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Hey Mom!!!
So yeah we don{t have a ton of time to email and I have like 25 unread messages right now because I didn{t read any last week haha. Also yes it is really hard to type on this keyboard. I don{t know how to do an apostraphe so we{re doing { for now haha. I{ll answer all your questions in this email and talk more about my experience here in the group email if thats ok haha.
Yes! So I{m serving in the Republicano! It{s part of the city (I think!). It{s actually pretty similar to the United States haha. Lots of restaruants and stuff. Everyone here is so friendly!!! We{ll go to a random house and get to know someone and they{ll invite us into their house and we{ll talk and then share a message about the gospel. It{s awesome!! I{ve also had so much food here!! I would say food should be the last of your worries. Elder Guerrero (My companion) told me he{s gained a ton of weight since the beginning of his mission hahaha. So far my favorite food has been asadinto(I think that{s what it{s called). It{s like a bunch of meat on a stick, it{s so good.
My companion{s name is Elder Guerrero. He{s from Bolivia and has been out here for 20 months. He{s amazing! The moment I met him I felt a huge amount of love. The only thing that sucks is that he doesn{t speak a lick of English. So I need my dictionary every where I go haha. When we{re teaching a lesson, I just share my testimony because that{s all I really know how to say in Spanish. Also a lot of people speak Guarani and that language is crazy. It{s so different. I usually kinda know what people are saying more or less in SPanish, but when it{s in Guarani its impossible. Even Elder Guerrero said he doesn{t understand people sometimes hahaha. But he{s fantastic.
We live in an apartment like place. And guess what the best part is...WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING!!!!! And from what I{ve heard, every mission house has it, so no worries about that. The weather has been super nice the past few days. It rains every other day and it rains super hard, which I love.
The first day I got here, we instantly started teaching some investigators we had and they{re all awesome. I think right now we have around 15 or 20 that we{re constistently teaching. I don{t notice a huge difference in the humidity but it{s definitely hot sometimes haha.
We get 1.300.000 Guarani every month (Yes, we are millionaires) which is about 220$. So I probably won{t be using too much money from my card, but it{s nice to always hve. Tell grandma thank you!!
Alright, I need to todo other emails but I love yuou so much!!! We were struggling to find a place with a working computer with internet so I really dont have a ton of time hahaha. I{ll answer any other questions you have if you ask them, but I{ll tell you more stuff next week. There{s so much to say!! LOVE YOU TONS

ELDER ERICHSEN
HEY GUYS!
Ok! So first of all, I have no idea how to use an apostraphe on a Spanish keyboard, so for the time being, we{re gonna be using { as an apostraphe haha.

OK, I{m gonna quickly wrap up the MTC and then go to Paraguay.

So Elder Perez (An elder in my casa) got Hepatitis A, and they didn{t want the disease to spread, so they made everyone in the same house as him stayin their house all day. We had a little chess tournament because we were super bored haha. And not much else happend the next few days. We found out we were leaving Monday at 6 AM. 

Ok, now for the good stuff. On Tuesday we had a bunch of orientation stuff. In Paraguay they use a currency called Guaranis (It{s also another language they speak.). It{s roughly 5800 per US Dollar. They give us 1.300.000 every month(Yes, we{re millionaires). I also had to give blood and get my fingerprints done. A little later, we met our new companions. My companion{s name is Elder Guerrero. He{s awesome! He{s from Bolivia and he doesn{t know any English haha. It{s pretty difficult to communicate, but he{s super nice and a fantastic trainer.

Paraguay is SO COOL! Everyone everywhere is so friendly. We{ll just be walking somehwhere and most people will say hello. In Paraguay, instead of knocking on people{s doors, you go in front of it and clap your hands. It{s really weird but I love it! There{s also this drink called tereré(I think that{s how you spell it.) and literally everyone drinks it. It{s basically some herbs and stuff with water. Missionaries aren{t allowed to drink it because of germs and stuff haha.

Me and Elder Guerrero live in an apartment like home and they have AIR CONDITIONING. That{s probably been the more relieving moment so far in my mission. Most things in Paraguay are actually pretty similar to the United States which I was not expecting. It has a ton of restaraunts and stores everywhere. Heck, I literally had a chicken parmesan at some place a few days ago.

I don{t have a ton more time to write, but Paraguay is fantastic! I{m loving it and I{m so excited to share the gospel with others. Thanks for all your emails, I love you all!
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On the way to Paraguay, we had a layover in Panama and they had a CARLS JR. I was so tired of the MTC food, so it was amazing.
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CASA 42 at the CCM.




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