Hello! I am typing this when I should be going to get breakfast, but hopefully I can write quickly and do both this morning.
The training sessions fill most of the day - we eat, sing, listen, repeat, basically. I appreciate it though; I have grown in confidence about my purpose. Unlike James, my Spanish is still not good enough for carrying a conversation. I really wish I could speak to the people in their heart language, and not through a translator. But Patty, our fellow teammate who will also act as our translator, is great: she speaks English so well. She lives in Lima, Peru, when she is not going on missions with REAPSouth. She is very involved in her church in Bellavista, an area on the other side of Peru. I am very excited to work with her.
I have gotten to go near the beach. It is a very lovely area with parks and statues and big waves. Last night, I walked with a group that went to Parque Kennedy; a neat place with lots of cats. Jackie, one of the Peruvians working with REAPSouth, told us a myth about cats. When their irises are slits, it means to is going to sunny. When they are circles, it is going to rain. (Or possibly the other way around.)
I am reading through Acts. I find the apostles´ missions as examples of encouragement and hope - they trusted God in all that they did. Peter told the council in Jerusalem, "Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead...And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:10,12)
No comments:
Post a Comment