Sometimes the metor doesn't work

I have a crazy story for y'all this week. I'm not sure why, but there have been metro strikes for most of the time that I have been here. It causes some problems because on some days the metros stop early or don't come every few minutes. On Monday, we were coming home from a noche de hogar (family home evening) at the Mission Home, and we were just switching metro lines, just normal stuff. We got to the next platform, and there were tons of people there. We thought it was a little weird that there were so many people, but didn't think much of it, until we looked at the time clock. The next metro wasn't coming for over 40 minutes! Normally they come every 2-5 minutes. We were shocked. And then we remembered hearing about the metro strikes. We had been affected by them before, but not this badly. So when the metro finally came, it was already crammed with people. So, like a bunch of sardines, we just crammed ourselves in there with everyone else. My companion and I held hands the whole time just so we wouldn't lose each other. It was intense! Also, the smell was absolutely awful. Apparently there isn't a Spanish word for B.O. But anyways, we made it to our stop and squeezed our way out. Trying to get off was actually harder than getting on. Cause everyone else is trying to get on while you're trying to get off. It's like a whirpool or vortex that just sucks you in. I pictured some dramatic movie moment where someone is hanging over a cliff, and there friend is holding onto their hand, but their fingers slip and they fall to their death. Like in the movie Prince of Persia. Anyone seen that movie? I like that show. Anyway, it was like that trying to get off the metro, except I didn't die. After that, since it was past curfew, we had to run home. Normally it takes us about 10-15 minutes to walk home from the metro, so it's a bit of a distance, but not too bad. After that we finally made it back to our piso at around 10:50ish in the night. We were exhausted. So we did numbers real quick and decided to hang out with the other hermanas on the roof of our building. We brought snacks and Hermana Spencer played her accordian. Then we went to bed. It was an exciting day, that's for sure.

Well, not much else to tell about this week. A lot of our investigators came to church yesterday, so that was super exciting! But it really was more of a slow week. But I love you all! The life is hard, but we can all do it! Have faith!

-Hermana Clark

Ps- We ate a member's house this week, and she fed us beef stomach and intestines. But it was actually pretty good! It was some traditional dish from Ecuador. Shout out to all my friends who served in Ecuador!