Helen's Andean Adventure

A week at a glance

Last week was pretty uneventful (well, compared to the others)...I finally worked another full week without travelling and enjoyed hanging out with Sara and the rest of the family.Even though my general rule is not to share bad things on this blog, I think that I will break that rule since it's the only news I've got. So 2 not-so-great things happened last week, but the Lord has definitely provided and took care of me.
1) My computer got a horrible virus and was completely unusable.After the initial freaking out, I was surprisingly doing well about it.Those who know me well are aware how much Im attached to my computer, so that was supposed to be pretty devastating for me, but the Lord gave me lots of peace and by His mercy, the computer got fixed with no data loss.
2) I can now consider myself a full Bolivian because I got salmonella...Apparently, it is a very common thing to get here and no one really worries about it.I'm taking antibiotics, but the thing that saddens me most is that I have to maintain a diet to get better, and it has been very hard because I really like the food here.
On Sunday, Sara and I continued our tour of La Paz by visiting several Catholic churches around town.Some of them are very old (like the Iglesia de San Francisco in the picture that dates back to 1548), but all of them are different inside.It was interesting to see how the Catholic beliefs are so intermixed with the indigenous religions. The picture below is of me at the main plaza in La Paz called Plaza Murillo, with the Governmental Palace and the main Cathedral in the background.

posted by HM @ 9:04 AM