Highlight of the Week: NOT having to pack my bags (moving 100 lbs of suitcases around the cobbled streets of Paraguay is the stuff of nightmares. not joking)
Well, Cambios have come and gone and I`m still in Ypacarai (I`m going to be here for mango and guayaba season!). But I`ve got a new compañera, Hermana Weeks. She`s from St. George Utah and has 6 months in the field. She just finished training one of the Hermanas that was in the CCM with me :) And we`re getting along great, and it turns out I can plan out our daily schedules every day (since she knows nobody in our area. . . yet :)
Story of the Week: We were in the far reaches of our area, Patiño, contacting, when we discovered a great big wall. Hn. Weeks wanted to know what was on the other side. I didn`t know. But just then a man came out of one of the gates in the wall, and so we introduced ourselves and asked our question. We didn`t understand his reply. And so he offered to show us. And thus began our spontaneous tour of what turns out to be an old abandoned zoo, by a man with an Igor-ish vibe about him (You know, assistant to Dr. Frankenstein. . . right?), who gifted us with enough litchi (a strange Asian fruit, I think) to last a lifetime AND wanted to come to church. . . he didn`t end up coming unfortunately. But we`ll work on that :) I love Paraguay.
Well, I`m looking forward to Christmas! Fireworks and all. I`m sure I`ll have stories about it next week :)
Well, Cambios have come and gone and I`m still in Ypacarai (I`m going to be here for mango and guayaba season!). But I`ve got a new compañera, Hermana Weeks. She`s from St. George Utah and has 6 months in the field. She just finished training one of the Hermanas that was in the CCM with me :) And we`re getting along great, and it turns out I can plan out our daily schedules every day (since she knows nobody in our area. . . yet :)
Story of the Week: We were in the far reaches of our area, Patiño, contacting, when we discovered a great big wall. Hn. Weeks wanted to know what was on the other side. I didn`t know. But just then a man came out of one of the gates in the wall, and so we introduced ourselves and asked our question. We didn`t understand his reply. And so he offered to show us. And thus began our spontaneous tour of what turns out to be an old abandoned zoo, by a man with an Igor-ish vibe about him (You know, assistant to Dr. Frankenstein. . . right?), who gifted us with enough litchi (a strange Asian fruit, I think) to last a lifetime AND wanted to come to church. . . he didn`t end up coming unfortunately. But we`ll work on that :) I love Paraguay.
Well, I`m looking forward to Christmas! Fireworks and all. I`m sure I`ll have stories about it next week :)
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