Getting lost

Highlight of the Week: Zone Conference

We had Zone Conference this week, which means we got to go to Asuncion at 5 in the morning. And I was so convinced we were going to need a good 2 hours to get there, and we ended up getting there in 1. So yay for us we were stuck outside the gates of the mission office for a good hour and a half :) But it`s only because we got lost and ended up catching the 15-3 in front of the Real grocery story in la Floresta instead of in Ñemby. . . it`s a lot closer. And then we took the Lince back instead of 15-3, and it apparently takes the long way. . . but we got to see the campo side of Ñemby, even if the elders were kind of nervous we were going to get lost again :) 

We`re working with Montse a lot right now. She`s been to church 3 times now, and wants to get baptized. . . we just have to help her aunt feel the same :)

So if all goes well and we get the permission we`re going to have a baptism this week. . .

we`ll be praying really hard these next few days. :) 

Running uphill at the end

Highlight of the Week: Befriending menos activos. . . aka rugby match :) 

Montse came to church this week! Yes! She`s great, and she`s now friends with Milena, our favorite Young Woman. :) 

We almost walked under an Opossum. or is it Possum? don`t know. But we probably nearly died. 

The weather has been deciding to change drastically from one day to the next. So if you even it all out the weather is perfect. . . if only it worked that way :) 

We`ve been running in the mornings. Unfortunately we live at the high point in Villeta, and no matter what we do we end up running uphill at the end. Someday I´ll love it :) 

Montse came to church!!!

Highlight of the Week: Montse came to church!!! 

She still isn`t sure she wants to get baptized, but we`re all one step closer :) 

I learned how to fold an origami snail yesterday. Jatyta de papel :) 

I also ate ants with my granola. I`ve now filled my bug quota for the rest of the mission. I`m determined not to make it a habit.

We played Don`t Eat Pete with the Jara family. They`re little 4 year old, Ronny, is just so cute :) Gathering M&M`s has never been so fun to watch :) 

We managed to find someone who wanted to talk to us when the power went out on Friday. Usually the world just goes to sleep. But that`s what members are for :) 

I began packing my winter cloths. I may have cried a little bit. 

Staying in Villeta

Highlight of the Week: Staying in Villeta

I´ve got 6 more weeks to finish up all the Lord has for me to do here
in Villeta. And I`m determined to make the most of it!

We got to teach Liz and Diego again. They`re a great family. Diego
really wants his family to be together in the Gospel. He just needs to
make it happen. I think it`s a small miracle that Liz wants to listen
to us, because she told us the other day that she`s usually really
slow to open up to people. But the Lord knows what he`s doing, and His
plans are always more put together than ours :)

I dreamed a little bit in guarani last night (score! :) Next step:
sleeptalk in Guarani :)

We are going to learn how to dance with clay pots on our heads.
Totally worth some of our precious pday.

All-of-Paraguay-and-Uruguay Stake Conference

Highlight of the Week: Seeing mi hija (hna Zuñiga) at Stake Conference :) 

We had a all-of-Paraguay-and-Uruguay Stake Conference this weekend. It was fantastic. Any occasion that calls for traveling by colectivo with the whole branch is pretty great. But what made it the best was that I got to see my "daughter" (the new missionary I trained two cambios ago) and that just made my whole week. And Hna Puma got to see her trainer, so it was a grand ol` family reunion :) 

We found a young couple this week. Diego is a member, but Liz is not. They have 2 really cute little boys. They also own a gym, and are the spitting image of fitness. We were looking forward to having a lesson with them both. . . but Diego had a body building competition this weekend and wasn`t home. But Liz did make a point of proudly showing us pictures (Noooo!!!! We`re sister missionaries!!!!) We`ll see where it goes :) 

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. :)