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How is everyone? Me i am absolutely Great! I have decided that i will update every saturday or sunday so check for it ! Its actually funny when i write my blogs cause i have a playlist and everything to get me into the mood. haha

*When i say 'we' i am referring to Me and Martin (my YOS partner) *

 This week was a mixture of all sort of things! It was one of those weeks where things start off really ruff and then as the week ends things start to fall back into place again! So where to begin lets start with last Friday we started our Junior Youth Group in a school in a really rough neighborhood. I was very excited and nervous because well its a school and i have never actually taught in a school, let alone with kids in a different country. When we first got there the kids were running reckless! They made those kids on the Muary show seem like little angels. I was so scared because i knew they would eat me alive. Before school starts the kids have to line up outside and say a prayer and the national anthem in spanish and Guaranies. So we go into class and i swear it was different group of kids then before because they were all so respectful and clam (for the most part). I felt a little more comfortable because they gave us the respect as teachers. They all speak Jopara which is impossible for me to understand. So its funny cause now before the class i have to tell them to only speak in spanish. By the time i left the class i had a revelation that i these kids were no different then i was when i was younger in school. they were just being kids. I use to run around screaming and yelling and i remember i would always talk back as a child. When the teacher would come to class we would straighten up a little bit.

 

That night we watched The Great Debaters. That was one of the best movies i have seen this year and i highly recommend it to anyone! After the movie we took a bus to Asuncion, which is about 5 hours away, to help set up for a big youth gathering on sunday. We arrived in asuncion at about 5:30 in the morning. When we got there we were expecting a friend to be there waiting so she could take us to the National Bahai center. But with our luck she didnt show up and all we knew was that it was the Corner of peru and something else. So that mroning we ended up taking 2 buses and 3 taxis till we finally got to where we were suppose to go. One taxi guy dropped us off at a Birth Control Clinic. The get together was at the Bahai Roga, which is like a Mini Convention center type thing, and we were put to work as soon as we got there! They had us gardening, burning trees and trash, and last but defiantly not least Peel Yuca . Now if you dont know what Yuca is check it out. It is the worst vegetable to peel! And we didnt peel one or two, we peeled 30 kg worth which is about 5 big bags full of Yuca. i am sure my Grandmother would be proud! That night i slept with about 45 unidentified species of insects and bugs. I ended up sleeping with the blanket over my head hoping i didn't wake up in a Cocoon!

 

We stayed in Asuncion till monday and we visited Martin's family in Ceritto. Monday was the first day of the fast and that morning when we woke up to eat breakfast they dont kid around with theyre food. They has empanadas, Asado(BBQ), all kinds of fried meats, everything! It was very starnge to me and i could not eat that kids of food at 5:30 in the morning. That was a mistake because as the day went on i understood why they ate such heavy food. It is so hot there! It is beyond imagination! The whole day i was just dragging along with no energy at all. All i wanted to do was sleep. Ironically Ceritto means "Little Hell" in spanish. We were both having a hard time because we were walking around everywhere and it was literally like 105 degrees. We both were determined not to drink water unless one of died then we would drink water. (Sorry Mom :-) ) But that night i got to go to Mcdonalds for the first time in like 5 months! HAHA even though i hate Mcdonalds it was a memory of home! How Sad!

We returned to Encarnacion tuesday and that afternoon we had another Jr.Youth group at the school. But today was with the 9th graders. Which was really difficult because they are only like 3 or 4 years younger then us and just won't give us the time of day. That a group that we will have to watch and see what happend! Prayer would be welcomed of course :)

Wednesday and Thursday were pretty routine. But the devotional gathering we have on Thursday at the house of the non-bahai is goin GREAT! She is an amazing person and she is full of some much love and heart and its true that the worst things happen to the best of people. She likes to give me weird fruit to eat or drink and i have so much fun there!

Friday went great with Pre-youth group at the school! We started with the Book Breezes of Conformation and they were all coming up to me asking questions and they were really into it. My other pre-youth group in Arroya Poya still is having its difficulties were trying to get in re-established but it going to take so more time. God has a great sense of Humor!

On to some GREAT news. After all the hard work me and Martin and the whole community have put in, we are very close to becoming a A cluster! We have worked so hard to start new children's classes, and py groups, and Study circles and home visits to help meet the goal! All we need is i think is 20 more people to complete book 1 by April! I think we can do, actually i know we can!! Its great to know that were so close!

Here is where i'll be posting all my pictures so you guys can look at too! I will also update it every saturday or sunday!