That was fast huh !

woohoo! 6 months!!!!! haha  that was fast huh.

well first off HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY! you should officially be in missionary mode. And enjoy your last month because it goes by so quick and soon it'll be time to work! You are gonna love it !

well i havent heard much about transfers yet but ive heard that elder diaz is the new assistant. pretty cool. but im nervous to see what happens tomorrow, i really dont wanna leave manchay but it seems like thats how things are gonna turn out. Not sure if you remember but we changed our pension like a month ago, and that change was 100 percent inspired by the lord, and at the time i had no idea.

when we changed we had no idea she wasnt a member (hint hint). her whole life she hasnt been receptive to the gospel, and her two kids were quite rebellious. but practically her whole extended family have accepted the gospel, one is even called nefi (nephi in spanish). but missionaries have visited her a few times and she has never been receptive. well when we started eating there she said she started to feel a peace in her home and everyone was always happy when we came over. she then started listening to us and really started thinking about things. slowly we saw her changing, her family saw her changing, and especially her kids noticed that something was changing in her and in their home. well long story short, she got baptized friday, and i got to do the baptism. she is a completely different person now and is gonna be a great member. but the real surprise is with her kids. one is a guy and hes 17. he was always hanging out with the so called gangsters and was pretty rebellious, and said he would never go to church. well this sunday we dragged him along to see his mom get confirmed, and he felt something. he decided to stay for the other classes and told his mom he wants to be like us.  It is an amazing story and I know i cant really explain this story as well as i would like because its impossible to do through email  and you be able to feel what is truly going on here , but the point is that people can change. i have been fortunate to be able to serve in a place where the people are very humble and loving and they have a  willing desire to change their lives for the better. The work is amazing !!!

hey so here be the letter to prez

Hola Presidente! Ya pues, este fue una buena semana. Hemos visto los milagros que puedan llevar a cabo por medio del ayuno. Domingo ayunamos por muchas cosas, pero mas que todo que podemos encontrar mas personas y que pueden ser conversos dignos. Ya pues sabe que, tuvimos 2 bautismos este semana que estabamos esperando tener. Y van a ser buenos miembros de la iglesia. Fue lo maximo en verdad. Estamos viendo cambios en las vidas personas que yo no sabia que era posible. Yo amo manchay y estoy feliz para tener este tiempo para servir el señor. Gracias por su ayuda.

Elder Paolacci

(google translate - not sure how well it is translated - but we get the jist - he had a great week) 

Hello President! Since then, this was a good week. We have seen the miracles that can be carried out by fasting. Sunday fast for many things, but most of all we can find morepeople and can be converted worthy. And knowing that, we had 2 baptisms this weekwe were hoping for. And they'll be good members of the church. It was awesomeindeed. We are seeing changes in the lives of people I did not know was possible.Manchay I love and am happy to have this time to serve the Lord. Thank you for yourhelp.

Elder Paolacci

so ya im really sorry to hear about johns dad, let them know im praying for the whole family. but not to worry too much because theyll have plenty of time to see him after this life. Isnt that one of the awesome things that we have is the knowledge that families can be forever !!!

well thats really cool to hear about elder foglemans connections. he is definitely on my list of people to find.

 t hanks for getting the newspaper and the dvd. cant wait to see it in 18 months !!!  I gotta go - my time here is short - if I am leaving tomorrow I gotta make the best of today !!!

love ya guys!  k eep being awesome ! get ready kel!

love

Elder Paolacci

We Are The Champions . . . .

hahahahaha!!!!!! PACKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my goodness im so happy!! ah geez why do they decide to win while im in the mission?!!!
Ah wow so awesome! DAD,COLETON AND LOGAN......TOLD YOU SO!!!! hahah way cool, im so glad they won. i didnt know cameron was a pack fan before i left but all the better, we gonna be celebrating the victory in 18 months!
Ah so ya this week has been pretty good. Right now in peru its a time called carnivales. Its when everyone, 24 hours a day, decides to throw water balloons, or shoot squirt guns at every person they see. ah its crazy. makes tracting pretty interesting haha. weve gotten completely soaked a few times haha.
heres my letter to prez

Hola Presidente! Ha sido una buena semana. Estamos encontrando buenas personas y enseñando mucho. La única desafio, como siempre, es que nuestros investigadores no pueden ir a la iglesia. Ese es difícil porque podemos poner bastante trabajo, pero si no van a la iglesia no pueden progresar. Estamos esforzando para poner en practica las cosas que no enseño durante la capacitación para solver este, entonces tengo fe que cosas van a cambiar.
Elder Paolacci

