Moroni 11/29

 

We've jumped right into Christmas here in Paraguay

My Mission Presidents- I love them!

My home presidents- I loooooove them! They are so cute!

The trio

Roof vibez

Sunday morning squad

Big fan of Carlos' shirt

Gio y Nai

Intercambios with Campo Grade!!

Carlos!

10/10 would recommend 

Super chuchi cafe

Don't Dream It's Over

Hola Amigos-

Kavy got baptized this weekend and we are so happy for her!!! I am a big believer that you can feel the spirit through song, and let me tell ya, the spirit was so strong as Hermana Castro sang a special number for Kavy. We were all crying! 

• My comps want to learn English so I'm teaching them a bunch of 80s songs
• Two ladies in our ward gave birth on the same day 
• Waldimar and Rosa are kinda crazy but that's okay
• We had a super great noche de hogar with our bishop and wife
• Rasta and Carlos came to church
• I was offered fernet and my little sheltered brain didn't know what it was, thank goddess my comps did and stopped me from drinking this native alcoholic drink
• There are so many little buggy cars here. Pobrecita Hermana Roman, she has so many bruises. I am queen of punch buggy
• Margarita almost killed us this week #ghostsarereal 

We got to go to the temple as a district and it was so awesome! I love the temple and the peace we can feel when we are inside!  The temple really is the house of the Lord and a little piece of heaven here on earth.

Te amo,

Hermana Carter

Twilight temple time

Obispo Hoger y Nancy

Congrats Kavy!

Carlos and ice cream

Bought Waldi and Rasta ice cream again. Ice cream is our love language.

I love to see the temple

Noche de hogar with familia Vanzini

No clue what this means but I liked the vibes

Carlos and Hermano Escobar

Heads make the best tables?

Would you believe me if I told you there were kids in the trunk too!

Familia Ortiz!!

bUt wHOs thE FaThER??!!?!

What's happening amigos! Just here to say I'm loving life and serving the people in Paraguay is such a huge blessing!

The people here are really so amazing, I don't think I could say that enough! It has been so awesome to grow as a person and really push myself to see people through the Savior's eyes, and it really is just amazing, how much He loves these people... and in turn, I love these people so much!

• We set a baptismal date with Rasta!!! PLEASE keep him in your prayers:)
• We had a super great lesson with this guy named Carlos, he replied to a Facebook ad I created so that's kind of amazing!
• We are working really hard in Facebook and it's pretty awesome to see the success
• We found an ice cream place that was sooo ricooo and- get this- it was 30 cents for two scoops
• Liper came to church and she brought a friend with her #missionary
• Had zone conference and I had to play guitar -yikes!
• Learned a lot in zone conference.. what's new
• Hermana Roman got stuck in the church bathrooms
• I had to go to Migrations to do some paperwork #imlegal
• I hit 9 months as a missionary! 1/2 of my mission ¡Que loco!
• I love my family

"When you feel like you have failed too many times to keep trying, remember Christ’s Atonement and the grace it makes possible are real." -Brad Wilcox! If you haven't had the chance to listen to this talk.. you should

Here's the link:)

Just something funny to add, I have gotten real tired of all the unwanted cat calls we receive from men we pass.  So my companion taught me how to say "whatcha looking at ugly" in Guarani. It usually shuts them up! Perks of having a native comp!

Te amo, 

Hermana Carter

At Zone Conference

Zonked again!

Stole a guitar from our Bishop

Carlos!!

Lessons with Rasta

Liper and her friend

My child....

....and her two moms

Haven't held this in a pretty minute

Arepas

Bought some ice cream for Rasta and Waldi

Rasta and his son Waldi

Where Are the Jack O'Lanterns??

Hola Amigos-

Happy Halloween from a country that doesn't celebrate Halloween!

Another great week out here in the city, but holy cow it is hot.. I thought I knew what heat was but dang I was wrong.

• lots of lessons and lots of progress seen this week
• Hermano Coronel gave us a huge watermelon
• for Dia de Los Muertos we went to a  Mexican restaurant so that was sweet
• we walked lots of miles this week
• we made chipa and get this - it tasted like chipa!
• walked past a music store and they were doing a student concert- with drums
• had a lunch date with Liper
• Rasta was able to have a priesthood blessing and it was super cool
• worked a lot with Facebook this week 

Short email this week but I love you all! Now go and read your scriptures;)

Te amo,

Hermana Carter

Kavey and her mom Facetime visit

When you eat all of your food, then take a photo.... nice!

Lunch date with Liper

Hermano Coronel and Santi:)

Zonked! Toothbrush still engaged

Our amigito Antonio

I have "7 Nations Army" stuck in my head now

Cute art!

Homemade Chipa!!¡!!¡¡  Not as good as the professionals'

Sombrero time

Hermano Coronel and his huge watermelon!

Thriving

So We Are Mom's Now??

Hola Everyone!

Well this week we gave birth to a beautiful little Chilena girl! On Tuesday we went to the mission office to pick up our greenie, still not knowing who she was or where she was from! It was *ahhh* painful having to wait but wow I am so happy with our little surprise! She really is just the best and is so prepared to be a missionary!

• Rasta came to church again so we are super stoked about that
• Kavey is 11 and couldn't get baptised because her dad said no but he changed his mind and she is gonna get baptized next month!!
• Somebody stole my alfajores and that's just messed up
• Rosa, remember her, well she called us and said she wanted to be baptised...
• We had a huge devotional with 4 other zones and it was so awesome!
• ^^learned a ton and feeling pumped
• It rained a lot and then it was super hot- paraguay weather is loco
• We had a noche de hogar with Famila Escobar and it was great
• Hermana Vargas made us brownies that actually tasted like brownies and not like chocolate cake. I love her.
• Had to say goodbye to my bff Elder Childs and that was sad. He didn't die or anything, just got transferred.

This week in church we had some really great talks that I wanted to share. Both were about adversity and the hard times that everyone goes through. And that's the thing, everyone goes through tough times, we can't prevent these situations but we do have a way to alleviate these burdens. There is someone who is there with you and someone who understands you. He knows you "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" Jeremiah 1:5 

Te amo,

Hermana Carter

Welcome to the mission Hermana Castro!!

Adios Elder Childs

Hermano artuo... hes a loco but cool

Our guy Rasta

Noche de hogar w familia Escobar and friends

Grandma glasses and peace signs

Family photo! Us with our daughter and her grandmas haha

Brownies from Hermana Vargas

We are eating good!

This gas station gave me states vibes.. like middle of Nevada gas station combined with a subway

Apple