The Real Paraguay

Hey Everyone!

I feel like last weeks email was pretty heavy so I wanted to lighten things up a little bit by telling you about some of the funny things about Paraguay, the reasons I like being here. To start, there are chickens everywhere here, like every piece of chicken I have eaten here was probably only a few hours before eating it. Anyway, it spring here right now and there are a bunch of little pollitos running around which is nice. They are pretty cute and it make the annoying Roosters a little easier to deal with. 

The next thing that is endearing about Paraguay is that no one really cares if their zipper is up or down here. Most people wear sweats or basketball shorts all the time, but some people will be in jeans and just have their zipper down, it must be a tradition here or something. It was pretty distracting at first, becasue sometimes during a lesson it is wide open. But you get used to stuff like that pretty quickly down here.

The people here also take their music here pretty seriously, and the good news is I will be pretty much up to date on music when I get back. On every street at least one person has their sound system blasting all the time and I am pretty sure 90% of Paraguay has spent more money on their speakers and stereo than their houses.

The last thing that I wanted to mention about Paraguay is that you can pee in the middle of the road here and no one would even look twice. Dont worry I never do it, but we did have a nice conversation with a guy who was peeing in the gutter and was interested in what we were doing.

I will close on a spiritual note. This week I was studying in 1 Nephi. In chapter 2 verses 9 and 10 Lehi is talking to Laman and Lemuel. He tells them they they should be like the river flowing into the Red Sea, continuing in total righteousness and that they hould be steadfast in keeping the commandments of the lord, like the valley that surrounds the river. ALthough Laman and Lemuel do not listen, it is great advice for all of us. We need to make sure we are doing all we can to return to live with our Father in Heaven. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to spread this message with the people of Paraguay.

Love,
Elder Seibert

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