This picture is the first Zone Counsel with the new mission president
Monday, September 26, 2011
HOLLLLLLLAAAA!
well hows everything going? this week went by sooooo fast. it seriously feels like i was writing you guys yesterday. BUT did have quite a packed week, i guess thats why it went so fast.
wellll lets seeeee. monday was pday, we just chilled in the room, talked and took a nap. Tuesday was interviews with president, so we were in the chapel from 8am to 3pm and we didnt even get to have our interviews. it was also a super stressful day, cause well, some of the missionaries in my zone are a handful. haha so stressful i popped out some gray hairs! i flipped out when i saw them, my comp plucked them out, there were like 3 or 4. uh oh! haha wednesday we had our multi zone conference with all the zones in lima, so i saw rider and norris!
and guess where norris is! MANCHAY! hes in the same area i was in, and his pension is hna blanca. im super jealous. she is the best. but ya the conference was awesome to say the least, learned alot AND we had lasagna. Um thursday we had splits with the assistants, it was quite interesting. i stayed in the office and worked and biliter went to our area. so ya thursday morning i went with one assistant and president to do interviews in another zone....CAMPOY! so i was chillin with rider for like 6 hours, being a zl in lima also has its advantages haha. hmm so friday was normal day of work, and in the night we had a woop woop BAPTISM! two little girls whose parents are already members got baptized, it was pretty easy but it was way cool, the little girls are way cute as you can see in the pics.
um so ya in our area we are having alot of success. me and my comp are getting along really well. hes awesome, we are already best friends. having alot of fun. OH another crazy thing happened the other night! so here in peru theres two huge soccer rivals like yankees - red sox deal. and things get kinda crazy when these games come around. and well the other night we were walking down the main street here and two kids started fighting, and stopped us right in our tracks (fyi we cant split up fights in our mish - it can get way too dangerous). and well, things got outta hand. like 6 more guys jumped in and it turned into a full on brawl.
one guy even had drumsticks beating on people. it was crazy, we wanted to help break it up but its super dangerous so we just had to watch, until we could get by.
alot of guys got hurt but we walked away before the police came or anything. it was crazy and we felt really bad for those kids. we started talking about how thankful we were for having the gospel in our life and not being part of that kind of stuff. it is a crazy world out there.
um so here i got some pre pday pics
love Elder Paolacci
Transfered, Zone Vitarte
Here is Dylan's letter from last week (9-19-11) SInce I was gone
I did not get it posted.
WELLLLLLLL.......
got chizanged! i am now in the zone vitarte, area vitarte. BUT crazy twist..ready? im with a gringo! my comp is elder biliter. haha hes awesome. we have sooooooooo much in common, its scary lol. we love the same music, like all the same music its crazy. its gonna be an awesome change.
well in my zone there are a few old buddies, haha elder vizcarra is in my zone, hes training as a DL, and well surprise! hna matheison is in my zone. but ya its a great zone, got alot of good missionaries, just gotta work a little with em. my area is AWESOME! i love it. where we live is a pretty nice part of town, well compared to where ive been, but we also got some manchay action going on on the other side of our area. i love it.
Like my second day here, so thursday, we were riding a bus and we were almost at our stop and this young girl asked if we were the elders, and then she started sayingh the missionaries taught her before in another part of peru but she never got baptized or anything. we took out another appointment for another day and we were way pumped, she had an amazing spirit about her. and well, when we went and taught her i seriously had one of the most memorable lessons of my mission. she is gonna be the strongest convert of my mission, i am sure of it. im way excited.
we also had a baptism friday! haha not really my convert but i already loved the kid. the baptism was kinda tricky because when we showed up someone had emptied the font and well...the water dosent fill up as fast here as in the states. so what we did was turn on the faucet to the font and left it running, and we also got a mop bucket and filled it up in the janitors closet and poured it in the font, about 50 times! haha it was crazy, but it worked and we had an awesome baptism.
haha oh goodness, had a pretty funny little incidence with a drunk guy thursday night. we were about to go to the room and some drunk guy called us over, he started saying he really respected us for walking so much and being diligent. he also said that he was a doctor and would operate on the people we were teaching for free (that was kinda sketchy), but the funny part is that he insisted on buying us soda, we were saying nah its all good but he kept insisting, even to the point that he was getting mad at us. so we were like ya fine then and he ended up buying a liter of soda for each of us and like 10 packets of ritz crackers. after everything it was like 10 buck worth, which is alot here haha. it was way funny. we walked into our room saying, what just happened? haha well my pension here is AMAZING! im way excited for her to be my pension, shes way loving and will do anything we need. shes also amazing at making pancakes which is like a ten point bonus. shes got 3 kids, a kid who returned from the mission a year ago, a 10 year old girl, and a 6 year old boy. i love them.
well im glad you got the cd and letters, if you could just send the letters for me i would love you, i also have more here, it was just gonna cost alot more if the package weighed any more. hope you like the pics well have a great time visitng those places, im way jealous. tell grandma im super proud of her and shes doing the right thing.
love you guys so much! keep reading your scriptures and saying your prayers and just lovin each other. those are the things that will keep our family strong. i am so grateful for this gospel and for all the many blessings it has brought to my life and the blessings i see that it brings to the lives of others. i love my family. you are awesome.
