This Place Is Wild

Hey everyone,

I made it to Paraguay safely and I am doing well. I love it here already. Even though I cannot understand most of what is going on, I know it is where I am supossed to be. Everyone here is super nice and helps me with my Spanish whevever I need it. My trainer is Elder Ruiz from Lima Peru, he is a great guy. He has a pretty good English vocabulary so he helps me when I am stuck. 

So a little about Paraguay. It is definitely third world and it is hot. The people here are super nice and they are always outside sitting in some shade. Out of all the lessons we have taught and member families we have visited so far, probably around 40 or so homes, I have only been inside 2. We teach lessons in their front yards sitting lawn chairs or something resembling lawn chairs.

I dont have a lot of time, but I will tell you something funny that happened this week. It was around 8 30 one night and we were quite a ways from home so Elder Ruiz and I starting walking home (or so I thought, I am at the mercy of Elder Ruiz I dont know the area or the language). After about 20 minutes he turned to me and said in his broken English, "You want know something funny?" And I said sure. He said "I have no idea where we are." Well it turns out we had been haeding the wrong direction for about 15 minutes and when we asked for directions the lady we talked to seemed very concerned becasue we were headed toward a bad place. Anyway, we were fine, but it was pretty funny since there is not really a lot my companion and I can say to each other so we just went with it. Also, you dont need to worry about my safety. All the missionaries say Paraguay is super safe, the people are just weird about what they think is dangerous.

Love You All!

-Elder Seibert

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