This weekend was COLD

Highlight of the Week: Luz`s baptism!!!

We had a baptism this week! Two sisters from Kaaguazu moved into our area about a month ago and had been on the brink of baptism with the elders there. . . I feel so blessed to get the opportunity to finish what they started. 

The winter has finally started. This weekend was COLD. But the church is still true, and though the palm trees seem to be mocking us under our layers of coats and mountains of scarfs, we are still going to keep finding people (mostly the people who don`t mind the cold :) 

We had a lesson with our investigator Jorge this week. Half way through he pulled out and put on his Jedi robe (this was before it got cold. . . :) I`ll be working on Star Wars/gospel references this week :) 

I ended up slightly melting my shoe on the calientador - but it`s still my favorite household appliance.     

Today I will by boots, because now I understand why I need them. Repentance is a wonderful thing :) 

Che aro`y pero rohyhu!!!

(tengo frio, pero les quiero!!! :) 

(I`m cold, but love you guys! )

 

 

 

 



Bautismo!!​!

 

I can't figure out how to rotate this one.  :(

 



  



calientador

Laundry

Highlight of the Week: Intercambios with the Sister Leaders! (there`s life outside of Monte Lindo?! :)

I`ve decided to learn how to do my own laundry (ok, ok, I know how, I just don`t like spending my p-day time doing it. . . ) we`ll see how that goes :) And we had 4 investigators come to church this week!!! We`re working aful to get them all baptized before the end of the month. We`ll see what happens :) 

Sorry it`s short this week!  

Paraguay Asuncion Temple

 

 

 

(Rachel's May 5th letter)
 

Highlight of the Week: Going to the Temple. Totally worth the crazy bus ride and lack lunch time. 

 

Ah! The temple is so amazing! The Paraguay Asuncion temple is really small (I think it`s the same design as the Columbus Ohio temple) but absolutely beautiful, and exactly what I needed to re-focus my eternal perspective. 

 

Noteworthy items of the week include:

 

2 chicas (12 and 13 years old) from Caaguazu moved into our ward this week. They`re on the brink of being baptized, and I`m pretty sure the elders in Caaguazu are a little distressed. But we`re going to take good care of them, promise :) They definitely test my language skills though. . . they talk faster in Español than I can think in English (let alone Spanish :) 

 

Overheard the Backstreet Boys yesterday. Good stuff :) Also Stereo Hearts. . . I told my companion I know every single word. She thinks I was rebellious before the mission :) 

 

ok, humor the geekiness, just for a little bit :)

 

"Which chapter in Alma explains the purpose of life, the universe, and everything?" 42!!! :) 

Visitor's center

(Rachel's April 28th letter)
Highlight of the Week: Centro de Visitantes en la Capilla! (we made the church into a mini Visitor`s Center)
 



all of the missionari​es that helped out with the visitors center in the chapel

Before I got my call, when I first began thinking of going on a mission, I had this fear that I`d get called to be a Visitor´s Cener missionary. But I`m pretty convinced now that I would love it. It`s challenging, hard work, and I`ll admit I`d need a lot more practice if I were to do it full time. In a visitors center you only get a limited amount of time to help your visitors feel the spirit and learn something. And they come in groups, so it takes a lot of skill and tact to meet the needs of every individual. . . but it`s so great! We got to teach nearly all the lessons in about 10 minutes, and the members were bringing in the people! yes! Pretty much a fantastic activity.
 

Nosotros y el Cristus!

 

This week I discovered:

 how to make Pomelo slushies this week. (grapefruit. . . mas o menos)

a deep passion for shining my shoes. . . (who knew it could be so fun?)  

 that jump-roping (how do you spell that?) is great when your companion can`t run and you`re sick of ab-workouts. 

And we get to go to the Temple tomorrow! There are no words (not in English, Español, nor Guarani) that can express how happy we are to go :)

 

A lot of the women of Monte Lindo. . . this photo`s a few months old. . .

my companion Hna. Zuñiga in the middle of Calle Ultima :)

Eating chipa for Easter. . . it`s a little tough on the teeth, but hey, tradition :)