Highlight of the Week: Service! I love dirt and shovels and Paraguay.
Villeta is a port town (is that how you say it?) So the people here make a living off of fishing or working in the big old factories that have set up shop nearby. And right now the river is rising. So many people are moving and building lean-to type structures on higher ground. We were able to help one of our recent converts build their house this week (in skirts, cause hey, that`s what Hermanas do :), and tomorrow we`re going to help them move and finish it all up. They have a boat that they use to cross the river and buy mandioka in Argentina (apparently it`s better in Argentina)
Villeta is a port town (is that how you say it?) So the people here make a living off of fishing or working in the big old factories that have set up shop nearby. And right now the river is rising. So many people are moving and building lean-to type structures on higher ground. We were able to help one of our recent converts build their house this week (in skirts, cause hey, that`s what Hermanas do :), and tomorrow we`re going to help them move and finish it all up. They have a boat that they use to cross the river and buy mandioka in Argentina (apparently it`s better in Argentina)
It`s windy here, so all the boys run around with pandorgas (kites) made out of plastic grocery bags. I might make one today :)
I MADE GNOCHI!!!! I think that's how you spell it. It's pasta made out of potatoes, it`s delicious, and I figured out how to make it :) I don`t think it`s strictly Paraguayan. Maybe more from Argentina or Brazil. . .
Hermana Puma does not like Avocado Pie. Pobrecita :)
Ah. Yesterday I ate morcilla (along with nearly half a cow too. . . gotta love asado). It's a type of sausage thats really really dark in color (scarily dark. . . nearly black) and I`ve seen it around plenty of times, but never had the courage to try it. Or to ask what made it so dark. But yesterday we had dinner with the Branch President, and I figured that if the President was serving it to us, it couldn`t be that bad. . . but I didn`t let them tell me what it was until I had finished it. Turns out it tastes pretty good, and it`s really good for you. . . especially if you`re anemic. Make sense, since they told me afterwards that it`s made out of blood. Not sure I'll be able to eat it again. Not sure I'll need to :)
My companion and I have begun to read the Book Of Mormon in Guarani. We don't understand any of it. But give us another 4 weeks.
I love being a missionary! and the Tupao Jesukristo Mangaratukuera Arapahapegua is true!
I MADE GNOCHI!!!! I think that's how you spell it. It's pasta made out of potatoes, it`s delicious, and I figured out how to make it :) I don`t think it`s strictly Paraguayan. Maybe more from Argentina or Brazil. . .
Hermana Puma does not like Avocado Pie. Pobrecita :)
Ah. Yesterday I ate morcilla (along with nearly half a cow too. . . gotta love asado). It's a type of sausage thats really really dark in color (scarily dark. . . nearly black) and I`ve seen it around plenty of times, but never had the courage to try it. Or to ask what made it so dark. But yesterday we had dinner with the Branch President, and I figured that if the President was serving it to us, it couldn`t be that bad. . . but I didn`t let them tell me what it was until I had finished it. Turns out it tastes pretty good, and it`s really good for you. . . especially if you`re anemic. Make sense, since they told me afterwards that it`s made out of blood. Not sure I'll be able to eat it again. Not sure I'll need to :)
My companion and I have begun to read the Book Of Mormon in Guarani. We don't understand any of it. But give us another 4 weeks.
I love being a missionary! and the Tupao Jesukristo Mangaratukuera Arapahapegua is true!
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