como fue su semana? mine was good. not too much happened... but there were some highlights. FIRST......i learned the lesson that everything happens for a reason! so that 20 yr old girl i was talking about, well we havent been able to teach her again because she is never home. (that happens more often than not here.) it is beyond frustrating, but once again i see that heavenly father has a plan and knows whats best. because she wasnt home, we were able to find romilda. i saw her and just had a good feeling about her. we weren't able to teach her then, but set up an appointment and gave her a folleto. we went on our way and concentrated on other stuff for a week. so a week rolled around and we went to teach her and guess what?? yup......she wasnt home. disheartened, we walked back up the road to go to a back up plan. ( we have 3-4 for every appointment) then out of no where pops this 9 year old girl, she says hi, my parents read a folleto and want a book of mormon....... for reals??? we can't get people to read the book of mormon for the life of us! it turns out she is romildas daughter. her mom is in the campo for a week, but her and her esposo want to learn about the gospel. we gave her another folleto and a day later gave the dad a book of mormon. he is a man who is desperately searching for something in his life... and this is it!! :)
SECOND....i found an effective way of flushing toilet paper down the toilet... i might potentially be ruining the paraguayan plumbing system......but i'm too thrilled to worry about it. :) THIRD....we cleaned the fridge! it's a magnificent sight to behold! FOURTH....the bacas (cows) decided to spend the night out front of my apt... so that was cool! i'm giving them all names since they're not very loved and just wander the streets. haha :) FIFTH...... we hiked up a little mountain hill thing to the only historical site here.. don't ask me what it is cuz i have absolutely no idea. haha, but it has a lot of bronze statues of men and looks cool, so yeah....we took all the children of yukyty with us basically and me and hermana arguetta ended up carrying their water and mate somehow..... the children sure give the word ´´amuck´´ meaning! :) but we love them a lot and so they tag along. you'll see one of them is sweet sofia. SIXTH.......my horrendous blisters have now turned into magnificent callouses......i could probably now win the ´´most beautiful feet´´ contest against uncle brett ;) along with the callouses, i now have a sweet tan line from the strap of my shoe and socks. :) SEVENTH.....i have mastered the art of holding my breath for 40 seconds while i vigourously chew, swallow, then drink while eating salads here. you all know how much i love tomatoes......well, the salads are tomatoes, wilting varieties of lovely green weeds, and olive oil.....delicious i know! ;) but then i think of tanner smashing cats in a bag against the wall in africa and gratitude floods my soul! :) well, thats all thats really happened this week...... i love and miss you all very muchy! always keep the faith!
love Hermana McDougal
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