June 24th

Me and my Comp are getting along a lot better now and having a better time!
This week we had a division with our zone leaders. I went with Elder Blackmore (my 2nd companion from Canada) It was wicked cool because I could actually help him teach this time! When I had him as a companion I couldn’t speak at all! So it was pretty fun.. It’s nice hanging with old companions!

My Companion and I had to prepare talks for sacrament meeting and I had  mine all ready and my comp didn’t have one at all ready so at church on Sunday I had to bless and pass the sacrament so when the Bishop’s reading off  who is going to speak in church he mentions my comp’s name!! It was so funny. He was so bummed because he wasn’t prepared at all! Those are the good times!

I’m still teaching my primary class.

We  didn’t get to see the world wide training we were going to go but it was raining so bad and we haven’t gotten our clothes back from our laundry lady for almost 2 weeks and I’m on my last shirt and socks so I couldn’t get wet haha. It has rain everyday for almost 2 months it’s miserable! ( I guess it is winter here from June until August). Ourlaundry lady cannot hang out the laundry because it has rained everyday so I have been wearing the same shirt for 3 days!!! I was thinking of buying a sweater today…I was going to buy some shoes but it’s so cold here. I’m having a hard time sleeping because it’s so cold here!

 

We have a couple baptisms next week I’m pretty excited! We were teaching this girl named Liz and we always invite the neighbor over because she’s a member and both of her daughters are not members so we start talking and the little 9 year old one wants to get baptized so we are hoping to be able to get it done soon! 

 

Today I just went to hung out with Rigby for his Birthday. And a buddy from Tonga.

 

Dad-I found out that I have parasite they gave me some medicine to get rid of it hopefully can get better soon. I just want to be a healthy man! It’s been so hard for me to see other missionaries and they seem to have it so easy all the time..

Who would have known that my health on my mission would be my biggest trial!! I just want to feel good!

I got food poisoning or something this week…I’ve been sick all week. I just feel so drained and tired today!

 

I am teaching a old lady that is exactly like Grandma Morgan ….she reminds me of her so much! It’s been so fun!

 

How is Grandpa Osborne doing?  How is Grandma Great?

 

I was thinking about irrigation days on the farm.. that was a good time! I miss that stuff, oh man!

I draw a lot  here and a lady asked me if she could pay me to draw animals all over her house {like the inside of her house…haha pretty funny huh hahaha}. 

Well that is pretty much what I did this week.

Sure love you Fam!

Elder Osborne

 

New pictures from Elder Osborne :)

June 17th

 

Hey Fam…

 

This week was just a normal week. Nothing too cool happened. I just worked.

Yesterday was way funny ....The family lopez forgot their 2 kids at church !! They usually leave right after sacrament and the kids stay and the older daughter takes them home but yesterday she left them so we were just hangin’ out and little Camillia comes crying hugs me. (She is 9 and  her little brother is 5)  Santi is the brothers name. We had to walk them home and the whole walk home we were practicing our angry faces to make the older sister feel horrible for leaving them ha ha . The parents felt so bad when we got there they us to eat lunch with them so we got to eat steak and sausage!!! The food was awesome! I always feel bad to eat with them because they are so poor. They get most of there money from the church they are the family that takes care of our laundry and feed us and the other missionaries during the week and me almost every night. They call us over to drink mate dulce or cosido! They love playing Uno with us!

 

Today is P day and we just came into town to look for some shoes I can’t find my size anywhere. So next week I  will try again.

 

It’s getting winter here and it is so freakin cold again! I thought winter already happened here but I guess it was like fall or something?  The weather here is extreme!

 

We might have lost Liz as an investigator… She’s not sure about getting married now.. The people are funny here and don’t understand that they are living in sin if they are not married and living together.

 

The work is slow…

 

Our district leader talked to me concerning  my companion. He doesn’t think he will be allowed to go to Brazil because the church isn’t going to spend money on sending a problem child all over the place. I only have 4 more weeks. I will endure.

 

I love you Family!

Talk to you next week

 

Love

Elder Osborne

June 10th

Hey family!...What’s up?

Today I went back to my old area with my buddy’s Elder Wolfgram and Elder Mierda {his names hilarious in Spanish..I guess you will have to ask Weston) ha ha . It was so fun to visit Piquete cue . That little girl remembered me and ran up to me gave me a huge hug the kids there were sooo cool!

 

I’m still in my same area with my same comp the city is Lauralty its by Luque.

 

I’m trying everything to gain weight I don’t want to be skinny anymore so I bought this box of alfajores and I just eat like 6 a day there like cake and kinda like hostess .. but way better! I’m also trying the protein I just started this this week so hoping in the next couple weeks I can gain some weight!

 

That awesome about Mattea! She’s super smart!!!! Super cool about Champ and Indie. Sounds like she is going to have a great 4-H year! Does Lou still ride?

