sabemos que ella se va a bautizar y va a ser una buena converso. Este sábado tenemos 4 bautismos. Va a ser el primer bautismo con los números especiales y en la reunión sacramental. Estoy bien animado y los que se van a bautizar están animados también. Va a ser bien bonita. Gracias por todo su ayuda presidente y espero que siempre yo vaya a estar aprendiendo y mejorando.
Elder Paolacci
Hello President! First I would like to thank you for the training we had. It gave me so much encouragement to work and I learned many things that are helping me a lot. We had a baptism on Saturday but the mother of the girl who was to be baptized removed her permission, telling us why, but we know she will be baptized and will be a good convert. This Saturday we have 4 baptisms. Will be the first baptism with the special musical number. I am very excited and those that are going to be baptized are very excited as well. It is going to be really nice. Thanks for all your help and I hope President I will always be learning and improving.
Elder Paolacci
Logan: whats the problem why arent you guys winning?! just kidding keep playing hard - you are only 1 player, just be a great team leader and the rest will follow.
Coleton: Hey why arent you wearing your new thing?
Karleigh: Frigging go to seminary, you can sleep once you get to college. believe me if i can wake up at 5:30 every morning anyone, and that means YOU can wake up at 5:30.
Morgan: Be nice to trent. jk love you. Give my niece a hug for me
Marissa: Peru is legit - seriously
Mama y Papa: Love ya, keep being the best parents ever.
Maggie: i miss you more than anyone else
(Maggie is his dog)
haha love ya guys, have a great week! Keep the faith - it is real and really awesome. I am so happy !
love
Elder Paolacci
Monday, March 14, 2011
wow this week went by fast haha
well hello family, all is good here in huanuco! glad my cds got there safely. haha hope you liked them.
um so wow ya kelly only has like a week left! haha gonna be the fastest week of his life. but hes gonna do great, im way excited for him. make sure you send me his mtc address so i can write him during the longest 3 weeks of his life haha.
so ya everything is going ok as far as investigators goes. we have 2 that are gonna get baptized this month. they are both way excited. It's pretty cool to see when someone has had the truthfulness of the gospel confirmed to them. So some sad news - leslie and ever aren't gonna get married. apparently they got separated this last week. not too sure what happened. but we are gonna keep working with them. It is crazy how the adversary works on people. But we will continue to pray for them and help them.
well heres my letter to president
Hola Presidente! Ha sido un buena semana en verdad. Hemos encontrado mas personas que se van a bautizar en este mes. Ellos son bien animados también. Es lo máximo para ver los frutos del trabajo. En verdad cada dia tengo mas animos para seguir en este obra. Estoy bien animado para la conferencia este semana y estoy listo para aprender mucho. Estas primeras semanas que yo he tenido como mayor me han ayudado bastante. Estoy aprendiendo mucho, y me falta aprender mucho mas. Pero se que cualquier cosa que el señor me manda hacer será posible y que me va a ayudar a progresar como uno de sus siervos.
Elder Paolacci
Hello President! It's been a really good week. We found and taught more people that have a desire to be baptized this month. They are also well prepared. That's amazing to see the fruits of our labor. In truth every day I have more courage to continue this work. I am very excited for the conference this week and I'm ready to learn a lot. These first few weeks I have had here have helped a lot. I'm learning a lot, and I need to learn more. But anything that the Lord sent me to do is possible and that will help me to progress as one of his servants.
so friday was officially 7 months! not that im counting or anything. pretty crazy. its going way too fast. I need it to slow down !!!
so i heard a little about the tsunami in japan, but not a whole lot.
just that it was really really bad. so ya if you wanna let me know what happened i would appreciate it. huanuco seems like it has no link to the outside world.
well todays pday plans are unknown. So I guess we will see what our district leader has planned.