Elder Paolacci
oh and theres a pic of my eccos, they are falling apart on the bottom, i dont know where you bought them but maybe you could take the photo there and maybe they have a warranty. i heard alot of places have warranties on them.
ps . . . hey can anyone send me a sports report. just something about the dbacks, packers and ASU - I would totally appreciate it.
pss ...oh and hey mom idk if you already sent my package but if not i would love a football! me and my comp wanna play catch for excercise in the morning.
psss. . . . oh and haha hope you like this pic. this orange vest is our zone gift we made, its awesome
hey momma gott go, but i love you and a new goal i made is write better emails to you guys. sorry ive been kinda slacking. love you guys! tell karleigh coleton logan dad marissa morgan the dahls all of our cousins, aunts, uncles, the priests - eh just everyone, i say hi and i love them!
WELLLLLLLL.......
got chizanged! i am now in the zone vitarte, area vitarte. BUT crazy twist..ready? im with a gringo! my comp is elder biliter. haha hes awesome. we have sooooooooo much in common, its scary lol. we love the same music, like all the same music its crazy. its gonna be an awesome change.
well in my zone there are a few old buddies, haha elder vizcarra is in my zone, hes training as a DL, and well surprise! hna matheison is in my zone. but ya its a great zone, got alot of good missionaries, just gotta work a little with em. my area is AWESOME! i love it. where we live is a pretty nice part of town, well compared to where ive been, but we also got some manchay action going on on the other side of our area. i love it.
Like my second day here, so thursday, we were riding a bus and we were almost at our stop and this young girl asked if we were the elders, and then she started sayingh the missionaries taught her before in another part of peru but she never got baptized or anything. we took out another appointment for another day and we were way pumped, she had an amazing spirit about her. and well, when we went and taught her i seriously had one of the most memorable lessons of my mission. she is gonna be the strongest convert of my mission, i am sure of it. im way excited.
we also had a baptism friday! haha not really my convert but i already loved the kid. the baptism was kinda tricky because when we showed up someone had emptied the font and well...the water dosent fill up as fast here as in the states. so what we did was turn on the faucet to the font and left it running, and we also got a mop bucket and filled it up in the janitors closet and poured it in the font, about 50 times! haha it was crazy, but it worked and we had an awesome baptism.
haha oh goodness, had a pretty funny little incidence with a drunk guy thursday night. we were about to go to the room and some drunk guy called us over, he started saying he really respected us for walking so much and being diligent. he also said that he was a doctor and would operate on the people we were teaching for free (that was kinda sketchy), but the funny part is that he insisted on buying us soda, we were saying nah its all good but he kept insisting, even to the point that he was getting mad at us. so we were like ya fine then and he ended up buying a liter of soda for each of us and like 10 packets of ritz crackers. after everything it was like 10 buck worth, which is alot here haha. it was way funny. we walked into our room saying, what just happened? haha well my pension here is AMAZING! im way excited for her to be my pension, shes way loving and will do anything we need. shes also amazing at making pancakes which is like a ten point bonus. shes got 3 kids, a kid who returned from the mission a year ago, a 10 year old girl, and a 6 year old boy. i love them.
well im glad you got the cd and letters, if you could just send the letters for me i would love you, i also have more here, it was just gonna cost alot more if the package weighed any more. hope you like the pics well have a great time visitng those places, im way jealous. tell grandma im super proud of her and shes doing the right thing.
love you guys so much! keep reading your scriptures and saying your prayers and just lovin each other. those are the things that will keep our family strong. i am so grateful for this gospel and for all the many blessings it has brought to my life and the blessings i see that it brings to the lives of others. i love my family. you are awesome.
Elder Paolacci
oh and theres a pic of my eccos, they are falling apart on the bottom, i dont know where you bought them but maybe you could take the photo there and maybe they have a warranty. i heard alot of places have warranties on them.
ps . . . hey can anyone send me a sports report. just something about the dbacks, packers and ASU - I would totally appreciate it.
pss ...oh and hey mom idk if you already sent my package but if not i would love a football! me and my comp wanna play catch for excercise in the morning.
psss. . . . oh and haha hope you like this pic. this orange vest is our zone gift we made, its awesome
hey momma gott go, but i love you and a new goal i made is write better emails to you guys. sorry ive been kinda slacking. love you guys! tell karleigh coleton logan dad marissa morgan the dahls all of our cousins, aunts, uncles, the priests - eh just everyone, i say hi and i love them!
Monday, September 12, 2011
FAMILY !!!
