So I changed areas. And it was one of the hardest things I´ve ever done in my life. I love Surco, and I always will, but for some reason, God wants me in Monterrico. So here I am!
Monterrico is literally the richest part of Lima. It´s kind of a rough change because Surco certainly was not like that...everything is different here. It´s not bad, it´s just different. Everyone is always in a hurry, and contacting in the streets is almost impossible because people ignore you or say "estoy ocupado." We also live right next to the Embassy of the USA so that´s weird. I always feel weird when I walk by. A white girl in Peru WOULD be walking by the Embassy of the USA, wouldn´t she?
So there´s one part of this area that is literally magical. I don´t care if I sound cheesey or weird, but it´s true. Its´called Villa Libertad, and it´s so pretty and it´s more like what you think of when you think of Peru. I promise to take pictures this week. Its´amazing. We do a lot more work there because the people actually talk to us. But this week, we stopped by to visit one of our investigators in her store. We were just going to pass by because we were going to go look for someone else, but we thought it would be nice to just swing by really fast and say hi. Her name is Vicki, and she has two sons, Alex and Jesus. Jesus is severely disabled and we had never met him before, but Vicki always talked about her struggles taking care of him. Basically, we met Jesus. And for the first time, we understood. He is really severly disabled, and I can only imagine how hard that is because they have hardly any money at all. We sat down with her and were trying to teach Vicki, but people kept coming to the store so she had to keep talking to them. Hna Killian (one of my 2 companions) turned to Jesus and said " Remember how we were friends before this life? We told you we´d come and find your mom and teach her. We´re trying. We really are." She said that, and Jesus, who can´t speak at all, just smiled SO HUGE. I couldn´t help but cry. It was such a sweet moment.
Sorry I have 0 seconds left. Just know that I love you!! Thank you for your support.
MUCHO AMOR,
Hermana scott
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