Last week was cool. we went to kotosh. they are some of the oldest ruins in the world so it was pretty interesting. OH so saturday the young single adults had a cultural dance festival. it was amazingly cool! it was like legit native dances. haha the young single adults here are way cool. and our ward got 2nd place! not too shabby so ya this week we have conference with president and im pretty sure ill get to see elder capps. (way cool) um so ya i think this is the last email of mine kelly will get to read no?
Note to Kelly "so ya good luck cuz! enjoy the mtc while it lasts (easiest part of your mission). dont eat too much food there. make friends. and get ready to work hard. its only 2 years haha so just work your butt off."
Well mom im excited to see what you sent! send me letters too! Grams thanks for the dear elders they are appreciated. Tell the family to write !!!
well gotta go love you guys! Be happy !!! Choose the right !!!
love
elder paolacci
well hello family, all is good here in huanuco! glad my cds got there safely. haha hope you liked them.
um so wow ya kelly only has like a week left! haha gonna be the fastest week of his life. but hes gonna do great, im way excited for him. make sure you send me his mtc address so i can write him during the longest 3 weeks of his life haha.
so ya everything is going ok as far as investigators goes. we have 2 that are gonna get baptized this month. they are both way excited. It's pretty cool to see when someone has had the truthfulness of the gospel confirmed to them. So some sad news - leslie and ever aren't gonna get married. apparently they got separated this last week. not too sure what happened. but we are gonna keep working with them. It is crazy how the adversary works on people. But we will continue to pray for them and help them.
well heres my letter to president
Hola Presidente! Ha sido un buena semana en verdad. Hemos encontrado mas personas que se van a bautizar en este mes. Ellos son bien animados también. Es lo máximo para ver los frutos del trabajo. En verdad cada dia tengo mas animos para seguir en este obra. Estoy bien animado para la conferencia este semana y estoy listo para aprender mucho. Estas primeras semanas que yo he tenido como mayor me han ayudado bastante. Estoy aprendiendo mucho, y me falta aprender mucho mas. Pero se que cualquier cosa que el señor me manda hacer será posible y que me va a ayudar a progresar como uno de sus siervos.
Elder Paolacci
Hello President! It's been a really good week. We found and taught more people that have a desire to be baptized this month. They are also well prepared. That's amazing to see the fruits of our labor. In truth every day I have more courage to continue this work. I am very excited for the conference this week and I'm ready to learn a lot. These first few weeks I have had here have helped a lot. I'm learning a lot, and I need to learn more. But anything that the Lord sent me to do is possible and that will help me to progress as one of his servants.
so friday was officially 7 months! not that im counting or anything. pretty crazy. its going way too fast. I need it to slow down !!!
so i heard a little about the tsunami in japan, but not a whole lot.
just that it was really really bad. so ya if you wanna let me know what happened i would appreciate it. huanuco seems like it has no link to the outside world.
well todays pday plans are unknown. So I guess we will see what our district leader has planned.
Last week was cool. we went to kotosh. they are some of the oldest ruins in the world so it was pretty interesting. OH so saturday the young single adults had a cultural dance festival. it was amazingly cool! it was like legit native dances. haha the young single adults here are way cool. and our ward got 2nd place! not too shabby so ya this week we have conference with president and im pretty sure ill get to see elder capps. (way cool) um so ya i think this is the last email of mine kelly will get to read no?
Note to Kelly "so ya good luck cuz! enjoy the mtc while it lasts (easiest part of your mission). dont eat too much food there. make friends. and get ready to work hard. its only 2 years haha so just work your butt off."
Well mom im excited to see what you sent! send me letters too! Grams thanks for the dear elders they are appreciated. Tell the family to write !!!
well gotta go love you guys! Be happy !!! Choose the right !!!
love
elder paolacci
Monday, March 7, 2011
Today we are going with some members to some cool place called kotosh. I really have no idea what it is but it sounds fun.
First to answer your questions mom -
Did you get the packages with the candy and ties I sent last month - yes - thanks so much - I am good on ties to give away for a while now - I will give you a heads up when I am running low.
