So it rains, a lot. I guess I should have expected that, it is the rainy season. But seriously, it rains every single day. Really hard too, like it just dumps water from the sky for hours at a time. The town sits right alongside the Beni River. The river is flooded about a block into town, and that's where all the businesses are, so a lot of businesses are closed, obviously since there is water in their stores. Also, the houses of five families in the hall are flooded so the brothers had to move them out in the middle of the night one night. Bethel rented an upstairs four bedroom apartment for two months, and all the families are living in that. One day, a few of us sisters went to visit all the families and bring a little food. But the road was flooded so we had to walk through water up to our knees to get there. Also, the circuit overseer and overseer of the construction group (we worked with them in Vallegrande) are visiting to give encouragement and help where needed. Bethel sends a certain amount of bottled water to drink to each family once a week. There still isn't running water in town, so we are collecting rainwater in buckets (thank goodness there is a lot of that). Also, I have learned how to bathe with just one bucket of water haha. We also ran out of gas, and that isn't coming into town for a while, but our neighbor has an electric stove and we have a panini maker. We have electricity but it goes out every once in a while for a few hours at a time.
But it is really very pretty here. There are hills and mountains on the edge of town and then the river. Its also VERY humid, I never really feel clean. The congregation is very nice. Two Danish girls were here visiting but just left today so they got a going away party last Sunday. Young people from the congregation came and we played games and danced, to Spanish music of course, which I'm terrible at!
We haven't been able to do any territory because it has rained every morning, but we have been doing some letter writing and going with people on their return visits and studies.
Sounds wild. I guess you have learned you won't feel clean when you go to South America. What an amazing experience though. You will be ready for anything when you come back.
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