Los Informes: N° 10 - Junio

How's family life?

The same as when I last wrote this report. Gabriela is now on her cross-Canada trip and so my host family is a bit anxious because they haven't been able to contact her directly (only indirectly) because her phone is having some issues.

How's school?

Delicious.

I'll be going back to Humboldt in a week to collect the official "document" that records that I took about 3 months of Spanish classes allá, and I also plan on going out to collect my Portuguese class diploma from the UPT esta tarde. Also, my cooking class this module has had French class, donc j'ai pratique - quelque chose dont j'ai beaucoup de besoin.

Cooking class continues to excel :).

What's up with Rotary?

This month was both the departure of Gabriel, notre étudiant d'echange français, who left on the 12th, and then on the 17th we had a Father's day meeting - they gave the dads some nice flashlights with built in radio (which they'll probably end up using the next time there's an earthquake and power outage.

Problems?

Can't think of any except what I touched on last time. Time. It's almost gone. And it's sprinting. It seems like only a month ago I had already been in Peru for two months but that was really over 7 months or was it 8 months ago..... STOP THYSELF, O THOU CLOCK.

Praise God I'm making use of my time and living for eternity.

Anything else?

Yeah - I went and travelled to Puno and got to see lake Titicaca and Uros (and learn a few aymara words - like kamisaraki)

Los Informes: N° 9 - Mayo

How's your host family doing?


My host family continues to look forward to the return of Gabriela (their daughter) who shall be returning late July - along with her older sister, Denise. I'm looking forward to meeting Denise and saying hola again to Gabriela.

How is school?


School was good. I finished Portuguese on the 28th. I had been studying it at an anex of the UPT in the central plaza - basically a language institute, branching off of the main univesity. Se Joe estiver lendo isto, pode me dizer como vai o meu português? Espero que seja entendível. Além disso, I have also been continuing to study cooking at Esdit, although it is expensive. However it is very useful, and I look forward to using this God-given ability to serve my family when I return to Canada.

Any problems?


Yes, can you tell the clock to slow down? Man, the time goes by so fast. Se pasa volando.


What's up with the Rotary Club there?


Not much :)

Anything else?


Yeah; I went to Arequipa to say goodbye to the third exchange student to leave - Addey Meachum.

Los Informes: N° 8 - Abril

How is your daily life with your host family?

As it has progressed throughout the year. It's fine and there are no communication problems, thanks be to God. I love my host family. It's also clear at this point that there will be no change in host families (the Arequipa kids have changed around 3-4 times), while us Tacneños have yet to change even once. I'm quite fine with this; my host family is great, we live conveniently close to both my Cooking classes and Portuguese classes.

How is school?

My classes are going well; my cooking class is very helpful; I joke that when I leave Peru, I'll be bringing the best with me :) Also, my Portuguese classes are going well. I can communicate in it muito melhor do que French.

Problems?

At 5:00 AM this morning there was an earthquake of magnitude around 7. No one was killed and the damage was very, very minor (just some sections of wall in a few old houses), as well as some power problems and the like. 5 people in hospital). During the month of April itself I did come down with Gastroenteritis (the second time I've been sick) but that has been my only other malady I've had.

What's up with your Rotary Club?

It's fine. I went to the Rotary conference in April with the other exchangers in Arequipa. I've attached some photos of those events.

Other:

I will be departing Peru on August 1st, and arriving August 2nd.

 Mmm, qué rico.

 Ceviche de langostinas.

 The conference.