La Boca del Sapo, or "the frog´s mouth."

Cave-man 

Last Monday we went caving. This cave here is called La Boca del Sapo, or "the frog´s mouth" and it climbs in an upward manner for about half an hour. We really enjoyed it until my companion really had to use the bathroom.

So, we had a great week! Once again we lost a couple days going to Huancayo and back, but at least this time we had car trouble and ended up spending a good half hour in some random village in between Huancavelica and Huancayo. We played soccer with some little kids, as we love to do, and got to use all the Quetchua we know (though it may not be much), and everyone one came out of their houses and were givin´ us the "care-bear stare" hard core until we left.

Whenever we don´t know the name of a town we assume it´s Qaqa-qaq-aq, pronounced with much flem (because that´s what a lot of these town´s names sound like). On a side note, there´s a town near Tingo called Trucha Frita in case I never mentioned that.

Our friend and his family came to church again, even though not working means a very difficult week for them. After he got laid off they rented a space in the market where they sell food. They just barely get by and the only days they really sell a lot are Saturday and Sunday. I´m really amazed by their faith and we´re just praying that God blesses them with new work soon. Also, our other investigator is doing great. He´s reading the Book of Mormon from the top and he´s loving the story. Every time we meet with him we discuss what he likes from the stories, and right now he´s loving Nephi´s example of faith on the subject of retreiving the plates and even killing Laban. He drew me a picture that he gave me on Sunday. For now, I´ve put it by my desk... but sometimes I like to put it away for personal study, sleeping, etc.

My current study desk.

Anywho, I´m really enjoying the work here. On this end it´s easy to tell God loves these people very very much, just by the blessings they receive as they become closer to Him.

I hope all is well and hot over there. It rained last night and then everything froze over so we basically had an ice-fight (like a snowball fight but not as fun) on the way to the pention this morning. By the way, we moved rooms and had to change pention, which was very hard on us all, but we´ve been visiting the Hna. Nanci still and our new pentionista, Hna. Nerida, is also really nice and is taking good care of us. Something I like about her house is there are always hymns going 24/7. It´s hard to be stressed there. Love y´all!

Much love,
Elder Alexander