Letters: March 12 & 19

3-12-07
Hello ,
I´m enjoying the hot humid climate down here in Paraguay. The people out here are really nice and really accepting of the gospel. I´m having a great time with my companion. We had a fair amount of success in February and hope to do well this month. I´m picking up the language okay but I still have a lot to learn. They also speak another language down here that I don´t understand at all called Guarani, its an Indian language. Well that's all for now.
Elder Waldron

This is a picture of Clancy's kitchen. When I (his Mom) saw it, I thought maybe he needed a care package with Lysol and other cleaners in it ... as well as a new pan or two. (I know - it's a "Mom thing") His response is below.

The kitchen in our apartment is actually pretty clean, the roach spray is also an ant spray (which are all over the place in Paraguay). I have all the pots and stuff I need. The kitchen has improved since me and my companion moved in.

3-19-07

Life in Paraguay is still good. Changes were this week but I´m still in the same area with the same companion which is a good thing. Pretty busy out here in Paraguay - still walking everywhere but I´m used to it. I have been here for 1 change and am no longer considered one of the new guys because I´m not one of the guys that just came in, but I still am not entirely fluent.. ~Elder Waldron

Much Work, Big Rewards

I think this picture was taken on Clancy's first day in Paraguay.

Notice the pale face.

Clancy and his companion with five of girls that they baptized a couple of weeks ago. Notice the tanned face.

Letters: Feb. 19 & 26, 2007

FEBRUARY 19, 2007
Hi,
Things aren't too bad here. My companion is from somewhere in Utah and his name is Elder Errdman. The people here are nice and they feed us. We live in a small apartment above a store. The rent is only about the equivalent of 65 American dollars a month. I have a bed, dresser, bathroom, kitchen, a living room, and a small patio, it's not bad. I learned how to make empenadas the other day. The people here are great. We have about 15-25 investigators at any given point in time. I had my first baptism this past Saturday (Feb. 17) It was cool. We have 3 baptisms lined up for this Saturday and hopefully 4 for the following Saturday. On Tuesday we had a zone conference and they showed all the final stats for our mission. The mission ended the the year of 2006 with 1,780 baptisms in one year. I am in one of the higher baptizing areas. The youth here are absolutely awesome. The youth always go with us to teach. The older people almost never go with us. The really old grandpas don't like the Americans, but the youth here think Americans are awesome. They think we are all rich... course most people live in brick/mud houses with tin or red brick tile roofs. Anyway, the work out here is fun, but there are so many people to teach that it makes for long days.

FEBRUARY 25, 2007
Things are going good here. On Tuesday we had special changes and the two elders who were in our area and lived next door, were changed to other areas. My companion and I inherited their area, so now we have a monstrously huge area. On Saturday (Feb. 24) we had 5 baptisms. I baptized two of the five. The first person I baptized was a little 8 year old girl named Magali. I also baptized a 12 year old girl named Median. It was cool.
My Spanish is coming along fine. I'm learning it pretty quick. I'm told that pouch mail is the easiest way to send stuff -- just don't send cash.

Well till next week.

Elder Clancy

"Pouch" mail is a mail delivery service
to get letters to missionaries from their
friends and family. "Pouch" mail is usually more reliable
and quicker.

The address is:

Elder Clancy D. Waldron
Paraguay Asuncion Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150
USA