Penultimate Semana

As our title suggests, nearing the end of our experience here, we are getting really good at mixing languages. Some words are just better expressed in Spanish while others are better in English. It's nice having another bi-lingual friend to share so many wonderful experiences with.

Good News! This week we issued our first official loan during our stay. Santos, a long time loan client whom we trust very much, requested about a month ago a medium sized loan to prepare for the Peruvian Independence holiday. The holidays took place this past weekend on July 28th and 29th. Santos owns a mini-market in a town outside of Trujillo called Alto Moche. She has a great location right off the Plaza in the center. She requested her loan to increase her inventory expecting to have high sales during the weekend. As we have not yet been in contact with her since the holiday, we do not know how well it has gone for her, but we expect to find out sometime this week. Santos has been great to work with. She constantly is thinking of ideas on how to expand and grow.

As for us, we spent our weekend participating in LDS Young Single Adult activities. Starting on Friday, regional YSA activities have taken place in various locations and we were able to spend time with the great young adults of this area. Monday the 29th we traveled with hundreds of young adults to a recreational park and participated in various activities throughout the day including soccer, group games, a dance, and other competitions. We had a great time!

Most of the group after the activities!