This last week was great. We had more of a routine schedule and worked on small things like: filling out a questionaire, planning a training that we will hold on Sunday and going to English Connect and other activities. The highlights of this week have probably been: Making sopa de mani and pique macho, playing volleyball with some members in Sacaba and going to the movie theaters. Overall, this week has been pretty laid back but, still fun.
On wednesday, we made food with some of the members. Hermana Nilda taught us how to make Sopa de Mani and Pique Macho. We wrote down all of the ingredients and, at the end, we are going to make a recipe book that we can take home. That was fun. It also reminded me of my mission because sometimes we would cook and eat with members but, I always felt guilty if we stayed too long. This time, we could do whatever we wanted and stay as long as we wanted. We also spent some time talking to her son who was born in Virginia and speaks perfect english. I am excited to come home and try making the dish for myself. After making food, we went to the stake center in Sacaba and played games with all of the HEFY kids that are in Bolivia this week. That was fun! I met a cute girl who knows a lot of my friends from Vegas. It was fun to spend some time and talk to her. We also got to play some games with the members. It seemed like they were really excited that a bunch of American teenagers were visiting them. One day this week we went with hermana Janeth to play volleyball with her friends. That was super fun because we played in a building where the court was surrounded by walls and the ball was allowed to bounce off the wall. I'm not very good at volleyball but, it was still fun. Other than that, our week has been pretty calm. Today, we went to renew our visas. It wasn't very hard. We just walked over to immigrations, gave them a photocopy of our passport and visa and they stamped our passports again. We just have to return on the 10th of July to renew it again. As for work, we have been working of some questionaires to try and figure out more about some of the self-reliance courses and see what the members understand. We are also planning for some meetings coming up on Sunday. We have to give a training to all of the stakes in Cochabamba about our purpose here and how we can help and support them in their callings. After that, we have a meeting to talk about the YSA convention that we hope to go to. We want to plan games so that it will be fun. Later on, at night, we are speaking for about 5 minutes during the institute fireside because we are going to open 4 Self-reliance courses for young adults. I am really excited about this because I think that self-reliance can help young people so much. I have been affected a lot by these principles and I want to share it with others. I am really excited for this next week and I hope that we get to participate in some exciting things and make even more friends while we are here.
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EmilyHi! I am a student at BYU and I am studying Spanish with minors in Global Business and Latin American Studies. I am doing an internship in Cochabamba, Bolivia with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and their Welfare and Self-Reliance initiatives. Archives
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