Feb. 2017 Pictures from Yby Yau and other places (Some are in other blogdates.  Sorry!)

1 nearing completion

2 This is Dani. He's in the family that we were serving

3 And him with his brother Panchi

4 Theres a tree in the way but this is cerro memby; The biggest landmark in our area. Hopefully we will have time to climb in some Pda

5 Dani and Elder Baez

6 about the right proportion of Spanish and Guarani here... and I'm not kidding

7 another service with the same family! This time we were gathering honey

8 Estaban is alos in the family. We went honey hunting with him and Panch

9 the beehive we found was up in a coconut tree. We got anthills and some wood, and made a fire under it with a lot of smoke. The smoke got the bees out of the hive and less harmful, then we chopped down the tree and cut the hive up

10 cutting down the tree

11 same as 10

12 That was some good honey!

13 Elder Baez approved too

14 Our bikes are pretty nice

15 the chapel. Its a house with a big room built in the back for sacrament meeting

16 Inside the chapel

17 the only way to dry our feet here. Also, there isn't a front cover on our fan hahaha

18 From Horqueta to PJC is basically our area. Our house is in the middle where the pen is pointing

19 thousands of bananas in the background, this is where FM Benitez lives. They always have bananas for us

20 In Asuncion for Immigrations, we met the assistants from the south mission. he knows Josh pretty well; they were in the MTC together!

21 we went on a division to Santa Clara, which is 20 km from the road. I forgot to say that in my area there are 2 roads and everything else is pretty much mountain biking.

22 We got lucky. A guy in a truck gave us a ride all 20 km

23 The chapel in Santa Clara. We have it pretty easy in the US; here is proof

24 The potato looking things are pieces of mandioca, which we have every time we eat with anyone

25 I was working with Elder Ollero, from Peru

26 Only 2 beds for 4 of us... we were in a members house for the 2 nights

27 Here's the house

28 The views pretty in Santa Clara

29 Fm Peralta wanted a photo

30 but Elder Baez was having trouble with the flash

31 so it took

32 4 tries

33 Banana picking with Fm Benitez

34 There's a reason why missionaries have backpacks

35 With Francisco and Cristian. They're both investigators

36 close to Asuncion?

37 We're in the middle of nowhere

38 as proof, the signs that are 20 meters apart don't match with the mileage hahaha

39 our supermarket, ara pyahu(guarani for new day)

40 PJC bus terminal

41 Elder Torres, from Peru. He's in our district

42 Pday last week- lunch and Uno with someone in PJC

43 With Elder Hernandez(Colombia), Elder Baez, and Elder Torres after district meeting. There's only 4 of us

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44 They all went crazy when they saw a camaro. I think its the first time for all of them

45 don't worry mom, we set the table! (and cook)

46 Dr Baez giving veterinary shots to Fm Benitez's dog. The kid is Junior, he's also an investigator

47 chopping some wood

48 With Elder Villacresses, the Branch President, and Carmen and her kids in San Miguel(40 or so km from our house)

49 River where people get baptized sometimes

50 It rained all day during that division but we luckily had a driver for part of the afternoon

51 too much walking for elder villacresses

52 How I spent the pday in Horqueta today