So, this week was pretty happy. We had some successes this week that we have been working for this cambio and the cambio before. We had the baptism of Hna. Cynthia! She was so happy and it was a great baptismal service. But, we got to the building in the afternoon after the mission leader got everything ready and the water was brown! Like dirty brown. It was pretty obviously not clean. My companion was so upset she was in tears, but I mostly thought it was funny. A little eight year old girl was getting baptized too that day. When her mom got there we explained what happened and she was really worried, but then she saw the water and said, ¨Eh, the river is dirtier. That´s not that dirty.´´So we went through with it and she was baptized just fine. We were really happy for Hna. Cynthia.
We also had an investigator, this little old man with one
leg named Leonzio, who had told us the whole month that he was going to attend
church but never did. We were getting frustrated with him but then we showed up
at church this week and who was waiting for us but lil Leonzio! It was awesome.
Then, after the first hour I saw him shoot out of the building. We were trapped
with people but we literally ran after him down the street. He moves fast for
only having one leg! We caught him and he said he had stuff to do and had to
go. We kept blocking his path and just told him no, you have to go back, they
will wait, the Lord will not. He kept trying to get around us but we just kept
moving to block his path and eventually we got him back in the building! We sat
with him the next two classes and after the third hour we were so happy and
told him congrats and he just walked out of the building and said bye! see you
Tuesday! We just laughed. He is an interesting man.
This week a lot of things happened with the family of my
pensionista. They are basically our family here because we spend all our meals
there and spend a lot of time with them. They are passing through some really
hard times right now so it was hard to see this week. One of the daughters fell
off of the moto while she was driving home with her family. Here, they don´t
have any protective equipment and in fact they don´t even hold on if they are
on the back of a moto. She fell off the back and she was also holding their two
year old son in her arms because that´s how they take them on motos. She was in
the hospital and luckily is going to be ok and she kept her son from being
injured, but it was really scary. Motos are super freaky because they are so
unsafe and people are really careless with their safety while on them. The
youth (I´m talking ten to fourteen year olds) are probably the worst because
they drive so fast without helmets or anything. Add rain and you have a lot of
injuries.
We ate a lot of mangoes this week. They are so good here!
They are enormous with tiny little pits so you can bite into them and have a
mouthful of juicy mango. It´s awesome!
We also got to see the construction process this week
because my pensionista built a kitchen! It even has a sink, even though water
only runs during a couple hours of the day. It was fun though, to see. If you
want to build something, they just dump a pile of concrete mix stuff in front
of your house and then you get some bricks and you pile em up and build your
wall like that. It was interesting to see. A little different than the reno we
did but I would say they were equally excited with the result.
It has been really hot this week as always. I think the
Elders have it a little different too because they just shake hands or give a
hug or two to their really close amigos. But the Hermanas have to kiss and hug
every woman we meet. I have met with some sweaty faces let me tell you. Sweaty
backs, sweaty faces, sweaty hands. I think I´m getting acne on my face from all
the kisses. And we are all up in the faces of people whether they´re sick or
healthy. It gets concerning. But I also like the hugs and kisses because it´s a
little ice breaker and you show affection from the start when you meet people.
I love you all! I will talk to you so soon! Weeks are flying
by, can´t believe I have almost been out for three months.
Mucho amor!
Hermana Fitz
Curichi! A member in our ward sells them and gave us coconut
curichi. It´s the best!
It´s just milk and coco frozen like a popsicle. So
yummy. They make curichi of aguaje too.
My zone! From zone conference. Punchana foreva!
Nothing like an Iquitenian sunrise. This is from 7:00 in the
morning.
Told you the clouds were beautiful!
What a lot of my meals look like. Plus a plate of rice.
In
the background, cooked banana because they say it´s not fish without banana.
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