ASUNCION, PARAGUAY

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During the day on Friday we went to see "Monday Falls".  The desk clerk at the hotel told us it was just straight ahead from the hotel a few miles. .... Well it definately was not straight!  By stopping and asking many people directions we found our way there .  Below are some of the pictures from that wonderful visit to this very beautiful park and falls.

 Very, very beautiful mango trees!  my favorite color of green........These trees were breathtaking...

After our Friday night session, we left for Asuncion early Saturday morning.  Hermano Vidal in Asuncion called us in Ciudad del Este to make sure we were okay and told us to be sure to leave early on Saturday morning and the traffic probably would not be too bad.  We took his advice... and the traffic was still alot but definately not as bad as Thursday!

We arrived in Asuncion around two or three and used our same method of finding this  hotel... asking people!  Our hotel was great... and very restful.

Sunday morning we walked to church .... it was only about four blocks away.  We met with Hermano Beraud for about and hour and a half then attended church in a small branch there.  We met dear wonderful people who were very welcoming to us... here is a picture of this wonderful chapel and some flowering shrubs close by....

There are flowering shrubs everywhere in Asuncion

On Sunday evening, Hermano Vidal came to the hotel and we met with him in the library area.  We had an amazing visit with him and loved meeting him!  He had called to check on us throughout our time in Paraguay.  He was very thoughtful of us.  We visited with him for over an hour...... then Hermano Grau came and we had a great visit with him.  These three men are very dedicated to their callings and are extremely friendly and warm people!  We loved this experience!

On Monday morning, we drove to the temple and church office building.. which are in the same complex.  Brother Beraud gave us perfect directions and we found our way perfectly!

At the church office building, it is fairly small, we met with Elder Di Giovanni, the area seventy.  He was very welcoming and so happy to meet with us.

We spent some time on the temple grounds.... we were very impressed with the great simplicity of the temple.... it is truly lovely.  It is very small, and the grounds are very beautiful.  The wooden doors seem very much in keeping with Paraguay.... we enjoyed this experience very much.

After some quiet moments ... and talking of our marvelous experiences and how wonderful we felt , meeting these wonderful people of Paraguay... we headed back to the airport for our journey home.

This last picture is  of an amazing musician in the airport who sat and played his Paraguayan harp  for two hours while many people were waiting for flights...