I was so excited Wednesday night when I got a text from Arlis saying that she'll be around this weekend! She came up on Saturday and spent the day with Rosalyn and then Sunday met me at my house and we went to church together. After church Rosene and Katrina came over and we had a typical Paraguayan meal; asado, mandioca, sopa, cabbage salad, and passion fruit slushies for dessert. Of course, everything took a while to get ready but we filled the time with lots of terere, working together to prepare the food, and a walk around my garden so I could show off. :) Alverda actually ended up doing the grilling for us and did an excellent job of it! The food was delicious and we enjoyed the meal under our grape arbor.
We were planning to go to the park after lunch but never got there because it started raining before we were finished eating. Some of the youth had gone to play sand volley ball but then came over to drink tea once it was raining too much to play anymore.
I went to church in the evening and Arlis went down to Rosene's house and then came and spent the night with me at work. It was so nice not to be alone on a Sunday night! I sometimes struggle with feeling sorry for myself if I have to be at work and everyone else is at the party - but not last night! We tried not to make too much noise even though Ivan said we could make as much as we wanted.
Arlis and I went out for breakfast at Panera Bread and then after setting her GPS and a good-bye hug she was headed back to Virginia. I will miss her but it was lovely to be with her!
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