Hello President! It was a good week. We're finding good people and teaching a lot. The only challenge, as always, is that our inestigators can not go to church. This is difficult because we put a lot of work, but if they do not go to church they can not progress. We are working hard to put into practice the things that were taught during the training to solve this, by doing so I have faith that things will change.
Elder Paolacci

well we didnt have any baptisms this week but we have some people progressing in that direction. its way cool seeing these people change their lives. The change that takes place when you are fully living the gospel is amazing. i dont think 2 years will suffice for me. Now I see why missionaries do not want to come home at the end of 2 years. There is so much good you hate to see it end.

hey so when does kelly leave again? tell him to send me an email on how hes doing. Hope he is studying hard and preparing for the best 2 years of his life. I can honestly say this has been the best 6 months of my life. 6 months - how crazy is that ????? Next week I will have already served 1/4 of my mission. It is going by way to fast.

so ya sorry about last week, i had 10 minutes to email, and 8 of those are occupied writing president. so ya i wasnt sad, just rushed.
so ya about the super bowl t shirts, you dont need to send one for my comp, but if theres like a package with the championship shirts, hat and towel that would be amazing, would make some sweet pics in peru haha. so ya size large should do the trick.

so ya gotta go guys! love you all! told you aaron rodgers is the most amazing man on earth.

Tell Morgan I hope she feels better. Have faith in her blessing and all will be well with time. Remind the boys and karleigh to do their best with their school and gospel studies. It truly is preparing them for life. Keep reading your scriptures. I love you so much. Tell everyone I really do appreciate the letters and emails.
love,
elder paolacci!

Hola Familia !!!

hola familia!
I just have a few minutes to write this morning. first off CONGRATS karleigh, thats so cool about the talent show and i want to see a video as soon as possible! second off happy birthday to marissa, aunt melissa and uncle rob.

so heres my letter to prez

Hola Presidente! Todo esta bien en manchay. Hemos tenido una semana de bastante éxito. Hemos averiguado los investigadores en que necesecitamos enfocar mas, y tambien hemos encontrado aglunas que son bien buenos. Estamos esforzando mucho para poner las cosas que usted nos enseño y estamos viendo los beneficios. Es lo maximo. Siempre estamos esforzando para enseñar y encontrar, y esta trayendo mucho éxito. Estoy tan agradecido pormi tiempo aquí en manchay. Yo he puesto todo que tengo por estas personas y estoy amando la mision. Muchas gracias por su gran apoyo presidente.
Elder Paolacci

Translation
Hello President! All is well in Manchay. We have had a very successful week. We have found that our invstigators are more focused. We are working hard at the things you taught us and we are seeing the benefits. To the highest. We are always striving to teach and find, and it is bringing much success. I am so grateful for Manchay and my time here. I've put everything I have into for these people and I love the mission and the people here.  Thank you very much President Leyva for your great support.

So ya my time is running out here in manchay. its really sad. elder mercado my district leader said that president told him im gone this next transfer.
so ya just let everyone know i love them. tell austin to write me i wanna hear a little about his mission. um go packers. and i guess well talk next week.
Chow
Elder Paolacci

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

Well feliz navidad!

It was awesome to talk to everyone. Hope you all had an awesome christmas! It was definitely an experience here haha. Never gonna forget it. Also the missionary work is getting alot better in our area. people are coming to church and we have quite a few with baptismal dates. its really cool. the mission is alot more fun when you are having success.
so ya  heres my letter to president leyva :

Hola presidente Leyva : ¡Feliz Navidad! Todo esta lo maximo en manchay! En verdad estamos viendo las bendiciones del señor bastante ahorita. Especialmente las bendiciones de ayuno. Hicimos un ayuno 2 semanas atrás y este semana hemos visto bastantes bendiciones. Tuvimos el bautismo de un hermana Betsabe. Ella tiene un testimonio tan fuerte y va a ser un buena miembra. Tambien hemos encontrado 3 personas que estan listos para ser bautizado este 31. En verdad ellos son milagros y gracias a la bendicion de ayuno hemos podido ayudarles. Tambien anoche encontramos un familia inactiva y ellos quieren regresar a la iglesia. Tambien ellos tienen 3 hijos que van a ser bautizados el 15 de enero. La obra esta mejorando bastante en manchay y estoy muy agradecido para ser un parte de ella. Estoy tan agradecido por este tiempo que tengo como un misionero y espero que puedo ayudar la obra a mejorar siempre.
Elder Paolacci

