Hola From the South!

hey family! so im gonna apologize right now but its going to be a shorter email this week because my companion got a spider bite and we have to go to the doctor in asuncion because her leg is swollen. south american missionary problems! haha
anyways weve had a good week! we are just down here sweating in the 110 degree weather and we have had some amazing experiences this week! especially just experiencing being diligent, so in paraguay from 1 in the afternoon to about 3 is siesta, (nap time) and everyone sleeps. and i mean everyone! for example, we were at the bella vista chapel last week and their were some construction workers working on the fence around the chapel and we came out after our district meeting and they had mattresses on the sidewalk and they were sleeping! haha
so this being the hardest time of the day to work and contact people plus it just being the hottest part of the day is our test of endurance, but 2 different days this week, when we just pushed through it we found two different families that are sooo ready to hear the gospel! its so amazing how heavenly father prepares people! both families have baptism dates set for in february and we are really hoping we can just keep the ball rolling and help them prepare!
Friday was super special though because it was Monse´s birthday and we went and celebrated with her! hna Limpia who is a recent convert and one of our really good friends bought a cake for her. and long story short, I have this water bottle that monse just absolutely loved and asked to see it every time we came over and so we bought her one for her birthday and she freaked out when we gave it to her! haha her and her mom came to church on sunday and we were so happy! we are going to be helping her to get ready for baptism too! its crazy to see how little some people have but andrea, monses mom was telling us how she feels blessed because monse got a sponser family from america that is going to send them money for food and clothes and money so that monse can start going to school!
the way school works here is that theres no public school, its all private and usually catholic and school is only 3 hours long and you can either go to school in the morning or afternoon because they dont have enough teachers so they have two schedules so they can teach more people. it makes me grateful for how good of an education we get for free in america!
anyways, i became a little more american this week because i learned how to make paraguayan tortillas and they are actually super good! i will make them for you guys someday!
sorry to cut it short this week but i will tell you all more next week! oh and good news! my packages are at the office so i get to go get those today!!
love you all! have a good week!

love hermana meese