Well, that was fast

 Most of my worldly possessions in the middle of my bedroom floor on Sunday (it looks better now!)

Dinner with friends on Monday night

I had arranged for friends to stay in my house while I'm in the US--it was going to work out great for all of us.  Saturday morning while I was walking around downtown, I got a text message: "Houston, we have a problem."  Their landlord was telling them to move out this past weekend, so they quickly packed up their apartment and moved all their stuff over to my house a few days earlier than planned.  I quickly moved many of my things into my bedroom to store, and cleaned the house as much as I could before we filled it up. 

The amazing thing about it was seeing the body of Christ work together.  A friend from church came to work on my A/C to get it running again, another friend came and helped unload everything--then stayed and helped the electrician-friend with the A/C, the electrician's wife helped organize, clean, and fold clothes to put away while their 7-year old son organized all my friends' shoes!  They went above-and-beyond what was expected of them, despite being tired from a long work week and a lot of traveling.  Praising God this week for good friends and the body of Christ!

*Sorry about the quality of the pictures, they're from my cell*

Traveling in Paraguay

 Last Friday morning we set off with everything tied down on the roof!

 We were surprised at what we found on the east side of Paraguay--this mountain reminds me of Shiprock, NM

 At Kids' Club with some missionaries who minister there

 No editing here--the farther away from the capital city, the cleaner the air, and the clearer the colors!

 One stretch of the road we took into a tribal colony

With one of the kids we traveled with and a very surprised baby duck

The ducks visit this little boy's house every morning, though they belong to the neighbors :-)

We had a great trip--thank you for your prayers.  I look forward to sharing more about it in person in just a short period of time.