Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye!

Cynthia y su bautismo!

You have no idea how hard it is to get Pizza Hut delivered to Paraguay!

Moto Taxi!  A motorcycle pulled wagon is the mode of transportation

Man tough CrOWd!



Saying goodbye to my comp this week! (Elder Cronin) He takes off this Wednesday back to Utah.... Ahhhh man it's tough being his last comp! I mean, I love it because I get all of his stuff, but he is jsut thinking and talking about home all the time, so it's tough to not miss home like crazy! haha And it didn't help for nothing that I was in my bed sick for the first few days of this week either. Buttttttt I'¡m better now! haha Being sick on the mission is the worst, because you just wanna be out working so bad! Although I have found out it is not the best thing to tell the members that you are sick, because then they want to help you out hahaha Like it's great because they do it because they love you, but their medicine practice is a bit.... tribal ha Like I have tried some weird remedies this week! One family made me like a weird tea from this plant that made my throat tingle. Another member gave me a back massage with a bottle, and put some leaf that looked an awfully lot like Marijuana down my shirt hahaha I feel like I was just missing a healing man dance to get em feeling 100% again! hahaha But hey, I'm not about to complain, it worked!


This week, we had a baptism of a 17 year old girl named Cynthia, who is way awesome! A member invited her to church, and she already has a ton of friends, and goes to seminary. WE have another baptism this Tuesday for someone named Fabian! HE is one of my favorite people I have met in Paraguay hahaha He speaks nothing of Spanish, so his family helps us translate, bet he is super humble and way willing to follow God! After we taught him the Word of Wisdom, he threw away all of his cigarettes and alcohol, and hasn't touched them since! haha He is so awesome. Way stoked for his baptism this Tuesday! This Wednesday are changes.... dun dun dun! I am nervoussssss I have No idea what's gonna happen, or who is gonna be my next comp! Butttttt whatever it may be, it's the Lords will :) haha Today, we are going to the temple for my first time here in Paraguay!..... to clean! haha Yeahhhhh I'm way excited. And I get to Skype this week too, way stoked to see the fam :) Love you guys! Thanks for all the support!


Elder Kyle Horton

Jaha 30

Changes for a day with Elder Cutera from Bolivia!

Hitchhikinggggg

Baptism of Jazmin and her sister Kamila! 

My man Fabio

Everybody!

Well, so Augusto who was going to get baptised this week smoked, so he will have to wait till next Saturday which was kind of a bummer.... but we did find 3 miracles baptisms to replace him! ha It's amazing what the Lord will do when you work with all your efforts and have the enough sufficient faith. I gave it my all this week... and I may have over done it because Saturday night after our baptisms, I got SUPER sick, and had a fever all that night, and all Sunday.... and right now too ha I was in bed all day yesterday, which KILLS me! I honestly hate it so much. I was able to go to church though, which was good. But after, I went home and crashed until 8 o'clock that night. I am hoping and praying that it's not Dengue... But I don't think so! If you could send a few prayers my way, it would be greatly appreciated! ha But yeah. We have seen so many miracles in our district this month, it's been so amazing. We have baptised 22 people, as a district of 4 companionships, which is the most a district has baptised in all the mission this month, and very well could be close to an all time record in the Mission Paraguay Asuncion! Yeahhhhh! haha It's been such a blast too. Lots of work, and even more faith! We get a new mission president here in about a month and a half, which I am really stoked for. He is from Uruguay, the President Wilson. Anyways, that's all I've got for now ha Love you guys!


Elder Horton

Rain Rain Go Away

Jello Pudding Yeahhh!

