Another Story and Pre-Incan Ruins - by Emily

I´m back again! It is only Heather, Jeremy S, and me in Conima now. The others left in John´s truck to go back to Huancane. We stayed because we had scheduled a storying session tonight with Armando, the man we are teaching English to. We will catch the 9:00am bus back to Huancane in the morning.

Last night, John came in to stay with us. We hung out for a while, did some planning for the team coming in in just over a week, and then went for an excellent dinner at the restaurant of trout, rice, tomatoes, soup, and cinnamon tea. After that, three of us stayed to hear John tell the family that owns the restaurant the story of Cain and Able. It went really well--the couple was very interested in discussing the story and hearing the next one. Unfortunately, the husband Luis will be out of town looking for work off and on over the next few weeks, so it will be a challenge to find time to story more with them. Keep this situation in your prayers.

After that, we went back to the house to join the others to watch Fireproof. John brought his portable DVD player to hook up to our TV. It was quite a treat--we really miss movies! Hopefully, during our retreat this weekend we will get to watch a couple more. Anyway, last night turned into our latest night yet! We didn´t get to bed until almost midnight! It´s funny how that seems so late now, but at home it seems just right or even early!

Today John drove us out to see some Pre-Incan ruins at the top of a mountain. It was very cool, but the drive up was scary. The dirt roads are very thin and right on the edge of the mountain, but thankfully, John has a good four-wheel drive truck! The ruins were awesome, and the view was incredible! We saw some old shelters and graves with skeletons and pottery in them. When we hiked back down to the car, there were two Aymaran women mad at us because they said that because we went up there, there will be no rain and they are going to die. I don´t really understand it, but it had something to do with making their ancestors mad. I´m sure glad that we don´t worship a god or some ancestors like that!

I hope all is well at home. Send me a Facebook message or email if you are up to it! It is great to hear from home.