Semana Santa

So first of all
we weren’t able to go to the zoo last week because it was out of our zone boundaries
and our district leader didn’t get permission to leave, ugh. So we just ended
up going to a place called Rustica and ordered pizza. And then we didn’t make lasagna
with our convert because I ended up doing an intercambio with Hermana Willis
that day! 






OH MY GOSH!!!!!
MASON WELLS. That is insane!!! He is such an awesome guy!! I can’t believe
that, that’s so scary. AHHH I really hope he recovers soon! I had heard about
the terrorist attacks here in the mish but I heard that there had been three
missionaries that had passed away, so I’m glad that you told me what actually
happened.  Just like the bombings in
Paris last fall, we were told that you guys were at war so I’m glad you
remembered that we don’t get to accurate of info about the world.  






Awwww I was
totally thinking of Aunt Janet’s on Easter and that I wanted to go to the Easter
hunt hahaha that’s always been my fav. I bet Dad was happy to have a day off
to, even if you didn’t make it up there. 









So last Monday after
we went and got pizza, we went and shopped in Belen!! That place that you
always hear/read about in Iquitos. It’s like an outdoor market and its
huuuuuuge and its actually pretty sketchy, like black market ! But there’s some
other cool stuff there to so I’ll probably go back today to get you some of the
cool stuff(;. Later that night we had a family home evening that was super
awesome! We watched the video about The Gardener.. I think it’s by Elder Christianson
but it’s pretty and has an amazing meaning, so you should watch it!






Tuesday we
taught our investigator Maria. She’s a middle aged woman whose husband passed
away years ago and she has been both mom and dad to her kids as well as to her
grandkids now, because their Dad just passed away and the mom is always working.
She is really accepting the gospel though!! We taught her dia de reposo (resting
day) and she said she had no idea that it was a commandment to keep the Sabbath
holy and not work. So she said that from now on she wouldn’t work on Sundays!! But
guess what, this Sunday she didn’t even come to church.... she said later that
it was because her son is in motocross and they went to watch his race hahaha
but next week for sure!






On Friday
morning we taught one of the converts named Leonzio. He is an old guy with one
leg and he’s a little crazy hahahaha.  He
told us that he wants to marry a 28 year old because all the women his age are
boring hahaha , what?  But he’s been
married like 3 times already. Anyways, we taught him and left and when we got
home I realized I had taken his remote for his tv!!! hahahaha because when we
got there he was watching bible videos because it’s the Semana Santa here and I
had turned the volume down so we could talk and I forgot I had put it in my
bag... he said he had a war with his sister about where she put the remote.
opps(; also that day we went and ate with another one of our converts Cintia. She
put on this fund raiser thing and it was in another member’s house and the
member there just talked to us allll about his mission,  because he served in Bolivia where my comp was
from!! He’s a super awesome guy! Then later that day I had changes with Willis we
went to her area. It is like what you see in the Iquitos pics!! It’s all the
houses on stilts and plywood above water! It’s just as sketchy as it sounds.
haha and when the water gets super high they just throw another layer of
plywood over their floor. Its super crazy. 






Me and my comp
gave Willis a reference and I was able to contact them with Willis! It was a
family who lives in the swamps and the Dad is blind, but they loooove God. They
told us that one time he had fasted for 7 days... nuts. But I feel like they
are really going to progress because they are very accepting!






My comp has
been sick with a bad cold this whole week so that’s been kind of hard because
we haven’t been working very much or having the desire. But I did get to see women’s
conference!! All the Americans were able to watch it in English and I was so
happy. I absolutely loved it, it went by way too quick!! The whole message was
about service and how we have a divine opportunity to help others(:  






Anyways love
you much!! Hermana Jackson









Sorry no pictures again.  This time I didn't have my cord to connect my camera to the computer.