Started the week off right, with a great p-day! We went into
town and met up with a bunch of buddies to buy supplies then we went back to
the house for a BBQ. Now it was only
some cheap hamburgers and some fried mandioca (Yucca in the U.S.), but it was
still a blast. We ended up having only 5
people come, but hey, more food for me – right? We just kinda hung out and ate
and talked football, and it was good. And
that’s the only good thing about Paraguay winters -- it’s still so hot you can
have a BBQ.
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After the BBQ, we had a pretty normal day in town before
coming back out for an FHE with the Fernandez family. They are a family we inherited
from Elders Jimenez and Laurente when the areas got combined. Most of the family are recent converts and
the parents are just waiting on some paperwork to be married and then they will
be as well. They invited us and the Arguello
family over for the FHE. And, being the
amazing delegator I am, I convinced Natalie Arguello to be in charge of the
lesson and the activity. So we just
showed up and had fun! It is so much nicer
and stress-free that way. It was a good
lesson on patience, and then we played a game where we had to change seats and
stuff. It was a good night and a good p-day.
Then on Tuesday, we had no water. So we went to district meeting nice and
smelly and with some 5 o’clock shadow. I
can’t wait to have my facial hair again.
We also have had problems with our sink not draining, but we’ve
temporarily fixed that. This house just
keeps giving us fits. It’s kind of
annoying.
This week was also DÃa del Niño (NOTE: In Paraguay, Children's Day is celebrated
on August 16 in remembrance of the Battle of Acosta Ñu. It is said that 20,000 men from the Triple
Alliance [Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina] during the Paraguay war (from 1864 –
1870) were stopped by a Paraguayan force made up of 3,500 children ages six to
fifteen. They protected the escape of President
Solano Lopez). Children's Day is a national holiday, used to
remember an event which happened during the five-year war.
That is where they celebrate kids since kids fought and died in some war they
had forever ago. But it’s more annoying
as a missionary than anything since like every holiday buses don’t run and
everybody just gets drunk. The ward
threw a party, but we weren’t invited. So
it was just kind of a downer all around.
Then we did some service on Saturday by helping a guy build
a foundation for his house. Basically he dug trenches then filled them with a
mix of rock and cement. Didn’t look
great to me, but hey, it’s Paraguay construction! We spent the whole morning moving rocks for him. I felt like a mix between Fred Flintstone and
a member of a chain gang in prison. But
we helped, and it felt good to do something…even if it killed me. My muscles literally don’t exist.
Then on Sunday, we had a good meeting in church when we decided
to go to the family history/temple prep class with a family we are teaching. It turns out I don’t know nearly as much
family history as I thought. For example,
I know most first and last names up til great grandparents. But I only know the first name of 1 of my
great grandparents. I have no idea on birthdays for aunts, uncles, grandparents,
or even my mom. Well, in my defense, her’s
is in April, but it’s tricky. Ha ha. (Note: It is
not that tricky since his Aunt Liz (15th), Mom (16th),
and Grandmother (17th), are all in April). So that was cool to realize I have some work
to do there.
Then we had a birthday party for Luis Alberto, one of the
recent converts of that Fernandez family.
It was fun. It turned out to be
like the whole ward was invited, so it was just a big party. We had fun talking and kicking it with the youth
there. Then a visit with Rodrigo went
awesome, as he asked us to pray for him so he could get the Melchezidek priesthood this weekend. Later that night, he found out his record had
been found and he was going to be able to receive the priesthood. He says it’s all due to our prayer. So that’s legit.
That’s about it for this week. Take care and have a great week.
Elder Frost
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