And It Came to Pass

Hey guys, 

I hope you all have had a wonderful week, mine was good :) any week is good when you are on the mission!!!! Anyhow, I hope everyone has been reading the Book of Mormon like the profeta has asked, I am really excited to see what happens at conference this April. I am in Mosiah and really words can not express just how much I lvove Abinadi, he is one of the coolest people ever, he seals his testimony with his death. And while I am pretty sure thta will not be asked of me while I am on the mission,I am out here in Paraguay to spread that testimony the same that Abinadi had, about the Savior and how through Him we all have the potencial to one day make it back in the pressence of God. It is such a wonderful message!!!!!!! Also has anyone else noticed that the Book of Mormon talks sooooo much on obedience, I had never really noticed it before, but almost every chapter we are told to keep the commandments of God and if we do that we are promissed so much in return. I do not have very much to share this week, other than my testimony. (sorry it is easier in Spanish) Yo se que la iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días es verdadero. Estoy aquí para que otros personas que no tuvieron la oportunidad a conocer Jesucristo pueden venir a él y disfrutar de la conocimiento que yo tengo. Tenemos una profeta hoy en día se llama Thomas S monson, y él abajo de la dirección de Jesucristo dirigir la iglesia. , and yea sorry Spanish moment, but I also know that we as missionaries are called to testify of Christ, but everyone, can help in these efforts. I invite all of you to share your testimonies this week, no matter how small, and it will help bring others to this Gospel. Thanks for all you guys do, I have learned so much from each and everyone of your testimonies!!! Have a wonderful week and remember that I love you guys!!!

 Hermana Douglas 

I Am Not Dead Yet

Darling Family and friends, tis I,

Hey guys, sorry for the radio silence I just had a ton of stuff happen, just wow, it has been bonkers :) Anyhow I hope you are all doing really well, Paraguay is, amazing, crazy hot, and just down right awesome, as of right now I am planning on never leaving (sorry mom, and dad). Things that have happened to catch everyone up, we had a wonderful Christmas, it was really weird to be in a place where it is really hot, and really the 25 is a day to relax, here the 24th at midnight there are a bunch of fireworks and screaming and people hugging and kissing and just having fun....I only heard the firework part but I am told that everything else happens too :) I got this really cool blanket fro my companion, really pretty crochet, and a jersey from the club Cerro!!!!!  Also my companion made me a cool soap craving of my initials and my trainer gave me a snow globe of Santa Clause :) Good times, also around Christmas we puppy came to our house, and I may of fed it a pancake...so he stuck around for a few days, and I named him Reese...he was very cute. Other stuff, it rained and I was in water up to my knees trying to get back to our house, it was a ton of fun :) after that my comps shoe came off and started floating away, so I chased it in the water.... it was fun, and I just got a little wet (more like soaked :) ) other stuff, we have the coolest investigator ever, she is amazing, Mirna, she has two little girls and is a beast. Really, she is so cool, I can not stress that enough. This past week she came to church and with everything, when we are teaching her, she really gets why it is important to go, that and her girls are really funny, during all of sacrament meeting they were just having a ton of fun laughing and yes while irreverent, they really seemed to enjoy themselves :) Anyhow, today we rare going to have a family home thingie (forgot how to spell that last word...sorry) and the Hermana is going to teach how to make Lomitos (yes, food of the gods, wonderful glorious Lomitos, I am beyond excited) but yes, this is the life, walking the hot street old Paraguay spreading the gospel, really hard work but I am loving it!!!!!! Have a wonderful week ,and hey remember who you are!!!! or as my sister Kaia likes to say ¨Have a good time 

don´t be a good time¨ 

Love you guys, 

read the book of Mormon, before conference, pretty please, 

Love , 

Hermana Douglas 

Taina's Christmas Tree

The puppy Taina named Reese

A blanket Taina's comp made her for Christmas

Taina's Christmas presents from her companions

She named this little frog Yimy