Over the next week, I hope to put together a few snapshots of the trip to Paraguay.  These will be brief posts that tell the story of one aspect of the trip, or of one person.  I have found it challenging to condense the whole trip into a single train of thought.  By posting snapshots, I can talk about specific aspects of the trip, rather trying to talk about the whole thing at once.  I have found this useful as a way of telling people about the trip.  When I don’t have much time to chat, I give one snapshot.  For those with a little more time, I try to give two or three snapshots.  For my wife, well, she got the whole photo album.

Expect the first snapshot to be up tomorrow.  Until then, keep Paraguay in your prayers.  Today was their national election.  The party that has been in power for 60 years is about to give way to new leadership in August.  Pray for a peaceful transition, and pray that the new leadership will be good for the country.  Some of the people that I spoke with in Paraguay were concerned about Fernando Lugo, who has been elected president today.  They seem him as leaning toward socialism, in the mold of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.  They don’t want their country to go too far down that path, as they don’t think that it will be good for the country in the long run.