Sharp rocks at the bottom? Most likely. Bring it on.

Thank you for all of the updates this week!  You guys are awesome.

 

So, I´ll just get right down to it.  This week might easily have been the craziest week of the mission (and maybe my life...Finals Week is a tough competitor).  Just like every other six weeks that come and pass, this last week was transfers.  Let it be written that I have had ONE transfer without something happening. Just one.  Tuesday night is when the call comes.  The call came.  We are both staying.  I´m down with that.  Due to things that have happened lately, I told Elder Bustillos Wednesday that I had a feeling that we were going to be a result of some drastic change.  Well... four missed calls from the APs later...  Elder Bustillos is now a current Trainer.  He´s also opening up a new area.  A new challenge for him, I´m sure.  They then proceeded to tell us that us that I´m the new senior companion.  Alright.  Next, they told me that I don´t have a companion.  Um...what?  In our mission, they don´t do threesomes very often.  Instead, they give you a 17-19-year-old, prospective missionary, that lives in the mission boundaries.  People call them a ¨Mini¨ (mini missionary)  So... here I am, with my current Mini.  He´s a 17-year-old from here in Goya.  Ironically, he was a mini missionary in my last area.  So I already knew him.  We´ll only be together for two weeks max, though.  He has EFY in two weeks (EFY is held in Paraguay for like 3 different countries).  That means I´ll probably have another mini after.  Definitely adds a little spice to the mission.

 

And if there wasn´t already enough spice...  I´m now the new Second Counselor in the Branch; to go along with my calling as Secretary.  Fun!

 

But, now to the real good news.  We are nearly set for a baptism!  Remember the 80-year-old lady I told you about a few weeks ago?  She came again!  She´s set for the 28th of this month.  She only needs to quit smoking her daily cigarette.  She can do it.  She´s really funny, too.  She´s telling everyone that she´s getting baptized in two weeks.  What a Champ!  It´s proof, you're never too old to change.

 

So I´ve been reading in the Bible a little bit these days.  It amazes me just how in a matter of 30 or 40 pages you can read about the entire life of Christ.  For someone that did so much, you´d think that there´d be more.  If you´ve got a minute, take some time to read just a chapter in Matthew.  It´s crazy just how much you´ll find out.

 

I love you all!

 

Elder McMurray

 

 

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