When people arrive somewhere or leave, they always greet everyone. Men shake hands with other men, but men & women and women & women kiss the left cheek followed by the right.
The fruit juice here is super!
People here speak a mix of Spanish and Guarani (they're original language). We've been trying to learn a few words of Guarani here and there such as "jajotopata" (see you later or "mi cuate" (my buddy/friend).
Our students are really excited about learning English and some are really excited about the Bible. A student and I finished class a little early yesterday and she asked me if we could read the Bible the rest of the time.
Pastries and desserts here are terrific. My favorite restaurant here is M.L. Calentitas and they serve the best crousannts I have ever tried.
Horses pull carts on the roads here along with all the taxis and busses. They're usually loaded with stuff to recycle or goods to be sold.
Strawberries are in season now and are sold on practically every street corner. Alisha bought some a few days ago and we made strawberry smoothies and ate some with sugar.
Ice cream here is fabulous and pretty cheap. Mondays are two for the price of one at the best ice cream shop in town. We took advantage of that this week.
The youth group here starts with about 13 years of age and includes some who are around 27 years old. If you're not married, you're still considered youth I guess.
Singing in spanish is one of our favorite things. It's so cool that we can praise God in all different languages (and some of the songs are the same ones that we sing at home or in chapel at ACU).
Many trees are blooming and have beautiful flowers: hibiscus, orchids, purples ones, yellow, white, etc.
We like houses with balconies you can see the roofs of all the neighbors and the large buildings downtown. This morning I watched traffic drive down our street, including a couple boys pushing a cart and another cart pulled by a horse.
For the past two Sundays a few Paraguayan friends have taken us to zoo and to the fair and another took us downtown and showed us museums. It's been really great to have them show us parts of their city and country. They enjoy playing tour guide and we enjoy having them as our friends.
We try to take busses or walk as much as we can. A taxi ride from our apartment to church runs about $4 to $5, but a bus can take you much farther for only $0.60. I like the bus better anyway because that's how most Paraguayans get around and you get to people watch.
I added a few pictures to the album yesterday, so you should be able to look at the same link from the last post to view them. Enjoy!
Alisha and Shannon
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Those are "cool" snapshots of life in Asuncion! I'm still trying to picture horses pulling carts next to busses and taxis! It sounds like you're taking it all in - the people, the sights, the flowers and the sweet treats in between your English lessons, youth group and VBS. Ya'll are doing an awesome thing.
It must be very fulfilling to know God is putting your hearts and hands to good use! We know you are delivering blessings everyday like Paul mentions to Philemon:
"the hearts of [everyone you meet in Paraguay] the saints have been refreshed through you, (brother)" [sisters, Alisha & Shannon & all of the other interns].
love,
mom & dad Sneed
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