We. Have. Arrived.

Hola! Our team has arrived in Asunción, Paraguay!! \(^o^)/ < Praise the Lord!!)

It was a full day of traveling yesterday. The team went from SFO to Miami, had a 2 hour layover and then went straight to Pa-pa-pa-Paraguay!!

At Miami airport, Guillermo presented the team with this year's quiet time/devotional guide... it's pretty sweet and legit! Looks official, huh? :)

Thanks, Guillermo!

So far I have achieved 2 things off of my bucket list:

1) I saw someone in Miami wearing an all-white linen outfit.

2) I am in a new continent!!

Both plane rides were uneventful-- in the great sense and then, boom, we made it!

Right after arrival at ASU. (Not pictured: Aimee & Guillermo)

Guillermo's family came to greet us at the arrival gate and drove us to Guillermo's mother's house (which, by the way, is GORGEOUS!!), where she had a big breakfast ready for us.

Muchas gracias, Gladys! <3

I think we were all like 50% awake at this time, but the food and lovely company definitely woke us up for a bit. :)

Then we took loooooooooooooooong & awesome naps. We had a team meeting going over our agenda for tomorrow: visiting St. Andrew's School and teaching and encouraging the students there.

We are so excited to go and serve there! :)

Post-nap glow. Gladys played the guitar for us. ;)

Oh, and then we went shopping at a nearby mall near Gladys' home to pick up extra supplies for tomorrow's activities. (Shoppinggg!)

Waiting for our musical members to make purchases.

Why, yes, Rob *did* put that sombrero on.

 And then we came back and ate some delicious dinnerrrr!! Miam! :9

From left to right: bori-bori, tarta de queso y espinaca & tarta de queso y palmito
translation: chicken & dumpling soup, cheese & spinach quiche, and cheese & heart of palm quiche

Dessert: flan made by Guillermo's aunts! nom nom nom!

My laptop clock says it's 7:49pm, so I feel very grandma-y telling you that I am about to go crash as soon as I post this, but me gusta las abuelas! Ja ja...

We will be up and early to get to St. Andrew's-- please pray that we will have a great time with the students there and that God can use our lesson plans and just the fellowship that will happen there to accomplish great things.

[Isaiah 55: 10-11]

As the rain and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

In Jesus' name I pray, amen! <3