(translated with google translate - not the best translation - but we get the jist)
Hello President Leyva: Merry Christmas! Everything is the ultimate in Manchay! Indeed we are seeing the blessings of the Lord enough right now. Especially the blessings of fasting. We did a fasting 2 weeks ago and this week we have seen many blessings. We had the baptism of a sister Bathsheba. She has a very strong testimony will be a good member. We have also found 3 people who are ready to be christened this 31. Indeed they are miracles and through the blessing of fasting we could help. Also inactive last night found a family and they want to return to the church. Also they have 3 children who will be baptized on January 15. The work is improving a lot in Manchay and I am grateful to be a part of it. I'm so grateful for this time I have as a missionary and I hope I can help the work to always improve.
Elder Paolacci


So ya we had the baptism of Betsabe on christmas morning! it was amazing. after every baptism here we invite the person who got baptized to give there testimony. usually its kinda of short because no one knows what they are doing, but when Betsabe gave hers the spirit was so very strong. it was amazing. shes gonna be a great member. I love to see the gospel in action and blessing peoples lives.

So this weekend we have 3 baptisms, anthony, gregory, and carolina. They are all awesome and im way excited for them and once again it is absolutely amazing the change in peoples lives for the better when they embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ.

So just some funny things that are going down here. Apparently everyone wears yellow flip flops on new years eve? so im kinda scared for that and have no idea what to expect. they are selling them on every street corner. we are gonna buy some fireworks today so we can include ourselves tommorow night in their little fireworks show.

On a sad note im pretty sure im gonna be hitting the road come tuesday. atleast thats where all the signs are pointing. so we will see what happens. i really dont wanna leave, i have truly come to love manchay and all of the people here and we are touching so many lives and having so much sucess, but i dont have much of a choice. So it is a waiting game. I should know on Monday when I write maybe.

So ya everything is great here. i love it. i found out we can do skype in our mission too (how convienient that they tell us after christmas). so we shall be talking face to face mothers day (so teach malorie to say uncle dylan by then)

oh ya and thanks to everyone that sent me stuff! i loved it all! you guys are awesome.

i hope you all have a nice week. give karleigh a hug for me. i am sedning her a letter now.

tell everyone to write me letters! you gotta promise me you all will keep praying and keep reading your scriptures

Love, Elder Paolacci

Pictures From Manchay

Wahhhhh . . . . .

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

more pictures from Manchay

More Baptisms . . . .

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

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

Where is Elder Paolacci

So the reason Dylan didn't email on Monday is because they were busy helping the circus director get his tent put up. Elder Diaz' mom told me they were on the News and so with a little help from google I found the news spot. The town of Manchay is going to LOVE this. Dylan and Elder Diaz where so happy with the opportunity to serve and help get the Circus up and running for their little town to enjoy.

Can you find Dylan ? click on the link to watch

All is perfect here in Manchay !!!

Hey so ya I didn't try to get you worried last week. All is perfect here in Manchay! I had my first MISSION baptism Friday! (Logan will always be my first) we have been working hard and I am getting more and more accustomed to the mission. It is still hard but I think I am going to love it.

So the reason I am emailing on a Tuesday is that yesterday we decided to go do a service project for a member. I wasn't totally feeling up to it because I wasn't feeling too well and I woke up with an eye infection BUT I really want to do anything to help the people here. They are wonderful and I can see I am going to love serving them. We ended up raising a circus tent! so crazy. hard work but it ended up pretty cool. but after the project I had my first experience with a stomach virus! oh so fun! I am still feeling it but I will be just fine. DON'T WORRY! I have been taking the things you sent so I will be ok.

my Spanish is getting better and better. I hope it clicks sooner than 3 months but if not, I will be okay. the people here are AWESOME and are totally helpful. the Bishop had thought I had been out for 9 months when he heard my Spanish. but im sure he was lying just trying to be nice. but ya the people here are great and I have seen that you've been talking with them haha.

One of the sisters from the branch is going to send my pics for me so I don't have to take up my time and she's going to take a video too.

I miss everyone. every night I am thinking about all my other friends serving missions and that definitely helps. my mtc buds I am sure are doing great and im sooooooo glad I am here

I don't have a whole lot of time today. I love you guys and miss you all. I want to hear more about what's going on at home. oh and im way excited for Kelly! cant wait to hear where he's going!

love you guys, don't worry about me, im fine

love Elder Paolacci

ps - I got a lot of letters last week. from the whole family. im pretty sure I got one from everyone. Tell everyone thank you for me. It totally helps. I pretty much have zero time to write back but I am trying at nights. thanks for all the stuff your guys are sending!

No Letter today . . . but got fabulous pictures !!!

Well he must be in trainings today so we haven't gotten an email. Maybe tomorrow. But a wonderful sister in Peru sent me these cute photos. He looks like he is going to be just fine. I love this boy !!!!

A Glimpse at Manchay, Peru