Blessed by Beauty and God’s Perfect Timing!

The long awaited post on Easter Break! We have been without internet for about a week and finally got internet back! So here it is one of several posts to come!

     “When I consider the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place. What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him.” As I starred at Iguazu Falls for the first time this psalm continued to play over and over in my head. Iguazu falls are 4 times to size of Niagara Falls and beautifully span more than twice the area as water truly cascades down from dozens of different falls. It is about 6 hours by bus east of Asuncion and is in between Argentina and Brazil. It is the image of the perfect jungle falls. As you gaze at them you are also surrounded by swarms of fragile and delicate butterflies that would even land on you. It was breath-taking seeing even more views of God’s incredible creativity and creation.

What can be better to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, than to survey these falls?

     While we were in Argentina, we also went to the Mission at La Aripuca. They had trees that were up to 1,000 years old! This mission was one of the first sights that Europeans first settled in to reach the guarani people in the region. The guarani people still live in the area and are able to use the mission as a way to support their tribe and show part of their history. The huge replica that you see here is built from trees hundreds of years old! We were able to even climb up inside as we learned about the different national trees that are special to the area. As you can also see, they guarani people also use the beautiful trees to make incredible furniture. These people spread from the area of the falls in Argentina and Brazil down through most of Paraguay. These people use the natural resources to make incredible products, such as Stevia (a healthy natural substitute for sugar from the regional stevia plant and first found in Paraguay) and other jams and preservatives from a flower only found at the falls! These people truly know how to use the beauty God has given us for the best that they can.

Felices Pascuas!!!!! Happy Easter!!!!

For more pictures, click on the photo gallery slideshow on the right to see all of my pictures!