One of my favorite people in Peru. Denes is the son of Rosa that cleans the building. He always has a high five for me when we leave(the candy I have for him every day could have something to do with it.). We are in the hospital because his Dad is there because he got his appendix out, then he got an infection. The hospital was enough to scare the heck out of me.
On Pday we hiked up above the city. We are up above the plaza de armas. We really haven't seen many ruins yet because we haven't got our carnet yet. There is a paper we can get because we live here and we can get into everything free. So we are waiting. Maybe a couple more weeks.
Hola Johnsons! We are always so excited to see your new posts and adventures! It looks like you are settled in and are having a great experience, along with "every day is a new adventure is Mision Cusco". We're so glad you have taken an interest in Rosanna and Denes - he really perks up with a little candy bar (chocolate Sublime), or other little treat. In fact, I miss those candy bars myself, they are always so easy to get from the street vendor cards - and inexpensive too! The Poulsens brought us back a small bar of 100% cacao, and I am saving that for a celebratory mug of the best hot chocolate in the world. Looks like I will use that to celebrate the end of bitter cold weather and heavy snows here in N. Utah. We are headed down to the wonderful St George area in 2 days, to see if we can make some more progress on our home building project in Dammeron Valley.
ReplyDeleteRemember the cautions about staying healthy - watch the water and food. We were lucky to not have any real downtime due to illness, but we were constantly on alert about food stored or prepared in less-than-sanitary methods, and of course the water. The fresh pineapple slices on the street carts were so tempting, but when we watched the hands that cut and sliced them, we held back and never did buy any. We were huge fans of "choclo" though - the big kernel corn that is freshly boiled and served hot with a little slice of cheese. The corn was just right for snacking, though we were a little suspicious of the origins of the cheese. Anyway, we did eat that and never got any bugs from it. Restaurant recommendations in Cusco and the surrounding areas are a little different than what we are used to: "well, we ate there a couple of times and didn't get sick". All part of the grand adventure.
We see fewer and fewer of the missionaries you know in your photos, time marches on, and things change. You are bringing such blessings to the people, members, and missionaries in Cusco, we are so happy to see you enjoying it!