I have been a real slacker in posting on the blog! I will now repent of all those quarantine weeks that you missed. I know how exciting they are to your well being. These are once again taken from Instagram.
March 22, 2020 Day 7 of Quarantine
We started the morning with our upstairs neighbors, the Pratts. What a wonderful way to start a day in quarantine! We sang together, prayed together, and shared thoughts of our Savior. We were privileged to partake of the sacrament and renew our covenants with God. Maybe all quarantine days should be Sundays!
March 22, 2020 Day 7 of Quarantine part 2
Last night (March 22) we had a conference call with the senior missionaries and our mission president. President Amato informed us that all missionaries (young and old) would be returning to their own home countries. We should have seen that one coming as we have watched missionaries in other parts of the world being sent back to their homes. We just hoped that we would be staying in Peru to help ride out the storm. Plus the virus has really ramped up in the USA. We don't know when we will be returning home or when we will be returning to the mission. The Peru Lima East Mission will be reduced to 14 Peruvian missionaries when we are all gone.
March 23, 2020 Day 8 of Quarantine
Today we ventured out with our shopping bag disguises and our face masks. We made it to our supermarket, Tottus, without any problems. Once there we had to stand in line to get our temperature checked. (In the first picture you can see his arm outstretched to take the person's temperature.) Once inside we waited in another line to thoroughly wash our hands. After shopping, there was hand sanitizer to use. The workers are also cleaning each shopping cart handle after it is used. We then enjoyed a nice, humid 20 minute walk back to our apartment.
March 24, 2020 Day 9 of Quarantine
We have decided that we need to get a dog. This is a big step in our marriage, because I am a firm believer that all dog duties would fall on me! And I don't want most of those duties. (Those of you who have dogs know what I'm talking about.)
The advantage of having a dog would be that no one questions why you are out walking. Dogs need to be walked. You could even go out several times a day and walk your dog! You could get exercise and sunshine with your dog. What a wonderful idea! Yes, I think we need to get a dog.
Maybe we will get a Peruvian hairless dog. It is a cute little dog with a tuft of hair on it's head and a little on its tail. Seen in the second picture with two boys that would love a dog!
March 25, 2020 Day 10 of Quarantine
Today I thought you'd like to know about the garbage practices in Peru. There are no big black, blue, or green garbage cans. Garbage is collected every day, including Sunday. This has continued even with the quarantine. In the morning you put out your garbage. You either set it out in front of your house or you put in a cute metal holder that is in front of your house. (See the examples in the picture.) You hope that the dogs don't get into it. During normal times the people that make their living by recycling come and look through the garbage for plastic and other recyclables. When the garbage truck starts down the street they hit the truck with a metal bar. It sounds like a bell and if you haven't gotten your garbage out you still might make it. We are grateful for these men that are keeping our neighborhoods clean!
March 26, 2020 Day 11 of Quarantine
We have a lovely park at the end of our street. In the morning it is full of ladies doing exercises. During the day different groups of children and youth can be found on the soccer field and basketball court. Always there are mamas with strollers and small children. You can find chess players under the pavilion. Older people come to sit and enjoy the trees and the grass. Nighttime, especially in the summer, families make their way to the park to cool off. They watch the impromptu soccer game or the volleyball players. Now the park is closed off to all that would visit. The gates are locked and the coolness and green of the park are shuttered.
March 27, 2020 Day 12 of Quarantine
Today we escaped our apartment for the mission office! We had many items that we needed to return. Thor flagged down a taxi that was able to take us. We put on our face masks, got in the taxi and we were off. We had to look for an opening into the neighborhood, because many of the streets are gated off. We made it without any problems. I gave our driver some extra soles and a candy bar. He looked very surprised! We unloaded all our items and put them away. While Thor was trying to get the printer to work, I cleaned up after the boys at the office. Apparently they thought that no one was picking up garbage. All the cans were overflowing with trash and flies. (They were fruit flies.) I filled 4 large bags. At the end we left our keys on Elder Davis's desk. No way to get in now. Just a little sad as we went out the door for the last time.
March 28, 2020 Day 13 of Quarantine
This is what has been driving me crazy from day 1. Can you see that drip coming out of the faucet? It does that continually all through the day. It is like slow water torture all day and it's worse in the night. Drip, drip, drip. I don't mean to complain, but I am. We had called just before the quarantine to get it fixed. It's not happening now.
The lovely brown water that you see is from moping my floors. The mountains around Lima have NO vegetation on them. The wind blows and we get dust, lots and lots of dust every day.
You can see that the dripping water is really getting to me.
Plants of Peru
Random Picture of the Week
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| This is some kind of fruit we saw in the store. |
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