We have had a busy week as usual! Last Monday we ended up spending in Yby yau. so we got to have our Tuesday district meeting in the chapel, and as the district is just Elder Cartagena, the Hermanas and I, we had to have a member, Hno Paiva come. I taught my lesson on the need for charity and love, and setting an example. Tuesday in the evening Airton came home from visiting family and buying his mission clothes, and Wednesday Morning we took his bike (around 5 years ago when the bikes got replaced, those that the missionaries would have thrown away they gave one to him) to the shop to get an overhaul NOTE If you are from Paraguay they charge you considerably less in places like bike shops. We literally replaced half of his bike for the price of about 5 dollars. With 3 bikes to use, we got out to work. Most of the rest of the week was about the same, but we got so much more done being on bikes AND with Airton. We have started moving out to working farther away, in a direction where we have to bike up a 2-km hill just to get to the closest people (NOT recommended directly after lunch hahahaha). Elder Cartagena started out really struggling on the bikes, but he has made considerable improvement, and he made it up both km for the first time Saturday! He´s really learning fast. Sunday during church I only taught one hour, and due to fast and testimony meeting, didn't give a talk either. Sunday in the afternoon Elder Cartagena and I went to Pedro Juan Caballero, so that he could stay with an elder there and I went with Elder Vasquez (from Ecuador) and Elder Behrens to Asuncion for a district leader meeting with President and Hermana Evans, and the Assistants. We learned a lot! We talked a lot about a lot of themes that work as a leader, but also apply to parents, spouses, teachers, or in whatever situation. We need to lead by example, with love for those we lead. That means to never get mad, never bajar la cana (I think it translates to ´´dropping the cane´´), and think about others first. Hermana Evans also brought in 2 sheep skins and showed that maybe the color is he same but the wool was very different, and explained that as leaders (or parents spouses teachers etc) we need to think of each person differently, by their needs,because everyone is different. She also used the example of twins, because a stranger can't tell them apart but to their mom they're very different from each other. This entails getting to know those whom you serve personally. As a missionary, that´s why I'm here, and as people, sons and daughters of God, that's why y'all are here. Look out for how you too can serve others. Any service, big or small, is big in God's eyes. Thanks for all the emails and prayers, have a good week!
1This is Fernando. He is the 10 year old son of an Hermana that hasn't been to church in 7 years that we just helped reactivate. We are working towards a baptismal date in a couple weeks with him. He´s awesome- understands about 300 times better everything we teach than I do! He prayed to ask if he should be baptized, and got an answer in the affirmative!
2 Helping Fernando's mom make Empanadas with Airton
3 Elder Cartagena found out from hard experience that paraguayan rolling pins can be dangerous hahaha
4 Empanada shells are fun to make
5 Airton's mom made us Paraguayan tortillas! They're about half oil but taste really good!
6 Paraguayan bus stop
7 biking up 2 km hills right after lunch, in 35 celcuis weather is not the best idea
8 Cleaning crew
9 on the way to district leader meeting
10 Got to see Elder Brower again
We went to get Chinese food in Asuncion today after the meeting with the 2 elders who are serving in Juan de Salazar, my first area. As a side note, Elder Vasquez has special permision from President Monson to have a ponytail because he´s indigenous from Ecuador! Pretty cool if you ask me!
Y'all have a good week!
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