Day 58

This day felt the most like "work" since I've been here (I don't think that missionary life feels very work-like). I worked for probably 4 or 5 hours on a PowerPoint presentation about Chincha for the Culto Unido -- a church service with all 6 of the Lima ADIEL churches. Then we met Felix, a missionary who is going to move his family to Chincha to help rebuild homes destroyed by the earthquake, because the PowerPoint was supposed to inspire people to give money to him. We traveled about 45 minutes to Surco in combi for about a 15 minute meeting. Then we had one of the pastors go over the presentations with us to correct grammar. I left there at like 6:00 to get to Buen Pastor by 6:30 for the universitarios group, but I didn't end up getting there till 7:15 because the combi broke down, there was traffic, and then it was a 10 minute walk from the bus stop. But they had only started 5 minutes before I got there. Awesome. Ramiro talked till about 9, and then most of the group went to Miraflores for a live art exhibit thing that Eden had read about online (our bus broke down on the way -- twice in one day?!). However, when we arrived, there was no such thing. Apparently that night was a practice night for the bands indoors somewhere in Miraflores, and the real thing isn't till August. (The photo is a building next to Parque Kennedy -- so pretty at night.) Eden felt bad, but Peruvians really don't care -- they don't see it as a waste of time. We ended up eating at a restaurant at like midnight and then went home. When I got home, I saw that I had received an email from one of my very best friends (Emily Harms) who just got engaged while she was in London traveling with a friend -- total surprise. I'm excited to hear the whole story -- I'm sure it's impressive.