Getting harder to translate

Helping fix a house that was damaged in a storm.

The rainy season started early this year so it rains every day. Usually not for very long; but it rained for 6 hours yesterday. It’s really nice when it’s cloudy because it’s not so hot; when the sun is out it is murder. So grateful we have a fan.  It’s gonna be a beast for our lessons in the river.

Cool thing! I taught a lesson on the river the other day. In a floating house!

I have a lot of mosquito bites which is not cool. I decided I’m going to play connect the dots with itch cream. I got vitamins from Hna Gomez so I´m getting all the nutrients I need. I have a cold but it’s not bad. Hna Orellana tells me I have a cold because I sleep with the fan on. I told her it’s because I can’t sleep in the buff. I had to explain with sleeping in the buff was. Awkward...

My comp speaks pretty good English. She has been watching Friends since she was 5. It’s not translated, but they have Spanish subtitles. Eventually, she got to the point where she didn’t have to read the subtitles any more. Chevre no? [I can’t find a translation for that?!?] Right now we speak a little more English because we are prepping her for her English test. All the Latin missionaries get to take a test to get into BYU. I think that she will pass. I asked her why she never spoke in English before now and she told me that she didn’t want to ruin my Spanish and sometimes I talk too fast.

About my visa…I have no idea my status. I don’t have a visa but I haven’t had to go back to Lima yet. All the older missionaries have a Peruvian ID that they have to carry with them. I don’t have that yet.

My new comp will get here on the 20th. I don’t know who she will be but she will finish my training. As soon as my training is finished I will train somebody else. This transfer on the 20th there will be 6 new Latinas and 2 new Americans. This will continue until we get a temple in Iquitos. The church owns some land here and depending on whether or not we can get priesthood and tithing we will get a temple or a church building. No se.

I ate alligator!!  SO good.

Guess what! Mariela accepted a date! She is getting baptized on the 16th. This week we have 2 baptisms. One of the women has been going to church for 4 years but has never taken the discussions. She is from Lima but her daughter is having a baby so she is staying here to help out. We were eating dinner at her sister’s house and we felt impressed to talk to her. She told us she wanted to be baptized. She has 2 lessons but she is so ready for baptism.

Our other investigator we have been teaching the whole time I’ve been here. She and her boyfriend are getting married this week and then she is getting baptized.