Fotos:
1- Cheryl with the first watermelon of the season. Not quite
totally ripe, but still sweet and good. Grown by our branch president.
2- Cheryl with a gift from Pedro and Miryam Garcia en Tacuati. They made bread hearts for all of the missionaries.
3- Dinner in Tacuati with members. They are so wonderful and share all that they have.
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Hello to All.
We sure do appreciate all that you do for us - for your love,
support, and prayers. We have been so blessed thus far in the mission,
and we know that we have been watched over and protected.
We found out this morning that Cheryl has PK (pique) in the sole of
her foot. It is a bug that burrows into your foot and has to be dug
out. So we will be visiting the Hna Martinez who appears to be the
resident expert in PK removal. We will keep you posted and perhaps even
send fotos or video.
We have been working this week with our new branch president,
President Isidro Morales. We called a new branch secretary and a new
young men president. Both of these young men who were called were
ordained Elders last week. They are both excited to work!
We worked with Luz Marina Barreto, a young woman in the branch, to
set up her LDS account and start loading her family history into Family
Search. She is excited but it is hard to do your family history here
because there are so few public records available. For example, Luz
doesn’t know any dates or places before her grandparents. She will be
visiting with family to try and find out the other parts of the puzzle.
The good news is that she is loading things onto the system and they
will be saved for future generations.
We received a package this week from Ann which contained aprons/hot
pads which Cheryl is planning to use as gifts for several of her best
friends here in Paraguay. They are very nice and will be sweet gifts.
She also sent some hot chocolate mix for me….yummy!
We tried to set up our internet router for the General Women’s
conference Saturday night, but our internet was not very good. So all
11 sisters crowded into the branch president’s office to watch the
conference on the branch computer. It has internet but we don’t have
wifi in the building. We hope to have everything working prior to Saturday for Conference. Also, the members from Tacuati plan to come to Horqueta for at least one session on Sunday.
The other day we had a great visit with a young member couple and
their two little girls in Concepcion. During our visit they told us
about their conversion story. They said that their first exposure to
the church was an invitation from his uncle to attend a satellite
broadcast by Elder Jeffrey Holland about marriage. They decided to go
and rode their moto across town to the church. When they arrived they
were too afraid to enter so they drove home. When they got there they
felt like they should attend, so they drove across town again to the
chapel. Once again they chickened out and drove home. When they got
home they felt very strongly they should attend so they drove across
town to the chapel. This time, the third time, they entered. They
liked what they heard and started visiting with the missionaries. They
wanted to know if the church was true and if they should join. Hna
Coronel said she knew that it was true, but her husband was still
searching. She asked him, “how to you feel when the missionaries are
here?”. He responded ‘really peaceful and happy”. She then
asked, “How do you feel when you attend church?”, He responded ‘really
peaceful and happy”. She asked, “how do you feel when we have family
prayer?” He responded ‘really peaceful and happy”. She then
asked, “what more are you looking for, then?” They were baptized 3
weeks after their first exposure to the church. She is the YW president
and he is the Ward Mission Leader. A really neat family with sweet
little girls.
We went to Tacuati yesterday after church for a farewell lunch for
Elder McNulty who goes home in 1 week. We had a good meal with the
members, and the missionaries taught a lesson to a new investigator. We
had a good visit with the group leader and then went to his house for a
quick visit. They had prepared gifts for us….huge hearts made of sweet
bread. What a shame that we have to eat them!
Pique update…….Hermana Martinez successfully removed the Pique from
Cheryl’s foot. It was relatively painless and should heal quickly. I
will send fotos in a separate email.
Well, time to go to work. Seems like preparation day passes very quickly.
We love and appreciate you all.
Jerry and Cheryl
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