 

We got a new district leader and he’s a professional soccer player its pretty cool cause all the other missionaries like his team but I like the other team …. It makes things interesting …! ha ha

 

My buddy Elder Rigby is training a kid from Columbia. crazy right ?

 

Freakin’ Inje ….Is finally coming back to America? So cool! Me and Elder Gordon are going to try to adopt Elder Ardaya ( he’s way cool we still don’t know how but it would be cool !).

 

My week we had district meeting on Tuesday and we went  to say goodbye to our old district leader he went home.  On Tuesdays we cook at home my comp doesn’t eat so I made me spaghetti used my last spaghetti packet from you –Would love some more if you get around to it.

 

Every Tuesday night we go to this family Poreto and have a family night and then watch soccer with them we have to pick a team and the team that loses has to bring a cake to the next weeks family night its pretty cool . So last week the team Olympia vs Cerro and I like Cerro because no one else does so I picked them we were walking around I had my red blue tie my red blue bracletes and no one would let us in! ha ha I  picked them because they suck and the other team always wins so my team ended up tying them and everyone had all these excuses why the worst team tied the best ha idk good time!!!

 

Wednesday  we went to a house and there was just a letter and said the foods in the fridge just cook it so my comp started frying our food and didn’t cook it at all we looked and were eating raw chicken thought it was cooked cause the outside was black but no chance ha ha.

 

My favorite day is on Thursday because we are with this way cool family Lopez. They are super nice they have 2 daughters about to  go on missions.  My ward  that we are in right now has 5 girls about to go on missions.. its crazy! 

We go to the family Lopez almost every night to play uno and they make hot chocolate and rolls so its nice! They have been good to take care of us! 

 

On Fridays we eat with this family Fernandez there the hardest family I’ve had to deal with just cause I cant relate to anything with them they think Im a nerd because I played basketball and football. The mom does like parties for pokemon and yugio. I seriously have nothing to relate to them its super hard!

 

Saturday we have lunch with the bishop he usually only has us for lunch when he needs a favor or if he’s asking us to give talks.

It takes us about an hour to walk to his house.

 

Sundays we eat with a different Fernandez there legit they love basketball .

We have these way cool families that we are teaching right now. This girl  named Liz she’s very in to the church and wanting to learn she loves listening and talking to us.

We also have this girl named Jasmine she’s really cool (she’s 11 years old) she is waiting for her mom and dad to get married before she gets baptized so she can be baptized with her mom.

We also have the neighbors across the street from our house they are wicked cool last Monday when we were going  home he sat by my comp on the bus and I thought  he was just a friend and he told my comp he’s been going to church for 5 months just moved but he wants to go with us when he can he just got a new job so its hard for him to get to church and its hard to tell people don’t work Sundays when they have so little already .

 

Things are going good!

I love you family!

Stay Classy!

Elder Osborne

 

 

 

Went back to visit piquete cue that little girl remembered me and ran upto me gave me a huge hug the kids there were sooo cool 

Love you Fam

... This guy!

June 3rd

What's up Family?
This week was some good times !!! I'ts wicked hot here now!

We had a meeting with one of the 70's..I think it was on Tuesday the days just go by so fast!..
It was way cool! He was super funny! He was Americana and served a mission in Paraguay he said there were only 10 missionaries here when he served and as right now we have 140 we had 200 but losing some...It has really grown!
So, I have a pretty wicked story to tell you~ This girl were teaching (liz )we keep teaching her, She  is 20 Yrs old and has a baby . She has been pretty good at coming to church every week but she needs to get married. Last week her baby got really really sick and her boyfriend blamed her for it (weird) and almost left her for it! so crazy.. We were hoping for a wedding but we don't know what's going to happen now.

We are teaching this lady. We went to see her and it was time for us to leave and I said "well its your turn! to pray  and she said that she wanted me to do it. So I told her that if she didn't pray with just me and my companion that she would have to tomorrow when we have church and your gonna have to do it in front of everyone. (I thought that would get her to pray for us...but she said that she wanted to pray at church the next day). I didn't think much more about it and the next day was testimony meeting and she gets up and prays during testimony meeting!!!! it was hilarious !!!!!  It was a good time! :)

So tonight we will get changes. I'm kinda worried (Like always!) about it because I don't know my area very well but whatever happens happens I guess!

Elder Gordon asked our Mission President if I could be his last companion before he goes home. That would be sooo cool I hope it happens but idk!

I love you family!
DGCW
Don't go chasing waterfalls !!

P.S
I didn't get changes mom but my poly buddy is coming to the area right next to mine I'm pretty excited!
This week I'm going to get the pill (The bomb ) and get all this junk out of my system. I'm going to get feeling better Mom... I promise!

I brought my camera to download some pictures but forgot my cord! I know I haven't been very good sending pics--I promise to be better!

Stay Classy!
Trevor