Miraflores- The Apartment

So, the assistents came to pick us up and take us to our new apartment. I wasn't quite sure what to expect because it took them so long to find one. I was pretty speechless when we walked into our apartment. All it was, was a bedroom, a closet, and a bathroom! And the bedroom could only fit a bunkbed and a chair!! Where was I?? So we began unpacking our things and then decided to go out and check out our area. All we had was a map and the phone numbers of only a couple of church members. So we went out and met some of the church members so we could get to know them and ask them for help. I was still pretty lost through those first couple of weeks but I was pretty content to just walk around and learn.

                                                 Hermana Camacho in our tiny apartment

                                                   The Assistants were always helping us!

My area, Miraflores, was a difficult area. There were two parts to my area... San Isidro and Surquillo. San Isidro was mostly tall apartment buildings and skyscrapers. Surquillo was more of a town with people always in the streets. We spent most of our time there. Hermana Camacho and I had a pretty good time finding people to teach and help.
I remember this one time we were out tracking. As we were walking down the sidewalk we hear "Senoritas! Senoritas!" We stopped and turned around and saw a man running towards us. When he got to us he started talking very quickly in spanish... and I didn't understand anything. He then started to point at my feet. So I had a thought. I thought that maybe this man was a shoemaker and wanted to trace my foot to make more shoes. Ridiculous right?! Haha... so I took off my shoe and when I did this man dropped to his knees and started to sniff my feet!!! I was freaking out!! I pulled my foot away really fast. The man got up, said he was sorry and ran away. It was hilarious and super weird!! Stuff like that was always happening around Peru. you never knew what was going to happen. Never a dull moment and I loved it!