Are you teaching English in Huanuco like you did in Manchay ? No - as of right now we don't have enough time to teach English classes
Are you beginning to understand Elder Barboza's Spanish any better ? haha ya I'm getter better at understanding elder barboza. He's still goofy tho. But we are good.
Are you teaching any new investigators ? um we are teaching quite a few people. It is awesome. The one couple that is gonna get married on the 19th is Leslie and Ever. They are awesome and way excited for the 19th. Marriage and baptism on the same day. Life doesn’t get much better.
How do you travel around your area ? Traveling around our area is all walking. well the whole mission is walking. we get money to pay for mototaxis and buses but we don't get a whole lot. but this area is pretty small. It's like the size of Cactus to Shea and 36th to 40th st. Pretty small. but there is ALOT of work to do haha.
Do you get to go to any ward activities ? We cant really go to ward activities, the only one is mission night, and that's only because people bring investigators to it. but ya there is not a whole lot of time for activities anyways and we do family home evenings with our investigators. So that is way cool.
so ya i think that answers all the questions right? haha.
well this week was good. we had 2 baptisms Saturday. it was awesome. Thursday and Friday we had splits with the zone leaders for 2 days because I'm recently senior companion and they had to see if i was qualified to be one I guess. haha it was cool, learned alot.
um the weather here continues to be freakishly weird. Changes day to day. In fact sometimes hour by hour.
heres my letter to president
Hola Presidente! Ha sido una buena semana de trabajo. Estamos empezando a tener bautismos y muchas personas están teniendo deseos para ser bautizados. Ibamos a tener 3 bautismos este semana pero no tuvimos permiso de uno de los tres. Pero el bautismo de los otros dos fue lo máximo. Yo se que un dia van a servir misiones, y ser fuertes miembros de la iglesia. Estamos trabajando bien duro aquí in Pedro Puelles. Tenemos muchos que se pueden bautizar pronto. Tambien tenemos algunas parejas que se quieren casar. Es lo máximo cuando tiene muchas personas con muchas deseos. Los divisiones con Elder Hill fueron bien.
Aprendi mucho de el y se las cosas que necesito mejorar ahora.
Entonces ya todo esta bien en Pedro Puelles y le prometemos que vamos a seguir trabajando duro.
(google translation)
Hello President! It's been a good week of work. We are beginning to have baptisms and many people are having desires to be baptized. We were going to have 3 baptisms this week but we had permission from one of the three. But the baptism of the other two was the maximum. I know one day will serve missions and be strong members of the church. We are working very hard here in Pedro Puelles. We have a lot to be baptized soon. We also have some couples who want to marry. Is the maximum when you have many people with many desires. Elder Hill's divisions were good.
I learned a lot from him and the things I need to improve now. So now all is well in Pedro Puelles and we promise we'll keep working hard.
so ya Spanish is doing great. its rare when i find myself not knowing how to say something or communicate with someone. its weird thinking sometimes that i can speak 2 languages. loco! It is so awesome. Such a blessing in my life not only for my mission but my future.
Tell coleton he is a dork with his glasses - (jk he looks cool), basketball news is crazy! Thanks lil brothers.
well gotta go! love you all! Keep being awesome. Study the scriptures. Take lot's of pictures to send to me - the people here are almost hungry to see pictures of my life at home - they love it so the more pictures the better. write letters please!
Love
Elder Paolacci
p.s. sent the cds last tuesday! cost me like 15 bucks haha
p.s.s - okay mom you want to know stuff to send in the next package - can you send me the book of mormon student manual 121-122, some neosporin and pepto bismol and in the foto album pics of the chapel, alpine, uncle sams, the priest quorum and ya whatever else you want. Oh and how about twizzler bites, those fruit twist from qt, PICTURES of everything, and the packers stuff if you havent yet !!!
