Writing feels uber surreal this week. I feel like it was just Pday... The week passed by and was full of so much... I hope I didn't miss anything. The Hermana Lideres(Sister Leaders) came for divisions which was super pleasant. The Zone Leaders came into town and we had a YBY YAU 'zone' meeting. We also had one of our Young Men,Ronaldo Lopez Ortiz, pass away due to an exploded appendix. It was a shock to us all. He had seventeen years. Although it was a sad event and his smile and spirit will be greatly missed in this little Rama in Yby Yau, Hermana Willis and I couldn't help but feel peace in his passing. We know that he is with God now. He was a good, good kid and he will do amazing things, even if from the other side of the veil. Participating in the Paraguayan burial procedures was interesting and although I felt a bit awkward, I did my best to console the family and testify of our Savior Jesus Christ and the happy news his resurrection means to us. There has been a guy going around town (for a couple months before I came to Ybyyau) and showing some harsh Anti-Mormon videos and ... for lack of a better phrase "stealing" our members. REALLY attacking the church. Days before Ronaldo passed away, this guy visited him and tried to get him to leave the Iron Rod and check out the awesome great and spacious building across the river. With a firm voice (and I imagine that giant smile he always wore) Ronaldo replied: "I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints. I am a Mormon." The Elders told me of this story today and I couldn't help but do a tiny "success kid" fist and say "YES". God probably had him pass because he was so awesome, he didn't even need to learn anymore. I'm sure an Epic High-Five was shared upon his arrival at the pearly gates. Somewhere amidst all this craziness in YBY YAU, hard work gets done. A ward is run, the gospel is taught, service is provided testimonies are tried, shared and strengthened, and. for me at least, love and charity is learned on a new level daily. Also this week, because of the stress I had been having prior and in order to overcoming falling back into the gloomy glooms, I asked for a priesthood blessing of comfort and advice. I know my Heavenly Father is keeping a close eye on me. The words in my blessing were words that I had heard before as my Earthly Father blessed me before my mission and as my Stake President Set me apart to be a missionary. They were not words of a Chilean Teenager I met a couple months ago. They were comforting words of my very real Father in Heaven who has known me since before this world was formed. They were His words to me reminding me to enjoy my mission, encouraging me to push forward and above all making sure I knew He loves me very much. I am so grateful for the priesthood. I am awe-struck at how full and endless God's love is for me (and for us all). I simply can not express how very much I am learning here. Im starting to see a tiny part of why everyone always calls it "The Best 2 Years" (or 18 months). Changes are this coming Monday... so... My near future is a giant foggy Question Mark! As a result... so are the Mothers Day Calls. We don't know if we are getting changed so we don't know where we will be so we don't know when we can call! BUT Our sketched plan for now is that I will be calling you on Mom's Birthday!(Monday the 5th of May) buttttttttttt I'm just stressing out on what TIME and how to coordinate it all and basically it is not organized by Mom so it is not organized well enough to MY likings. BUT rather than freak out I am trying to just let it be. So. Find a time that the Family can all be there this Monday BEFORE 8 oclock my time. Idk what time that is there... but figure it out. (youre the one with Google) If you could present me with 2 options of when it will work for you, that would be Ideal. really idk all the stuff and I.m trying not to freak out. I just do not like when something as vitally important as my ONE of TWO opportunities to call you this year is taken lightly or treated as a "we'll see" situation. I am sorry its so disorganized. Im sure you're all as stressed as I am... but this is all the info I have. There is also a possibility that we can do it this Saturday, but I DO NOT KNOW AND NO ONE TELLS ME ANYTHING. *breathe lib!* onfd guhsd.kiscrsiljcfip0sz more information to follow. Also as to the reason why this letter is being received so late at night, it is because, as this possibly one of our last Pdays in YbyYau, we (Elders and H.Willis and I) went to Cerro Corra today. Hermana Willis and I worked in the morning and now we are doing our Internet at night. BUT my time is cut in HALF so. to all of those who wrote me and I didn't reply this week, that is the reason. I apologize deeply and send my warmest hugs your way. in fact... Warm HUGS FOR ALL! XOXO Hermana Valenzuela