Baptisim in Chaprai,

Two weeks ago we made another trip to Chapari (the jungle). On  the decent we stopped along the way to visit Inca Choco  a park which is now private, but they let us in.

A nice pond

Elder Guillen and Tanner

Elders trying to knock Lorna off the "Inca Bridge" Think it was built after the Incas

#@#$ forgot to rotate it



Emile is a member with her not quite two year old daughter in the hospital, with pneumonia   She also has a three month old at home, (nursing two at once) They were having a hard time making it in Cochabamba so moved to the jungle, and still haven't found full time work,  it was extremely hot in the hospital,  I felt sorry for both of them,but they were very glad to have company.

 

 

Anayi with her family and Jack's Land Cruiser
 

 

Following are cute kids of the jungle

Joel is from the far end of Chapari. He is a cute mischevious kid that reminds us of Slade at that age. His poor parents!

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School room

Karina is a school teacher that is a member, who teaches kindergarten.  Teachers are assigned rural places like this to start.  She was glad to see us and gets real lonely. There are four or five members that teach in the area, their living conditions are not the best. This sister came to our meeting he next day.

Lorna learning some weaving skills

boys painting mural at the school

The stake President a high Councilman and two stake relief society member came out for a conference and to see the progress we were making in the area.  Here we are at Jesus and Irma's house,  Irma is front and Center (imagine that!)



Sunday morning  off to church

We managed  to put a few of the sisters in the back seat

Lorna and Micael played video games the whole way

We had 55 people at our meeting not counting Susie (parrot)  the 7 dogs or 12 ducks.

 

Susie and Elder Guillen

Priesthood meeting for the Adults

Relief Society

 

 

First Baptismal Font of Chapari

The Baptism of Wara
 

Wara with Rosie her mother with the Elders

 

Elder Tanner Helping Wara into the river

 

 

This Cholita happened upon our baptism, they usually do not like pictures taken of them but since she was the intruder I snapped away

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pigs piled four deep on their way to Cochabama  to the market.  We passed five or six trucks like this