April 25, 2011

Dearest family,

P-day isn´t till next Thursday, so I´ll tell you how changes went.

But until then...

 

     Last week I ate Piranha. It was really tasty, but it had way too many bones. There were so many little bones it almost isn´t worth eating. You can´t take a bite without getting a bone in your mouth. I though Dad, Micah, and Grandpa Bobby would especially appreciate that.

 

     This was the week of Easter or "Semana Santa", in Spanish. Elder Parke also turned 21 on the 19th. Wow he´s old. Anyways. In Paraguay because there are a lot of Catholics they are really into celebrating the entire Semana Santa. It´s a shame that they don´t have any cool traditions. They only like to get drunk, not work, eat Chipa (a dry breadlike substance that I can´t stand to eat), eat Sopa Paraguaya (a cornbreadlike substance that I also don´t like), and worship their "Saints". They do all these things all the time anyways, but they just do it more on Semana Santa.

     The Government proclaimed that on Friday nobody was allowed to work. Which is stupid. Only the busses were running, but only on occasion. Nobody was out in the street so it was hard to get contacts. I was also on exchanges in my area with the district leader so I had to lead the way. Supposedly to the catholics you aren´t allowed to eat meat and make fires on "Holy Friday", so we went to a members house to cook and eat sausage. The entire week was kind of dumb but I don´t have time to write about it.

 

     This morning I had to go to the office to get my blood drawn, so the mission could check to see if I had Denge. We got up at 5:30, so we could leave by 6:30, and make it there by 7:30. The nurse who drew my blood didn´t know what she was doing. It was taking her a long time. She was digging in the needle trying to find my blood vein. She tried like 5 times. It was hurting me, so  she decided to switch arms. Now both arms hurt, but at least she found it the second time.

     On the bright side, because we were in the city we shopped at a place called Super Seis that has all kinds of American brand foods. I was amazed at some of the things I saw. I even saw Easy Cheese, I was really tempted to buy it, but all American products are really expensive. I did buy some Jiff though. I also ate at McDonalds¡ Woo¡

What areas around there do you go to a lot, or where do you "clap" doors, any parks or other places where you do contacts? It´s mostly just random, a kind of "I hope we get lucky" kind of searching. Parks are where all the drunks hang out and play volleyball so we usually just contact people on the Ruta.
 
Does it actually feel like Fall there yet, we know how you like the cooler temperatures? When it gets cold, occasionally right now, It is pretty cold. Your clothes don´t really protect you. Being outside or inside doesn´t make much of a difference either.

Do you need anything? Love, letters, and more baptisms. 

 

Aww man, I´m out of time.

Love you¡

Elder Zachary James Singson