Vamos a Moquegua

Will and I are going to have a little less access to internet starting tomorrow since we are going to start our next mission in Moquegua. It´s just a short 1 week mission, and I´ll probably do something similar to what I did last time (work in the Pharmacy) so as not to be too stressful. Will might actually try doing some translating, which will be good for him. But we´re a little excited because the weather is not so fun here - it´s similar to Seattle´s spring really - 60s or so and rainy, rainy and when it´s not rainy it´s cloudy. It´s beautiful in the mornings though when it´s not raining. Moquegua is the coast area where it´s more like 75-80 degrees, so it´ll be nice change.

Other than that, nothing new has been happening. I´ve been helping out a little in the MMI Office, but since my computer doesn´t work, I´ve really just been helping Will select photos or help Helen my host sister with e-mails in English.

My host cousin who lives with me, just got in to med school, which is amazing since she is 15. She started school early when she was little, and therefore she graduated early (normally students graduate at 17 here). She was the top of her class and she studied like crazy and did really well. After 6 years she will be a doctor, it´s kind of weird, different than how the U.S. does it, with the 4 years of UnderGrad and then Med School. She´ll be a young doctor, a baby doctor. Anyways, she just got in today, and everybody was excited for her. Tomorrow is Carnival, and they celebrate it by throwing water and paint on people, Will and I are not very excited about that. We´re hoping we get out of here and to Moquegua before people begin. However, we did try to dump water on my host cousin to celebrate her entrance into Med School, for fun :) Because it´s funny when it happens to other people...but when we´re carrying all our things we don´t really want them to get soaked (like our cameras!)

Anyways, I´m going to go pack some more things and go to bed.