8th letter

So the subject is , with love there is no fear! It is me and Hermana Johnson's motto. We say it every morning. It's good! 

Okay so this week, well first I about had a cow when Hermana Johnson told me this, there is a Praguayan Polka!!! There are lots of different songs they dance to that are in guarani and our neighbor last week was playing one! Oh it was good. I havent seen the dance yet but they all learn it when they are little in school! So cool. 

And here they do the 2 besos ( 2 kisses) whenever you meet a woman or even little girls you just kiss each cheak. Yeah that's fun especially with sweaty faces... Hermana lundberg loves it! haha 

In Paraguay it smells burnt. I guess they like to burn sugar and their trash. Man these people! If they would just clean up a little it would smell and look so much better. They love to just throw their trash where ever! yeah... 

So (finally) this week. We talked a lot with Pedro hes 12. And because his parents arent married and both have custody we have to have premission from both to baptize him. And his family that he lives with now (his mom) they are all members he's the only one whos not so they are kind of really pushy. And impatient! Poor kid. We are just trying to get a hold of the dad to work that out... But he's really smart and had a good testimony. I worry sometimes he's being pressured into it. His family's not exactly active. But he's a good kid. 

Oh! Saturday! So we heard we had this activity with our stake where we would be with the youth and go out and do missionary work with them. That kind of scared me because they were talking about splitting up with them! And I'm still new! But we got there and our whole zone came. and We talked about contating (I dont' like contacting but I'm getting better! ) and working with menos activos (less actives there are a lot! ) Then they split us up. The rule is the youth have to be 16 to be our companion. and I didnt have any 16 yr olds so I was like oh I have to go with my companion sorry... haha :) Yeah they switched a girl with a 17 yr old. I was nervous but I knew where we were going. So me and Lucero and Solidad went out. We tried to visit a girl but she didnt come out. I think they were home. just hiding as many do here. So we contacted. They were so good though! Lucero is 17 and she wants to be a missionary and she'll do great. She kind of did all the work, talked to all the people. I would start conversations with people and she would take over! They tried to teach me guarani but I just need to get spanish down first... its cool though. So yeah it was a really fun experience with them speaking only spanish! 

We've done a lot of waking and hiking and walking and sweating and clapping and people this week avoided us. But I love walking I love all the rocks! There are so many! I just hope it doesnt ware out my shoes... But its great! OH hey no one here eats green vegtables. the closest I get is green pepper and cabbgage maybe lettuce every now and then.Any ideas of how to eat more or get what I need from green vegtables? I just miss green food, everything here is yellow and brown pretty much.... :) But yeah just trucking along feeling like a pioneer but the walking is so fun I really love it! And yeah! 

Oh and I dont know if the Liahona and Ensign are the same thing but when the one for April comes out look at the article about weaknesses not being sins or something it was really good! A Hermano in our ward gets them in English and we read it. But they arent online yet.  

 

Hermana Collins in the rain

 

This was some really good food! It was a little green pumpkin with stuff in it and other yummy things. ANd beet juice! And bread. They put fennel in their bread. 

Me and an aguacate they are HUGE here!!