Medicina en Paraguay

Hey Everybody! We have made it safely to Paraguay and are settling in to our daily routines nicely. After landed in Ascunsion we traveled to Escobar and spent 3 days with the Bowen Family, learning the language of Guarani. We also did a ropes course as well, which was super fun! Guarani is the “love language” of Paraguayans and is used most commonly over Spanish. Our team was encouraged by Andy Bowen to try and speak it and show our host families our desire to learn it, because showing our desire to be teachable is one way to show Paraguayans our desire to learn their culture and assimilate into their everyday life. The Bowens’ hospitality was something we were all so thankful for and appreciative of. After we left the Bowens’ we headed out to Jataity, which is were we are currently, and will call home for the rest of our trip. A lot of excitement was building up as we got closer to Jataity and meeting our host families. All of our first and now second nights with our host families ...

We will be flying to Peru and will get on another flight later this evening to Paraguay! We are beyond excited to actually be leaving!  Our last bit of American food was Jamba Juice to power us through the next 12ish hours. Prayers for safe travels and cool aircrafts would be appreciated! :) God bless!

Well, hello everyone and welcome to the Team Paraguay blog! Our team of six is ready to fly out from all our hometowns to serve a rural community in Paraguay. My team will be going to help Dr. Jeff McKissick and his family in their ministry of providing medical care and sharing the Gospel in their community. Dr. Jeff and his wife are giving us the opportunity to share the gospel and work with patients through their Training in Medical Evangelism (TIME) program. Throughout this trip we will be staying with Paraguayan host families and learning their language to better communicate the Gospel with them and others in the community. Also, we will be learning about cross-cultural evangelism to be effective in medical missions. Lastly, we will be helping Dr. Jeff at his clinic by taking vitals and patient histories, running lab tests, and doing whatever we can to best serve the McKissick family and their community. Speaking for myself and my team, we are all so excited for what God has plan...