La Mostaza Verde de Fe

I just keep getting worse about writing in here. Oh well. At least I'm writing. So, to begin, last Wednesday I went out to La Joya and Palo Blanco with Eric, Justin, and Jacob. It was so funny to be in Pedro's car with them. They were making up songs and raps about Pedro and anything else they could think of. Pedro was pretty amused. They would also do things like ask if we were there yet every 2 seconds. When we got to La Joya we checked out the square foot garden we had made. Pretty much everything had already started growing. We planted another one and then went around to other houses to look at the boxes they had made. I love the people out there. There are 36 families that live there. The women are so organized. Marta is such a natural leader and go-getter. I really admire her a lot. When we finished looking at the gardens we watched a DVD on the computer on how to make adobe stoves. There is such a need for it out there because they are cooking inside over fire. The smoke gets in their eyes and also gives them respiratory problems. Especially the kids. One of the men watched the movie and pretty much grasped the whole concept. We left them with plans to come back to build the bases of the stoves. We went to Palo Blanco next to teach English there. I love how much respect and attention the kids give us there. We taught them body parts and sang the chicken song and head, shoulders, knees, and toes, and then played Simon says. I think they really enjoyed it. They bought us drinks and wafer cookies. I guess we hadn't set an exact time to come so they had been waiting all day for us. Oh, a funny thing, as we were driving through Chimalt to go to San Martin we ran into Elder Ford again. They were coming in for a zone meeting. We took a picture. Anyway, later on that day Pedro decided to take us home through San Jose. 

But it had rained really hard and there was a mudslide so we couldn't get through. So we turned around and took another road. We were totally 4-wheeling. It was awesome and Pedro's little amigo did awesome. The boys named it "La Mostaza Verde de Fe." It was a pretty adventurous ride home. We ended the night with English class. The Elders came so they could meet this couple in my class that I think might be ready to hear the gospel. They are starting by teaching them English because the dad's work schedule is changing so he can't come to class anymore. They are such a cute little family. I really want them to start getting the lessons. On Thursday we went to Patacia to do nutrition with the primary kids