A friend gave me this mug and I have to say that every day IS a new adventure here! I am a learning new things, going new places, and learning new Spanish words every day.

Last Saturday a friend took me to an organic market. I got some really good chocolate, honey and some fruits and vegetables.

Carter heading home from work. On a typical day we go in to our office at about 8:30 and we leave between 4-5:00

On our way to Karlita’s to get an empanada de carne for dinner we met Mr. Venezuela. He would have talked to us all evening if we let him. See my new Peruvian purse?

Carter, eating his empanada with lime, onions and aji sauce. They were good!

My title, when I login to the church’s Missionary Online Recommendation System.

Carter at work in our office. My computer is to the left of him, just under the picture. We  were using our laptops for a while until they got our computers up and running. This is what I do: When a missionary application is sent in from any stake president’s office in our area, it comes to our office first.  I look through the application to be sure it is filled out correctly. I check to see if they have any medical issues that the doctors need to be aware of. If there are no problems I sign them off and send the application on to the area secretary. Many of the applications have no problems. If there are some medical issues, I send the application over to Carter. I also help the translator do some translating of applications from Spanish to English, using Google Translate if needed, making sure the wording is correct in English for when Salt Lake receives the application. Google Translate works really well most of the time.  Carter helps me with the translation of the medical sections.  Monday is the biggest day for receiving applications. The most we have received in one day so far since I’ve been here is 20.

We got to go to the Lima Peru Temple on Tuesday. Tiny, but beautiful and peaceful. We took a taxi there and walked back home. It was about a 20 minute walk.