A whole new world

So, just a few notes:

Miami does not have free wifi, it also does not serve hot food past 11pm. Poor hungry Joshua and internet deprived TJ. Also, flights in New York delay flights in Florida, who knew and we did not even fly DELTA!

Also, for those who are confused - Miami and Orlando are not the same place. Same state, but different city, not naming any names, but I will give you his initials - TJ.

Chile - no chicken for John. TJ and Mark were told they could not bring meat into the country so they ate a two week supply of beef jerky in two minutes. And did I mention that Josh was hungry...still. Some were unable to sleep on the 8 hour overnight flight - not me, I was fine. Of course I was in a whole different section from the rest of the team, maybe that helped. TJ talked all night long. John, thought he sat beside a very helpful young lady decided not to talk and slept instead. Mark had an empty seat beside him, so TJ joined him. This was TJ's attempt to escape the gentelman that he woke while playing with the light button.

No problems with arrival in Chile, we had a slight delay, 2 hours, added to our planned 3 hour layover, it seemed a long time. Josh was hungry...always. Dunkin Donuts were eaten and games were played. I spoke Spanish - sort of.

Arrival in Paraguay. The flight was fine. Our options for dinner, still don't know even though it was repeated 4 times, the only thing I recognized was empanadas, so that is what we all ate. This was the only flight that we all sat together as a team, and I almost wondered if it was too late to turn back...lol. Clearly we did not have enough team meetings to prepare for cultural difference.

Is it cold at home? The heat here is wonderful! We were greeted by a lovely wave of warmth and a herd of baggage carriers as we exit the plane.

Larry and Sharon Carr, our missionary hosts, met us at the airport and brought us to the guesthouse and we are resting comfortably with full tummies - even Josh - and enjoying the air conditioning. Life is good!

So far, we have 2 doses of our antimalarial meds down and only 38 more to go. Yeah for John! Yes, 40% of Americans have trouble swallowing pills, who knew?

Tomorrow, our day starts with breakfast at 7:30am (that is 5:30am KY time) and then we are headed out to Andy and Lizet Bowen's home, that is where we will be in ministry until Sunday. Please be in prayer for us and all the ministries here.

On behalf of the Paraguay team,
Shushan

PS
This is my first time in Paraguay :-)