Santos de los Ultimos Dias, Santos de los Primeras Dias

Highlight of the Week: Teaching Lourdes (who UNDERSTANDS the gospel) and her mom, Nelli, who likes to talk about aliens. . . :) 

My comp and I have been trying to drink more water, to prepare us for Summer. We`re up to 2 liters a day . . . it`s HARD, because bathrooms aren`t just conveniently there all the time. . . but it`s going well :) One of our inactive members gave us a bunch of mulberry leaves from her mulberry tree. . . apparently it helps with water retention. She didn`t quite understand that needing a bathroom every 30 minutes was not our goal. . . but it`s the thought that counts :) 

We discovered cute little seed pods that look like baby watermelons and are very much like bouncy balls. I think it`s some cousin to the tomato. 

We were talking to a Catholic woman who had visited with the elders a long time ago, and her husband passed by and casually informed us that we were "Santos de los Ultimos Dias" and they were "Santos de los Primeras Dias". . . :) Well said, I`ll have to admit :) 

We discovered yesterday that Sopa Paraguaya uses a lot of eggs and a lot of milk. . . that's why it`s so dry and gross every time we try to make it. . . :) 

1 year mark this week

I discovered Paraguay Cricket this week. Still don`t understand it. 

We are going to go to the Museum of Villeta next week. I am stoked. 

I tried experimenting with gnochi again, but added way too much flour, so I`m just going to make peach kenedleky instead :) Sadly cottage cheese does not exist here. 

We taught a ton of people this week! And we`re prepared to do it again. :) 

Pictures!

Highlight of the Week: Finding the perfect scripture in DyC 

It was really hot this week. I am so scared for summer :) 

DyC 58:23 or something close to that. . .


one corner of our area. 

 

Mario`s baptism (he`s the dark haired one). His brother Roberto is more blonde, and he got baptized too :) 

The boonies aka Virgen de Lourdes

divisions with the Hermanas Lideres

 

divisions from the previous cambio (wearing my favorite dress in the whole world)

little kids flying pandorgas (kites) 

Really red mud. 

sunset on the river :) 

nuestra casa (I don`t remember if I`ve sent this or not. . . )

 

Studying :) 

Stars are God`s little trees

Highlight of the Week: Two lessons with members we didn`t know. . .

 "have you ever talked with the missionaries?"

"yeah! they baptized me and everything. . . "

"really?!"

 "yeah, but now I`m catholic. . . "  :) 

There`s always room to improve :) 

 

 

Quickly:

 

Our apartment smells like a catholic church because my companion is convinced incense kills mosquitos. I`m not quite convinced. . . 

There are chickens with curly feathers. They are my new favorite animal :) 

The little sister of our investigator told us that the stars are God`s little trees. We`re friends :) 

I was told the story of the Pompero. . . much like the Mexican Chupacabra (which I suddenly realized means something along the line of 'goat-sucker'. . . ) and will never whistle in the night again. 

I tried to crush an egg with one hand, by sheer force. It doesn`t work. I didn`t believe the elders, but they were right. . . 

And just to put it out there, the plan our Father has made for us is amazing. It`s perfectly just, logical, and merciful. It`s based on progress and agency, and it`s completely up to us. Our purpose here on Earth is so simple and beautiful, all we have to do is willing follow what we`ve been given! It can`t be that hard now, can it? :) current favorite scripture: Mormon 9:3-5

Mario and Roberto`s baptism

Highlight of the Week: Mario and Roberto`s baptism!!!

We got to pull off a baptism this week, those are always fun :) I`ll
send pictures next week - three boys 8, 9, and 10 years old. Pretty
sweet. We ended up running a lot though. We forgot the baptismal
clothes in our apartment. Luckily we only live 4 blocks from

 the church :)

I dreamed about cheddar cheese the other night.

Cheese here just isn`t the same. . . I don`t think I even

remember how cheddar tastes. . . and I`m not sure I`d trust any orange cheese

I find here anyway. . .   :)

Alóha means Lemonade in Guarani :)

I`ve managed to memorize half of Ether 12:4 . . . Upévare, umi Tupare
ojeroviáva ikatu añetehape oha'aro petei yvóra iporavéva, hee, jepe
petei tenda Tupa akatuápe. ha ko ñeha'aro ou jerovia rupive, ome'e
jokoha yvypora àngape, . . . and I don`t remember the rest. It`s slow
going, but I`m going to finish reading the BOM in Guarani before I get
on the plane to go home :)

Well, I`ll tell you more about this week`s miracles next week when the
internet isn`t so slow :)

P.S. DyC is fantastic :) I love modern revelation!

A new part of our area, and Chicheron

Highlight of the Week: Checking out a new part of our area we thought belonged to the Elders. . . :)

Antonella didn`t get baptized this week. We had a good long talk about what it would take to get the permission of her parents, and we`ll see what happens this week.

But we are going to baptize Mario on Saturday. He`s 10 and his mom is a member.

They`re in the process of moving to the Elder`s area, but they`re ours for now :)

This week`s been hot-ish. Mostly absolutely perfect. :) I keep waiting for winter,

but it just hasn`t hit yet. . .

I tried Chicheron yesterday. I`m pretty sure it`s pig fat fried in pig fat.

I also memorized my current favorite scripture: Los que creen en Dios pueden tener una firme esperanza en un mundo mejor, si, aun un lugar a la diestra de Dios, y esta esperanza viene de la fe, proporciona un ancla a las almas de los hombres, y los hace seguros y firmes, abundonados en buenas obras, siempre impulsados a glorificar a Dios. . . Ether 12:4 :)

Next week I`ll give it to you in Guarani :)

Antonella

Highlight of the Week: Antonella isn`t moving to Asuncion, and she`s getting baptized this week!!!

Antonella told us Saturday that she was going to move to Asuncion and enroll herself in the police academy for four years. And that she would be leaving Sunday. And then she came to church on Sunday and told us she was staying and was going to get baptized. Maybe she just likes to watch us react to the emotional rollercoaster that put us through :)

I ate cow udder this week. With Antonella. We decided next lunch appointment we would

bring the food :)

We also had exchanges with the sister leaders, upon which Hna. Whitmer and I got to travel in colectivo with a member and her three small children. Niños make colectivos a whole other experience :)

We also happened to pass a peluqueria (hair salon) with a big ol picture of Shaun Spencer from Psych as advertising. . . I had to enjoy the sweet irony alone because no body else knew who he was. . . I love Paraguay :)