We asked Kaitlin a few questions and here are the answers she sent. You'll have to guess what the questions were....
1. The weather is hot, hot, hot, and humid, humid, humid. Poor Hermana Sorensen doesn't quite know what to do with herself. The backs of her hands sweat even. Thankfully, my body has adapted quite nicely. But it's still...adventurous at times, we'll say. Whenever I take my backpack off, you can easily tell where the straps were, thanks to the sweat marks on my shirt. But I love it. The flowers are all out now, and it just looks like a paradise really. But yeah, it's about 95 degrees or so generally.
2. The city I'm in right now is called Lambaré, and it's a little smaller than Manhattan I think. I'm not sure, really...they all kind of blend together, the cities. But it's about a half hour by bus from Asunción.
3. Yes, there are stores and shops and restaurants. There's a "despensa" in about every block. A despensa is a mini grocery store. It has everything, just not much of it, so everyone goes to despensas during the week to buy things, but then about once a week they go to the regular grocery store. There are a couple bakeries here as well, and a couple clothing shops. But they're not super classy. It's kind of fun, though, because in Paraguay if you want to start a business, you just find a spot and start one. So a lot of people just open little shops to try to make money, but a lot of the products aren't very quality. But it's kind of fun.
4. As far as paved roads go, it depends on what area you're in. In the country, I don't think any roads are paved. In my last area, Leopardi, just the two main streets were paved, and the rest were just calles pedradas, which are just rock roads. In this area, there are a few paved roads as well--more than in Leopardi--but the majority are rock roads. Cobblestone! That's the word I was looking for. Sheesh, I can't speak english anymore.
5. Yes, we always see mules/horses pullling carts. That is a very frequent sight.
6. I sing all the time. I think my companions get bugged by it. So I've tried to mellow it out a little, haha. And yes, we sing a hymn before almost every lesson. I love music! The Spirit's always stronger when we've sung a hymn.
7. No. You silly people. Like I would ever dance in front of a mirror.
8. You better believe it. I do my excited fingers after many lessons and every night when we come back to the house. Missionary work makes me excited.
9. YEP! By now, I probably have about 45 of them. They multiply, you know.
10. Well, I'll just tell you what a few of the investigators/members do. It's really varied, like it is in the U.S., and there are many levels of prosperity. For example, our bishop is an architect. He actually works for the church in making plans and building chapels in southern South America. I know a few lawyers and a policeman. There are a couple high school teachers. The collectivo system is one source of work for the people here. Everyone takes collectivos (just public busses) to and from work, home, the store, etc. One of the counselors in the bishopric drives a collectivo. There are a lot of factories here--clothes factories, beer factories, etc.--that many people work in. Lots of people open up despensas. And the poor, poor people (many of the people who live in Yukyty, for example) walk the streets every day with big bins-on-wheels collecting plastic or rubber to sell.
Thanks for the questions! I hope my answers were sufficient.
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