Awkward Runs and Difficult Bathing Times

The first 2 pics are from the church service. The last pic from left to right is Elvira(Pastor Jorge´s wife), Sarah B, Chris, Kelly b, and then the other Sarah.

We are here! And by the title I´m sure you may be wondering what we have experienced so far. Our housemates Sarah and the missionary Chris are awesome. We are all getting along so well. Yesterday we arrived in Iquitos and ate lunch at Pastor Jorge´s house (the head of many of the Amazon churches I visited last year in the jungle). We also went shopping and got some money exchanged. It felt so exciting to be back in the same city as last year. After a 2 hour ride back to Nauta, we quickly unpacked and washed up. Al the bathing here happens with buckets. This makes showering a little awkward, but hey it´s always a fun experience. We then went to visit Crystal (another American missionary), who was about a 7 minute ride away and is with a team of about 20 college students preparing to go into the jungle for 2 months. We then went to church and had a blast meeting all of the children. They are so precious and hopefully our pictures will load correctly so you can see the kids. About the awkward run, Kel, Sarah, and I decided to go for a 7 am run around Nauta. Here in Peru, people don´t run for fun. So we enjoyed the staring people, laughing children, and awkward glances we got. I LOVE IT HERE and am so excited to get plugged into all God has planned for us. Kelly and I get to experience our first bible school today, usually about 30 to 40 kids come to our house. I am going to read and teach on Jesus when he was 12 and his parents left Jerusalem thinking his was with them when actually he was in the temple, his father´s house. This will be a great lesson for the kids to understand how important it is to communicate with the Lord through reading the Bible and prayer. Well that´s all from us for right now. Continue to pray that we will be obedient to whatever God has for us.

Much Love from Peru