Another week down!
Well, not a whole lot’s changed since the last time I wrote, but that doesn’t mean that it’s been bad down here! I’m still very happy with how everything’s been going, and we’re still working hard. But, since not a whole lot’s changed, I’ll just mention some of the more interesting things:
… Well, for starters, I lied: A LOT of things have changed here because we’ve had huaicos (?) all over Peru! I say “huiacos” because I’m not really sure what to call them — the translation says, “avalanche”, but that usually requires snow (I think). I’d call them “giant mudslides” or something because “mudslide” sounds like some mud came down the hillside; apparently these things have taken a whole bunch of the major roadways out of commission! It’s actually kind of funny (Maybe it’s bad that I find it funny…): The reason for these disasters throughout Lima: We got rain! It wasn’t even that much — I know because I walked in it for an entire day! Without needing a jacket! Rain is such a strange thing this time of year that it’s broken the city! I haven’t actually seen any huaicos here where I am, but even then the fact that it’s shut down roads and filled the rivers with mud means that everything’s more expensive (If you can’t get food to the markets, they can’t sell it to make a living…) and we don’t have much water (The water filtration system uses the river, but the water’s too dirty to clean quickly). It’s not really dangerous, but it’s made life a little more interesting now that we have to start taking emergency precautions and stuff!
As for the mission work, my district and I painted a house:
Just so you know who these people are… (left to right): Elder Gerken (Actually my zone leader — we went on exchanges), Elder Gallardo, Elder Vasquez, and Hermana Dennehy.
…And then the hermana in yellow is Hermana Ascanta.
Then we also went to the temple!
(This picture would be a lot cooler if I didn’t have my shirt bulging out! This is why I hate tucking my shirt in because it never stays!)
— Elder Schroeder