Las Grutas de Garcia- Real de Palmas Week 11

We are writing on Wednesday because we took a zone activity to this cave that is closed on Mondays. Now to write, I have to start out by chastising you all for not telling me about the Tour de France. I would also like you to know that I bought a satchel thing. Because backpacks are really hot, and it is more socially acceptable here, and I bought one that doesn't look to much like a purse, so it should be okay. I will take a picture of that someday so you can see it. Apart from that, I don't really know what to say. But I just read that little email you sent me and yes, it is medical tape (on my head). It is like we made little butterfly stitches to keep my head together. Apart from my Harry Potterness, I guess I'm just excited for these changes  (transfers) that are coming in this martes or Tuesday, as I think it is called over there. This week with Elder Dieguez was great because I knew what it was like to have a companion that actually does stuff all the time, and we actually got along. We have actually done some productive things. But don't worry. I always try to do the best I can and this week I have been able to do that better because I have Elder Dieguez to help me, so I am happier. 

           I really am trying to do all the things I can and I am happy most of the time, so don't feel bad or anything. But anyway, I am really okay and I'm glad that you guys are all having a fun time, and you will probably go to McCall sometime soon, right? So I hope that you have fun up there, because I really love you guys, even when you don't tell me about the TdF. So sorry I complained, but thanks for listening, and I will talk to you again on Monday, which won't even be enough time to want to hear from me again so until then, bye and I love you all!!

        Here are my pictures. Sorry if the first few are too graphic, but I had the pictures, so I figured I would send them. They are from the first night I had my things. The other is a picture of our whole zone from last week I think.

These are of the mountains around the cave we went to today. The cave is called las grutas de garcia if you want to look it up. Also in the last picture Elder Dieguez, our new comp, is the one in front.

These are more pictures of the mountains surrounding the cave, but they are taken from up by the cave and not down in the valley like we were before.

These are inside the cave. There was a lot of really cool stuff and you can probably find better and more described pictures on line but everything was really cool.

These pictures are of a chapel in the caves, which is really cool except for the whole Virgin Mary thing that is really weird, but totally a thing here. I don't get it. After the chapel is hell. It doesn't actually glow red, but they put a light down there, and it looks pretty cool.

These are of a path that we took coming back down from the cave. Also of Elder Sheibler and I. I just realized you can't see the side of my head that I hit against the wall, so you will have to wait a little longer to see that thing.

These last few are more of the mountains and in one of them with the palm tree and the awning things you can see up where the cave is. The first little statue is a death saint or something that we saw in a museum, and I thought it was cool and weird, and then the sun is funny because it has a mustache, so I thought I would take a picture.

 Love, Elder Parkes