This morning I was running a keyboard to Elder Levos so that he could practice
the accompaniment for "Oh that I were an Angel."
I was running out the door and thank goodness Elder Cook and
Elder Guerrero jumped in to show me where the new
apartment was in Alto Moche.
As we were leaving the Elders apartment,
I started up a hill and found that it was very deep sand.
It was very deceptive because there were car tracks up the hill.
Ahhhhhh...
We were just getting in deeper and deeper.
I jumped out of the car... and put Elder Cook behind the wheel to
see if he could master the Sand pit.
It was getting worse.
We called Elder Levos and Elder Almazan
to come help us push...
No Luck...
We tried to put wedges...
We tried to dig out...
We tried to push it out....
They were all covered in sand... not once but many times....
If you look in the van door above you can see that I brought
some of Lucy's chocolate chip cookies.
Thank goodness we were not going to starve out in the sahara...
We all needed a shower...
More digging...
Then a cry for help to our friends and neighbors watching this mess....
Again with the pushing....
Finally we pulled the car jack out of the back....
They were able to jack it up just enough to get our wedges underneath the wheel...
This took a lot of men...
And a lot of time....
I was getting to know the neighborhood dogs and children...
Finally.... they were ready to push it out...
It actually started to move backward....
"Keep going" I yelled to Elder Cook....
Well, He was obedient ... He kept going and going....
We were thankful for Elder Levos and Elder Almazan and their
special wedges that helped us out...
Elder Guerrero helped out with the jack....
And Elder Cook stayed very clean as he was the designated driver.
I was so happy the Elders were with me on the drive and
that I threw in the camera at the last minute.
Always an adventure in Peru....
