The first Jesuit mission among the Guaycura was at La Paz .
Mission was intended to serve not only as a missionary center , but as a rest and resupply stop for the Manila galleons returning from the Philippines .
The first Jesuit mission among the Guaycura was at La Paz and it was intended to serve not only as a missionary center , but as a rest and resupply stop for the Manila galleons returning from the Philippines .