Week 12: Love Every Day You Have

Dear Friends and Family, This week was great. I learned to appreciate the good and bad days and there were both this week. But to start off, just a little bit of fun experiences I have had that don't have to do with the awesome people the Lord allows me to meet. So sancudos... they're basically mosquitos? Some of them carry dengue. But... their bites ITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I learned this week that you put lime on them and it helps. A LOT. The problem is it makes them itch even more for about 10 minutes. I literally thought I might die during these 10 minutes. I'm not sure if it's worth it! Hahahaha but it sure does help. The next thing is rain is great and not so great. Everything is muddy and puddles and you get soaked. BUT it's a lot cooler when it rains. I think the rainy season may begin early this year? But who knows. The people here always tell me something different when it comes to the weather. I never know what the weather actually is like here. AND I don't know what the conversion is for Celsius to Fahrenheit (spelling?). Next thing is I'm not sure if it's my pentionista or a Peruvian thing, but I thought gutting fish was common knowledge, but I guess not. I'm not a fan of eating fish and picking out all of the little bones. PAIN IN THE BUTT!!!! But at least the fish is YUMMY :) So SUPER gross. Yesterday we ate lunch with the family I live with so we ate dinner with my pentionista. She was busy when we came by in the night so we just went to serve ourselve. There wasn't anything except rice and potatoes which was a little odd, but I wasn't that hungry. I bite into my potatoe............ AND THERE IS A WORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I about died. I didn't finish my potatoe to say the least. Well, then I finish my plate and then see a towel on the table covering something. So I ask my companion, what is this? We look, and it's our dinner already ready for us. YUMMY chicken. So then I ate that happily. But hopefully no one has potatoes this week with worms. Another thing I learned I am grateful for is toilets. Squatting to pee in the ground isn't my favorite... and it smells! Fun fruit of the week. Cainito? I'm not sure if that is the name. But it's SUPER sweet. I wasn't a huge fan, but it's sticky. LIKE REALLY STICKY. Like Elmers glue on your lips almost. Maybe not quite that sticky, but it was SUPER weird. The lady who gave us the fruit then said we needed someone to go kiss. Haha. I can't imagine. You'd be stuck together. WEIRD. Hermana Creek and I.  So Cool family we me this week. Agapito, Natalia, and their 8 year old daughter. Natalia's mother in law has been a member 30 years. They know a lot and the only reason they haven't been baptized is because of work really, but right now they are here in Puerto!!! So we teach them and how to prepare for baptism, they need to complete certain steps. One of which is be married before they can be baptized. Agapito is the one who was super unsure and so we explained a little and then Natalia says, ''Now my little fat man (gordito was what she actually said, but it doesn't translate the best into english) you can't escape me.'' They both just laughed and he said he was willing to be married and be baptized but didn't want to this weekend (which we weren't even suggesting this weekend) but not this weekend because he's sick with dengue and wants to be better before he gets baptized. Also, Diana uses the guide in the back of the Book of Mormon to help with her homework. WHAT??? I've never heard of that. It was kind of cool. So we're excited to work with them. Then Jimmy. He's 9. His parents are members and we're working with them so they can start attending church again, but he comes every week with his grandma. We asked him if he wanted to be baptized and he says, ''I've only been waiting FOREVER for this day to come!'' Super cute. Then we asked his little brother if he wanted to be baptized one day and he goes ''No!'' And then Jimmy says, ''That's because he doesn't even know what a baptism is.'' So we explained and at the end he goes, I change my mind, I want to be baptized like Jimmy! Super super cute family. I love this family lots. Anyways, I'm out of time. I love you all and want to hear how everyone is doing! Let me know what's going on in all of your lives! Love, Hermana Carly Jo Lang Ugliest dog that I have ever seen! It scares me everyday when we walk by it.