Semana 39 Jungle Men


Jungle men are a different breed of people. 

So this week while I was looking for more people to teach I met this guy named Raul. Before we taught him and his family we helped him move a full sized fridge into his house. So Raul lives in a wooden house on stilts and every step you take the whole house sways.  His house is awesome. His street is pure dirt so it's really uneven. Anyways all we did to help him was make sure the fridge didn't fall on him because he put the fridge one his back, walked down some super sketchy stairs, walked half a block on this dirt road, climbed up another set of sketchy stairs and then into his house. The first set of stairs were basically a 90 degree angle and the other set were 2 tree branches with 2x4's as steps. I love the jungle. The people here don't have fear. 

Another thing that happened this week was my companion and I baptized a joven de 9 años (a young man of 9 years).  His baptism was great.  His family was there supporting him in his decision to be baptised. 

esta semana fue muy bien en paraíso, espero que algunos de ustedes oyeron el audio que envié la última semana. (This week went very well in paradise.  I hope some of you heard the audio I sent last week)

Elder Porowski

Location: Iquitos, Peru

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