The Comp. Elder Cronin

Breakfast Burrito

Another great week here in Paraguay :) haha It rained a whole lot! Almost every day. It's gettin ginto the winter season here in Parguay, which is a bit different that back home. Turns out, it actually does is cold ha It's supposed to his (The Cold) this month and next month! This week, we spent a few days 100% soaked, walking around for miles, knocking, well clapping, at peoples houses. Even with the members, it's hard to get in and teach them when it rains! ha We had a few miracles this week in church. Two people were brought to church by a few members, and we didn't know either of them before Sunday in church haha And they both want to get baptised too! Which. Is. So. Awesome. Especially after walking around in the rain for a few days! ha We have one investigator, Augusto, who is gonna get baptised this Saturday. He seperated from his girlfriend, who he was living with, to do it! HE is like 40 years old, and sells "Chipa", a paraguayan donut thing (Made with corn and pìg fat) for a living on his motorcycle. He is way cool haha And he quit smoking too! Way cool to see the changes he has made in his life, because of Jesus, and his Atonement for us. My comp is so awesome too. I seriously feel so blessed that I get to be with him! haha HE is not afraid to lay down the law either. We went to help some people attend church on Sunday, and they didn't want to leave their house and come with us. He shared a few powerful scriptures with them.... haha Check out Heleman 13, the last for verses haha Anyways sorry for the unorganized letter. A thought to finish: Had interviews with the mission president this week! I asked him what it means to be a successful missionary, and he told me that " A successful missionary is someone who, after his mission, always puts God above everything else in his life" Really made me think differently on everything, and all the habits I make here on the mission. Anyways, love you guys! Thanks for the awesome support and encouragement!

Elder Horton

Namongarari

Welllllll so this week. Was something special. ha! It was all going good, up until about Friday. We had 5 baptisms planned fro this Saturday, they had their Baptismal Interview, their papers filled out, their lessons, and everything ready for their baptisms. As we made our rounds Friday, to double check that everything was good for their baptisms, problems started popping up with every. single. one of them. ha! A few of them got surprise visits by their pastors from their menonite church, and changed their minds, the other had second thoughts, and didn't want to attend church every Sunday, and the other had an aunt come in and stop a baptism.... ha! Satan work just as hard as we do for every baptism! Every soul is such a fight. SO we ended up having just one baptism this week, which I am still extremely grateful. It was for Cristofer, a 9 year old boy, whos parents are menus active. Not to mention it was one of the coolest baptsims we have had. We assigned one of my converts, his name is Carlos, to give a talk, ( He is 11 years old) And he KILLED it! He is the only member in his family, and walks to church by himself every week. In the middle of his talk, he walked over to Cristofer, (the kid getting baptised) And gave him a huge hug, and just started crying because he was so happy that he decided to get baptised! haha I got hit with the spirit so hard, and seriously couldn't stop crying! ha Everybody was super touched by it, it was so awesome. He is a future missionary for sure! haha Butttt yeah. Lots of work! haha My comp was sick yesterday, so we had to stay in. It was so weird to just sit there. It has been a while since I have had time to just sit and relax haha He goes home in three weeks, so I think the stres of it all is getting to him! I have been learning a lot of Guarani with him. If you speak Guarani, it automatically gains trust from members and investigators, and I really do enjoy learning and speaking it too so its perfect haha Butttttttt other than that not much else out of the ordinary happened this week. I got to play Lord of the Rings on an acordeon! hahaha The guys acordeon literrally costs more than his house, so I felt pretty honored. Anywayyyyysssss so thanks for the love and support! Until next week!

Elder Horton

Baptism of Christopher

Acordeon

Bienvenidos a la Conferencia General....

Bautismos... Everybody...

Not the prettiest thing to wake up to in the morning!

Okay, so this week has been NOTHING but work. ha We havent done anything these past 7 days but walk, teach, eat, and plan. Ahhhh man it's so awesome too. I'm finally starting to feel the spirit of the mission. Before it was just like yeahhhh I will work, and help and teach, but my heart wasn't in it. Something has just clicked here in this last change, that has helped me truly give it my all. We had 5 baptisms this week, which was a huge blessing, of which I am truly grateful. We had it on Sunday and baptised them right after the first session of conference. I was able to watch/listen to conference in English for  most of the time, but Spanish for the priesthood session. I even got to listen to a bit in Guarani! ha We were able to bring with us to general conference a total of 11 investigators, which is HUGE (The most I have ever had at church). Especially considering the fact that we had to travel an hour in a bus to get to the nearest stake center. We then treated ourselves to a bit of pizza and a chocolate milkshake after YUMMMMM (First of either of those in 7 months) ha Elder Cronin goes home after this change, which is a bummer! Imma miss him a bunch. We have a few baptisms planned for this week. Would you please pray for Esteven, so that he can quit breaking the word of wisdom, and Augusto, so that he can get married! I really have learned so much from my comp. Especially about Faith! With faith, we can really do anything, even move mountains like the scriptures explain. And if so, why not use our Faith to help others come unto christ? My comp is constantly asking me, "Elder, que tal su Fe?" or "Elder, how's your faith?" haha At times, after getting rejected by crazy catholics, or losing a golden investigator, it's easy to lose the hope of finding that miracle of a person, who is chosen and prepared to be baptised. But the truth is, is that person is out there. You just have to maintain the faith that you can, and will find the people chosen specifically for you. ha The mission is the best. Ah, I just feel like I'm on some sort of spiritual high, especially after that awesome general conference. ha! Anyways, I hope you guys have enjoyed the easter season there in good old SLC! haha It's a bit different down here as one would imagine. LOTS of drunk people and obnoxious music! haha Anyways, have a great week everyone! Thanks for the emails of support and encouragement. 

