"Cookies of fire"

¡Hello! It´s been all celebration, here in Carhuamayo these days. The fireworks have been going like all night, every night. I asked somone what all the ruckus was for and they told me "it´s the thirtieth of August!". I swiftly corrected him that it was, actually, the FIRST of August. He, in turn, argued that the thirtieth of August actually starts on the first of August and continues all throughout the month of August. Confusing as that may be, I have accepted it as it is. But seriously. I went to sleep last night to the sound of fireworks, and woke up to the sound of fireworks. They do not sleep when it is the thirtieth of August. Sometimes when I don´t know how to say something in Spanish, I kind of just guess, and I´m almost always right. But yesterday I said fire-crackers as "galletas de fuego", which I´m sure many of you can already translate, but it´s basically "cookies of fire". Also, there´s this new thing that people do. It´s an impression of me. The pentionista started it. They pretend to be really tall and then proclaim "Wishywishywishywishywishy!" And everyone thinks it´s sooo funny, because that´s exactly how English sounds to them. We´re hoping for a baptism soon. The only dillema is that the kid's mother wants him to know all the Bible and be perfect before he gets baptized, and so forth. The mother is very Catholic, but she´s a faithfull member of the LDS church, as well. Loves!

Much love,

Elder Alexander