First to answer your questions mom -
Did you get the packages with the candy and ties I sent last month - yes - thanks so much - I am good on ties to give away for a while now - I will give you a heads up when I am running low.
Are you teaching English in Huanuco like you did in Manchay ? No - as of right now we don't have enough time to teach English classes
Are you beginning to understand Elder Barboza's Spanish any better ? haha ya I'm getter better at understanding elder barboza. He's still goofy tho. But we are good.
Are you teaching any new investigators ? um we are teaching quite a few people. It is awesome. The one couple that is gonna get married on the 19th is Leslie and Ever. They are awesome and way excited for the 19th. Marriage and baptism on the same day. Life doesn’t get much better.
How do you travel around your area ? Traveling around our area is all walking. well the whole mission is walking. we get money to pay for mototaxis and buses but we don't get a whole lot. but this area is pretty small. It's like the size of Cactus to Shea and 36th to 40th st. Pretty small. but there is ALOT of work to do haha.
Do you get to go to any ward activities ? We cant really go to ward activities, the only one is mission night, and that's only because people bring investigators to it. but ya there is not a whole lot of time for activities anyways and we do family home evenings with our investigators. So that is way cool.
so ya i think that answers all the questions right? haha.
well this week was good. we had 2 baptisms Saturday. it was awesome. Thursday and Friday we had splits with the zone leaders for 2 days because I'm recently senior companion and they had to see if i was qualified to be one I guess. haha it was cool, learned alot.
um the weather here continues to be freakishly weird. Changes day to day. In fact sometimes hour by hour.
heres my letter to president
Hola Presidente! Ha sido una buena semana de trabajo. Estamos empezando a tener bautismos y muchas personas están teniendo deseos para ser bautizados. Ibamos a tener 3 bautismos este semana pero no tuvimos permiso de uno de los tres. Pero el bautismo de los otros dos fue lo máximo. Yo se que un dia van a servir misiones, y ser fuertes miembros de la iglesia. Estamos trabajando bien duro aquí in Pedro Puelles. Tenemos muchos que se pueden bautizar pronto. Tambien tenemos algunas parejas que se quieren casar. Es lo máximo cuando tiene muchas personas con muchas deseos. Los divisiones con Elder Hill fueron bien.
Aprendi mucho de el y se las cosas que necesito mejorar ahora.
Entonces ya todo esta bien en Pedro Puelles y le prometemos que vamos a seguir trabajando duro.
(google translation)
Hello President! It's been a good week of work. We are beginning to have baptisms and many people are having desires to be baptized. We were going to have 3 baptisms this week but we had permission from one of the three. But the baptism of the other two was the maximum. I know one day will serve missions and be strong members of the church. We are working very hard here in Pedro Puelles. We have a lot to be baptized soon. We also have some couples who want to marry. Is the maximum when you have many people with many desires. Elder Hill's divisions were good.
I learned a lot from him and the things I need to improve now. So now all is well in Pedro Puelles and we promise we'll keep working hard.
so ya Spanish is doing great. its rare when i find myself not knowing how to say something or communicate with someone. its weird thinking sometimes that i can speak 2 languages. loco! It is so awesome. Such a blessing in my life not only for my mission but my future.
Tell coleton he is a dork with his glasses - (jk he looks cool), basketball news is crazy! Thanks lil brothers.
well gotta go! love you all! Keep being awesome. Study the scriptures. Take lot's of pictures to send to me - the people here are almost hungry to see pictures of my life at home - they love it so the more pictures the better. write letters please!
Love
Elder Paolacci
p.s. sent the cds last tuesday! cost me like 15 bucks haha
p.s.s - okay mom you want to know stuff to send in the next package - can you send me the book of mormon student manual 121-122, some neosporin and pepto bismol and in the foto album pics of the chapel, alpine, uncle sams, the priest quorum and ya whatever else you want. Oh and how about twizzler bites, those fruit twist from qt, PICTURES of everything, and the packers stuff if you havent yet !!!
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