Fotos:
1- Our last zone conference with President and Sister McMullin.
They go home on July 1. They are wonderful people! (Note: I am
standing next to Elder Behrens from Boise, ID)
2- Missionaries at the Zone Activity - great missionaries!
3- Part of our garden with peas and green beans. Not very common here in Paraguay.
4- Cheryl with Daisy Duarte and the youth activity this week.
Daisy has submitted her mission application and is just waiting for her
call.
5- Chery with our 2 hermanas in Horqueta - both from Argentina. Hermana Francani and Hermana Robles.
6- Our good friends here in Horqueta - Ramona (in the middle) is
the owner of a bookstore here in Horqueta. Her daughter Kelly is
wonderful and is going to help Cheryl get some new clothes. Kelly’s
daughter Sofia is learning to play the Paraguayan Harp. Sofia is
finishing her last year in High School.
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We have had a very good week. We love the opportunity to serve in
the Lord’s vineyard, and we feel such joy when we see people progress in
their understanding and acceptance of the gospel.
We also love serving the good missionaries who serve so diligently here in Paraguay and throughout the world.
This week we delivered a refrigerator to the 2 sister missionaries
in Concepcion because theirs was leaking water all over the floor of
their apartment and had been doing it for many months. We found that
other Elders in Concepcion had 2 extra refrigerators in their apartment
from mission apartments that had been closed. So we drove to Concepcion
and with the help of Elder Behrens and his companion we hauled a fridge
to the hermanas (so great to have a pickup). Later that night the
hermanas called and said that the fridge stopped working….bummer. So
the next morning we repeated the process and moved another fridge to the
hermanas house. This one works! And they were so patient and
appreciative.
Today we cooked for and fed 16 missionaries for a Zone activity.
Cheryl made sweet and sour chicken over rice, bread, mandarinas and
bananas, and carrot cake for dessert. Most of the missionaries loved
it….but a few of the latin elders just don’t like American food that
much. But we enjoyed helping and love to spend time with the
missionaries.
Last Monday we spent part of the day cooking with the Horqueta
missionaries. The two hermanas are from Argentina, and they taught us
how to make empanadas. they turned out really well, we enjoyed the food
and the activity and then we took empanadas to the Martinez family.
Sis Martinez had surgery and has been healing slowly. It was a very
good experience.
Friday night we had a Fiesta for the youth in the entire District
of Concepcion. We all helped docorate, make ties for the boys and
hairbows for the girls, and selfie frames for fotos. There was a DJ and
food as well. We were so excited that many people came, including many
investigators / non- members. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
This week we had a wonderful missionary correlation with our ward
mission leader. His name is Wilson Garay and he served a mission in
Tijuana Mexico. We are making real progress in working with the members
and finding new people to teach. Our branch mission plan is taking
shape and we are focusing on how the members can be more involved from
start to finish.
Sunday was a very busy yet fulfilling day. We had early church
meetings at the Rama 2 in Concepcion at 8:00 am. I taught the Sunday
School class on the topic of member missionary work, gave a talk on the
importance of the scriptures, and then we returned to Horqueta for our
Priesthood Preparation class. We had a good lesson and enjoy working
with such fine young men.
June 26 was our wedding anniversary - 37 years now. Seems nearly
impossible that Cheryl has put up with me for so many years. The
evening before we went out for dinner and that was about it. Not too
much excitement here in Horqueta! So grateful for Cheryl and for the
opportunity to serve full time with her here in the mission.
We love you and thank you for your love, your prayers, and your support.
Jerry and Cheryl
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