La Paz

Kingdom Hall Construction

Day 14

We took the bus from Vallegrande to Cochabamba overnight Saturday night and met up with two friends from Colorado and then rode together to La Paz. One of them lives in Rurrenabaque, where we are headed to. We were going to stay one night in La Paz and leave Monday but there have been heavy rains there resulting in landslides and flooding. The whole town is also without gas, water, or electricity. The brothers have advised us to wait until conditions are better, so we are staying with a witness family in La Paz for a few days.

Yesterday we drove around the city checking out the sights. La Paz is the most interesting city I have ever seen. It has an altitude of 11,811 feet, and sits in the middle of the mountains. It looks like it should be a national park in Utah, except there are millions of houses shoved in the rocks and on the hillsides. There are lots of things to do, which is nice. We met some friends the other night at the mall and then yesterday met some more friends at a cafe. One couple just moved here two months ago from the New York City.

Today we are hanging out at a cafe getting our internet fix (ahh), and then we are going to their meeting tonight. Also, our Spanish has been getting so much better. When we first got here, people talked so fast, we couldn't understand a thing. But since most people in Vallegrande couldn't speak Spanish, we really got our practice in. Also, I have a pretty good Spanish vocabulary of construction tools and such, if I ever need that in the future haha.

Hopefully conditions improve soon so we can head to Rurre!