Love you guys!

Elder Horton

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Reunion de distrito! An all elder district.  What great luck!

Baptism of Montserrat

Cleaning up the sinny residue from the baptismal font.

Baptism of Gloria!



This week has been SO great. My old comp left, and I've got a new one.... Elder Cronin! He is from Brigham City, and is SO awesome haha He is a mission LEGEND! It is said that he will be an apostle one day. And I could totally see it! The first day he got here, we had our planning, and set a goal to baptise 30 people in this next change! At first, I doubted a bit, but now I'm convinced it's possible! We have found MIRACLES this week! His faith is contageous, it's awesome. He have been working so hard too! I really believe we can reach it. Do you? We are gonna have to see! This week, we have 5 baptisms planned. Super stoked to work hard and make sure that they do. Ahhhhhh man, it's been so crazy busy. Literally, we have no spare time if we wanna reach our goal! Read a few scriptures that really hit home this week. First, was in Alma 29, which talks about mission work (Could be 30 or 31). I also was reading in the Bible, when Jesus invites 3 men to follow him, and teach, and each has presonal affairs they want to take care of first. Jesus then taught them that "He he puts his hand to the plough and looks back is unfit for the kingdom of God." This really inspired me to give it all I had this week. Also, can't wait for conference! Ahhhhh onlay 6 more daysssss haha Love you guys! Thanks for the love and support.

Elder Horton

Cambios

Welllllll.... This week! Was a great time. ha! It very possibly could be my last week with Elder Chidester, which is a bummerrrrrr but whatevs! The Changes are this Wednesday, and I am kinda nervous, but stoked at the same time. The mission is really all about change. Like the only thing that doesn't chaneg is the fact that we have changes every 6 weeks ha This week marks 6 weeks in my new area, and it's been so much fun! I have enjoyed every second of it. This week, we had 2 baptisms, one of a 45 year old woman named "Gloria", and the other of a 20 year old girl named "Montserrat". They were both really solid baptisms, and are both way cool! Monsterrat is the granddaughter of some members, and Gloria is the mom of a recent convert.

What else, what else.... Oh yeah! The catapult that we built last Monday worked like a charm! haha We are still concentrated on the work though, don't you worry. My comp cut his head on barbed wire last night! hahaha Kinda funny, since it was the second time since he's been here in this area. The Paraguayans have a bad habit of hanging barbed wire all around their house, since that's what they use to hang their clothes up to dry them. For them, it is at just the perfect height where they won't run into them, but for us tall "Gringos" It's a completely different story! ha

Super excited to be able to watch General Conference here shortly. It's so much more awesome when you are out on the mission! Or maybe it's just because I actually watch it I dunno haha OH! Met the coolest 83 year old woman this last week. We have been searching for her house for the past month, and we finally tracked here down! She comes to church once a month to bear here testimony at testimony meeting, and it's all in Guarani so I don't understand anything haha But she basically walks a solid 4 or 5 kilomters to church, which is so dope for an old lady! She left her husband for the gospel too, 20 years ago when missionaries showed up at here door. She has 2 grandsons who have served missions too! We are baptising her son this week, so I will get back to you on that one next week. For now, take care! Love you guys a ton, thanks for the support. Sorry there aren't pics this week! I had some good ones, but my computer is ancient, and doesn't read my camera card ha. Love you guys!

-Elder Horton