Paraguay, Part III

Today as I was working on my sermon notes by the pool, I met Herman, probably the only other person around here who speaks English and isn't in our group. He's a German from Argentina, and is living at this hotel for business reasons right now. It was just surprising to hear someone local speaking English, and he seemed just as surprised to hear us talking in it.We spent a long time practicing puppet shows we didn't use before it was time to go to the SDA hospital for our first radio interview. It's a very small radio studio, not much larger than a person's bedroom, and loaded with microphones and sound-editing equipment. The interviewer was very nice, not asking us too ridiculous questions, and we were recorded, not broadcast live, though we may be broadcast live later in the week. They seemed to appreciate my bad Spanish, which is getting better every day I'm here (as in, I'm having a hard time thinking in English right now).After another one of those amazing three-course lunches the hospital serves, we went to Remancito, our site, to do the VBS program. We had to start almost immediately, as many of the children were already there (as was the cow from the day before, a chicken or two, and some dogs). It actually went fairly well, although at one point a local teacher stood up and asked us why they had to be there. Luckily, the local pastor had some very eloquent words to say about cultural exchange and teaching children ethics, which satisfied the teacher, who didn't bother us anymore.I enjoyed talking with some locals afterwards, who taught me words in Guarani, which was fun. Tonight, all the electronics were working properly, and Scott's sermon went off well. When he gave an altar call, half the church came forward with a genuine interest in baptism. This was amazing. We unwound tonight with more incredible pizza. I cannot believe that for two decent-sized gourmet pizzas, you only have to pay $10 US. Thank you once again for all your prayers. I hope I haven't overwhelmed anyone with all these emails--I just don't want anyone to feel out of the loop.