Elder Josh Holtry's Mission Blog: La Villa! :)

Hey Everyone! Can I just say first off that I love the Villa? There´s just a ton of humble people there, and it´s super fun to talk with them! Along with that, there´s a lot of people from Paraguay, so we´ve been learning a bit of guanani also! Along with that, there´s a group of them that have a volleyball court where they play without hands, kicking the ball, and hitting it with their heads and shoulders also. Super legit. The villas pretty crazy too sometimes, there was a huge party yesterday, with people playing music, dancing, and there were some kids with silly spray (We got sprayed a bunch of times :D ). A few fights broke out too, which was pretty fun.

Anywho, this has been a good week. We´ve been doing visits and working with a few principal investigators. Nancy (A nice middle-aged lady who we´ve been teaching for the last few weeks now. she´s so awesome!) Leandro (He´s a bit odd, but funny! He´s gradually progressing, but has a few doubts.) Roberto and Emilia (An old couple. Emilia´s from Italy, and Roberto from here. They´re coming to church every Sunday, and learning really well) and Angie and Mica (A few younger folks who have an aunt that´s a member. Their main struggle is getting to church Sundays...) But ya, I love visiting these people, and the members here.

I´ve thought about the scripture in Jacob 5:35 a bit this week. It basically says that a trees roots won´t be beneficial to the master of the vineyard if the fruits aren´t good. And it´s really because of that that Faith is a word of action. Yes, obviously we need to believe and accept the Lord, but we´re only beneficial to the Lord as we´re doing his will and, as President Monson spoke on in the last general conference, keeping the commandments.

Well I love you all, I love the work, I love the gospel, and I wish you a happy week! :)

-Elder Holtry

Making Arroz Choufa (Fried Rice) with some members and Nancy