Hello everyone!
Not a whole lot has happened since I last wrote, but I just wanted to fill you in!
On Friday, Jeremy L. joined our team, and he will be with us until Tuesday morning. When he came, he brought us avocados and cheese, and we were very thankful! Most of the day Friday, we all worked on memorizing our stories. Friday night, we told each other our stories. It seems like they are coming along really well! As for me, I just need to go back and review small things and add hand motions to the story to make it more interesting. I´m hoping to tell a story to someone on Tuesday. Prayer please because I am really nervous! I am more comforted now though because Friday morning a few people on the team shared some scriptures that are really relevant- Exodus 4 11-12 and Jeremiah 1 4-10. These passages show that God can use anyone to speak His Word and share His light with others. I believe that He is going to use our team in amazing ways.
Yesterday was a wonderful day of rest. We started off with worship, and then we all sort of did our own thing for the rest of the day. Sara and I prepared a snack-lunch for everyone, and then I spent the rest of the day reading the book Let the Nations Be Glad, calling my parents, and playing futbol with some of the kids. Some of the others went out to get firewood from the mountain, and then they went for a hike in the afternoon. I´m hoping to do more hiking soon, but right now, I´m not sure that my lungs can handle it because of the thin air.
Last night was so much fun! We had an excellent dinner of chicken tacos with tons of rice and lots of choices of vegetables. Then Jeremy made us some hot apple cider, and we gathered around the fireplace on the fourth floor to have our first fire. Everyone else ate some no-bake cookies, but I enjoyed my Nutter Butters with my cider. We sang several worship songs, but then we started to get a little silly and sing Christmas songs because it definitely felt like Christmas-cold weather, pajamas, hot apple cider, etc. Anyway, we had a lot of fun together as a team.
This morning Kelsey, Sara, and Jeremy L went to the clinic to do some volunteer work. I´m excited to hear about what they do there. The rest of us cleaned the house, and now I´m here. For the rest of the day, I need to work on my story, and prepare dinner. Since I got sick the last time I was supposed to make chicken and dumplings with Kelsey, we are making that tonight.
I am having an amazing experience here in Conima, Peru. The people are hard to talk to sometimes for various reasons (the language barrier, or sometimes they are too drunk to talk), but I can definitely see that God is working out all of the details for us to do the work for His Kingdom this summer. He is definitely drawing me closer to Him and His Word this summer. I am seeing lots of different thoughts and issues from different angles.
We are praying hard for the youth team that is coming in two weeks! It looks like we might put together a backyard Bible club program for them or something. I think that this is a great way for us to get access to more families to tell them more stories from the Bible.
Sorry this is so long. It is nice to finally have the chance to write out a lot of my thoughts. I hope that all is well in the U.S.! Have a wonderful Sunday!
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