We packed our
suitcases once again to travel back to Asunción. Before we left, though, Zach wanted to see
the inside of the basilica in Pilar that he had passed many times while in
Pilar. There were some beautiful stained
glass windows and on the entrance doors there were wood carvings depicting the
life of Christ.
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| Basilica in Pilar |
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| Basilica in Pilar |
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| Main altar in basilica |
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| Beautiful stained glass window above entrance doors |
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| One of stained glass windows on side of basilica |
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Some of the wood carvings on
main entrace doors to basilica in Pilar |
A quick stop
and photo op at the Rio Paraguay and we were on our way. We planned to stop at a Jesuit museum in San
Ignacio, but arrived during el medio día (middle of the day). Many businesses close then because that is
when many families have their large meal.
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Standing on shore of Rio Paraguay.
Argentina in on the other side of the river. |
We passed through
the town of Yaguarón and stopped to see the oldest church building in Paraguay. It was started in 1640 by Franciscan monks and
took 40 years to complete.
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| Oldest church in Paraguay in city of Yaguarón |
We arrived in
Asunción during the evening traffic and checked in at the Hotel Yacht y Golf
Club. Does anyone want to guess why we
picked this hotel? The hotel was very
nice with a view of the Rio Paraguay.
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| Hotel we stayed at in Asunción |
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| View from hotel room window |
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| View from hotel room window |
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| Checking out the sand |
After we
dropped our luggage off in our room, we went to visit with some people from the
third area that Zach served in, a suburb of Asunción, called Puerto Pabla. First we met with Jorge and Betty, long time
investigators who are looking forward to being baptized next month and being
sealed in the temple next year. Their
seven year old son, Moises, loves watching church movies and could sing all of
the words to “How Great Thou Art” at a very young age. Betty kept bringing out gift after gift for
us and then fed us hot dogs and Pulp, a Paraguayan soda. Betty showed us all around her yard and the
trees and flowers she had planted. They
had a chicken coop behind their house and their very large chickens were
sleeping in a tree…wish I had my camera for that one!
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Betty, Jorge, Moises and Betty's nephew with Elder Snow,
Carrie & Dave |
We also made
a visit to Nelson who was baptized while Zach served in Puerto Pabla. While there the elders now serving in the
area arrived to visit with Nelson.
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| Carrie, Dave and Elder Snow with Nelson |
Another great day in Paraguay!
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