Currently I am in
Arequipa, because today we have training as District Leaders. It will start today in the evening but I
arrived last night because there was a rumor of a riot against the bus
terminal. There was a riot quite some
time ago and I heard that the riot burned a terminal down.
Anyways, I traveled last
night and I slept comfortably in a hotel with another Elder who is the other
district leader in our Zone. This
morning I had a hot shower and it felt so good after going almost 5 months
without one.
This past week in
Matarani, we have been teaching this one family, they are really sweet. The mother’s name is Rosa and she is loving
everything. She has gone to the
activities and church and just loves it.
She lives with her 3 children and her 16 year son got baptized a month
ago and now she is more interested in the church. My favorite one in the family is Charli, he
is 25 and loves to fish and watch soccer.
He is such a swell guy.
A little more info about
Matarani:
It’s a fisherman’s
village, more than Camana, I wake up every morning and my view from the 4th
story apartment window is just beautiful. There are no beaches in Matarani, just ports
where the fisherman work. Fishing ends
at 5 everyday and it’s kind of hard to find people to teach because they are
all out fishing during the day.
With that being said I
am very grateful that I haven’t eaten a lot of fish. My pentionista, who is a member, likes to mix
things up a bit and in this past week I ate guinea pig for the 2nd time of the
mission and I also got to eat octopus, it’s so good!!
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| Guinea Pig still taste good! |
Chau,
Elder McCook
Words of the week:
octopus- pulpo
Fisherman- pescador
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| Matarani has so many promising houses to knock on. |
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