FAMILY!!!!
hows everything going! Ahh what a week haha. this week we had our zl counsel so that was cool, got to see all my buddies again. we spent Tuesday morning in the temple with president and then had zl counsel. how blessed i am to serve under such amazing mission presidents. it was an awesome day, president ardila reminded us of the importance of doing things daily to be a better missionary (which over all makes us a better person) after the zl counsel we headed to tarma to do a zone meeting thursday. and thursday i stayed in tarma and had divisions with ELDER CAPPS, haha i love that kid. got back to my area and well we have been working like normal in our area since then. and well this is my last days working in my area....changes are wednesday and well im going to LIMA. im not sure what zone but they told me im going to lima, so wednesday will be my last day in la oroya. its really been a growing experience being here. its really one of the toughest areas in the mission and i cant believe i made it 3 changes here. i have learned a ton. i have really learned how to depend on the lord for strength and guidance. and im definitely gonna need that in lima. apparently its a little harder as zone leader in lima because the zones are bigger but im sure ill be fine.
so hows everything going with the family?! thats so cool that grandma reports to the mtc today! is her mission 3 years or how long? and is she gonna have the same comp the whole time? im just interested, i have no idea.
hows school going for the kids? and hows your job going mom?
As far as the package this week . . . hmm lets see what coukld you send for me... the smores pop tarts would be nice, that keychain if you can find it, i liked the airheads and skittles and beef jerky and peanut butter? a good toothbrush, im tearing through those things here. a nice sports update maybe from someone at home and maybe those frootie things or the fruit flavored tootsie rolls and regular tootsie rolls and idk whatever you can think of. oh and last thursday i finally sent the package of photos and letters so keep your eye out well yesterday was a weird day. i looked at my watch and realized i had completed 13 months wooohoo! i need time to slow down. but then i realized it was september 11th, i cant believe its been 10 years, i still remember that morning when it all happened. so i spent alot of the day reflecting about that.well im gonna write president right now. and ill send to you when im done
well family if there is anything i can emphasize it is do all you can to stay close to the lord. just like president shared with us in our meeting this week. we need to stay fortified and strong and we can do that by reading our scriptures and praying daily. dont ever get to complacent that you forget to feast daily on the teachings of the gospel. it will protect you and keep you strong. it will keep the advesary away. thank you for being such an amazing family. i just want you all to know how much i love and appreciate you and I may not have shared that with as often as I wish, but i want you to know that i do. continue to do the things the lord has asked you to do and i promise you he will pour out the blessings upon you. i am so grateful for this opportunity to serve. thank you for all your love and support and i will talk with you next week from LIMA.
love elder paolacci
hows everything going! Ahh what a week haha. this week we had our zl counsel so that was cool, got to see all my buddies again. we spent Tuesday morning in the temple with president and then had zl counsel. how blessed i am to serve under such amazing mission presidents. it was an awesome day, president ardila reminded us of the importance of doing things daily to be a better missionary (which over all makes us a better person) after the zl counsel we headed to tarma to do a zone meeting thursday. and thursday i stayed in tarma and had divisions with ELDER CAPPS, haha i love that kid. got back to my area and well we have been working like normal in our area since then. and well this is my last days working in my area....changes are wednesday and well im going to LIMA. im not sure what zone but they told me im going to lima, so wednesday will be my last day in la oroya. its really been a growing experience being here. its really one of the toughest areas in the mission and i cant believe i made it 3 changes here. i have learned a ton. i have really learned how to depend on the lord for strength and guidance. and im definitely gonna need that in lima. apparently its a little harder as zone leader in lima because the zones are bigger but im sure ill be fine.
so hows everything going with the family?! thats so cool that grandma reports to the mtc today! is her mission 3 years or how long? and is she gonna have the same comp the whole time? im just interested, i have no idea.
hows school going for the kids? and hows your job going mom?
As far as the package this week . . . hmm lets see what coukld you send for me... the smores pop tarts would be nice, that keychain if you can find it, i liked the airheads and skittles and beef jerky and peanut butter? a good toothbrush, im tearing through those things here. a nice sports update maybe from someone at home and maybe those frootie things or the fruit flavored tootsie rolls and regular tootsie rolls and idk whatever you can think of. oh and last thursday i finally sent the package of photos and letters so keep your eye out well yesterday was a weird day. i looked at my watch and realized i had completed 13 months wooohoo! i need time to slow down. but then i realized it was september 11th, i cant believe its been 10 years, i still remember that morning when it all happened. so i spent alot of the day reflecting about that.well im gonna write president right now. and ill send to you when im done
well family if there is anything i can emphasize it is do all you can to stay close to the lord. just like president shared with us in our meeting this week. we need to stay fortified and strong and we can do that by reading our scriptures and praying daily. dont ever get to complacent that you forget to feast daily on the teachings of the gospel. it will protect you and keep you strong. it will keep the advesary away. thank you for being such an amazing family. i just want you all to know how much i love and appreciate you and I may not have shared that with as often as I wish, but i want you to know that i do. continue to do the things the lord has asked you to do and i promise you he will pour out the blessings upon you. i am so grateful for this opportunity to serve. thank you for all your love and support and i will talk with you next week from LIMA.
love elder paolacci
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