Day 107 - Sick day for Erik-could it have been the ice…

Lluvia and Miguel in the ministry

…or a gall bladder flare-up?  Anyways, he was up all night back and forth to the bathroom-which meant I didn’t sleep very well either. Miguel was a little worried Erik would try to go in service so he reminded him there are no bathrooms to stop at and the people won’t let you in to use theirs. I think Erik was going to take the morning off anyways, but that sealed the deal. Dolores made him a concoction of fresh mint tea with some powder and we left for service (Miguel, Dolores, Lluvia & I). We didn’t find many people home-Dolores told me it’s because the kids have vacation from school and many families have gone away for a long weekend. At 11, I did some RV’s with Lluvia and then her study with Vanessa.

Vanessa

Gamaliel with his chihuahua

We got home around 12:30, Erik was looking like he had gone to the bathroom 7 times, because he had. I’m not sure he’s all that upset about the diarrhea because he’s down to 195 lbs-lightest since our wedding day. He stayed in bed all afternoon; I took a 2 hour nap. Then, at about 3:00pm we left for a town called Quiroga, which has tons of stores that sell locally made, artisanal stuff:  Pottery, woodwork, sombreros, musical instruments etc, etc, etc. Erik felt terrible but he knew he may never get back, so we dragged him along.

At a pottery store in the first town-someone's not in the mood to shop

We were 11 people stuffed in Miguel’s minivan. We ate savory churros covered in hot sauce, chicken shaped suckers with chile (we bought a couple of bags to share with y’all), and mango candy rolled in chile. It was fun. There were tons of things that we would have loved to bring home but no room in the luggage. The pottery was so cheap! Oh well, if we ever move here we can go back.

Lluvia actually looks good in the big hat

A sister we met, she was selling pottery in Quiroga

We got back to the house around 8:30 and Erik went straight to bed. He has the talk in Cory and Emily’s congregation tomorrow (Norte ingles). I stayed up with the family and ate. It was a great day! See ya’ tomorrow.