Week of Apr 20, 2026 — Villa Elisa, Paraguay

Hola hola! Buen día! Happy Monday everyone! Hope you are all doing awesome!!! This week was pretty good here in Villa Elisa! Here are a couple of the highlights!

• Our friend Lucas came to church yesterday!! He walked all the way by himself and the members were so welcoming! He told us that he reads his Book of Mormon a ton every day and just loves it! He is SO awesome!
• A dog from the street came prosyleting with us for three hours haha. He stayed with us as we clapped doors and even wanted to sit in the lessons. He followed us to McDonald’s for lunch and sat outside whining as we were eating. It was quite the adventure trying to get him back to the street where we picked him up haha!
• Villa Elisa has a ton of inactive members so this week we’ve really been trying to visit all of them! It has been super special to get to know them and hear about their stories!

Thank you so much for all the prayers and emails! They are definitely felt! Feel free to send a little update anytime, I love hearing from you guys!! Hope you all have the best week!

Spiritual Thought

A scripture that really stood out to me this morning is in Psalm 9: 9-10 which says “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee”. This scripture is SO good! We can always put our confidence in the Savior. He is always standing close by with His arms outstretched calling us to come unto Him. I also really liked the part which says “they that know thy name”. Jesus Christ has many names… Reedemer, Shepherd, Savior, Brother, Advocate, Refuge… and so many more. As we come to know Jesus Christ we will come to know that to each of us He is “my Redeemer”, “my Shepherd”, “my Refuge”. He knows and loves us so individually 🤍