Day 71 – Erik is definitely sick.

I think it’s a really bad cold that’s moving down into his chest and making him tired. So we decided not to go with the group to preach in Piunza & Guadalupe (it would have been a long day and a lot of walking). Not to mention, the sun was out early today so by 9am it was scorching hot. But I made Quinoa for everyone before they left (not Zully’s favorite)

Walking to Cumbaratza - beautiful, blue skies!

I had lined up some studies for the morning. So we walked into Cumbaratza and back home, which was more than enough for Erik for today. He was wiped when we got home. But we did have a really good study with Silvia, America’s daughter. She was waiting for us with her books out and studied. Erik asked about the picture on the wall and she mentioned that it was her son that had died 3 years ago, he was 2.5 years old. He had gotten into some pesticide for the potatoes and was poisoned. At the time they lived in a pretty remote area (about 2.5 hours from a hospital) so he died in her arms and there was nothing she could do. How sad. She has another little boy now that’s a little over a year. He’s kind of a terror but fell asleep so we could study.

Little park in the middle of Cumbaratza. All the towns have them

We got home around noon and after lunch Erik was quickly fast asleep. It would have been a perfect pool day finally, but there was no way he had the energy for that so I settled for some reading and a beer in the back yard (and of course laundry!). We actually had clean, dry towels in just over an hour – you may not realize how exciting that is.

Shawn and Ryan got home around 4, because Ryan had to go fix a busted tire he got the day before. The roads here are pretty rough on cars, especially tires. The girls got home around 7 after their studies. They were pretty tired-that’s a long day.

I had made pasta with fresh tomatoes, garlic and olive oil. It’s ok as long as we ALL eat it. I was hoping the garlic would knock that cold out of Erik’s system.