Ice Cream and Clean Clothes?....Que Buenooooo

Kelly and I overlooking a small river in Iquitos.....beautiful sky!

Fathers Day is a big deal here. After class on Friday, our friends from the institute told us we should go to the local school who were having a big shing dig for father´s day. Classes were cancelled and there was dancing, singing, and many presentations. Moments after showing up our friend Isai pulled us to the front and we found out we were to sing ¨Mighty To Save¨ by Hillsong in front of hundreds of people with just a guitar and our voices. The students were excited to hear a song in English and even wanted an encore. It was quite the experience and the surprise but what a blessing to sing about the Lord´s power to save in front of hundreds of students.

The four of us singing with Isai accompanying us on the guitar.

Here ya go Daniel! This is the street we live on and the one below is the front of our house!

It is such a joy to be coming to you all at a quicker internet connection than the one in Nauta. We are spending the weekend in Iquitos and Pastor Jorge´s house. He is in the jungle with a team so his awesome wie Elvira is alone for a few weeks and invited us to spend a weekend with her. It came at perfect timing because here in Iquitos they have laundromats, and so we were about to begin hanwashing all our clothes but realized we could bring them here. Friday after the kids program we left and arrived after a 2 hour bus ride to Iquitos where we had a late dinner and went straight to bed. It felt awesome to sleep on a mattress after 2 weeks on just a wood bed frame. It is interesting to come to Iquitos which is a land of comforts when compared with Nauta. I can get ice cream here, go to nice restaurants, and even see a movie, but would never trade my 2 months in Nauta. My heart is there, with the children who wait outside our door to see us and the youth and the institute who we are building incredible friendships with. God is teaching me a lot...how to be flexible, how to take risks, how to just sit and be quiet before Him. Kelly and I are having the time of our lives. Here are just a few moments that we have had that may bless you with a little laughter:

1. One night on the way back from church there was a very drunk man trying to talk to us in the street. Well after we went to bed we heard him outside our house talking to some of the children (who were just laughing at him bc they are very used to the town drunks) he then began to pass gas very loudly which caused kelly and I to erupt into laughter....I fell asleep moments later...well about three times during the night Kelly woke me up to tell me the drunk man was outside growling. To me it sounded like dogs, but i just reassured her it would be alright. The next day sure enough there were about 6 or 7 dogs outside or house making the same noises as the ¨supposed¨ drunk man...we couldnt help but laugh.

2. Today on the way back from eating large amounts of ice cream, our motor car driver who told us he knew where he was going really had no idea. So we spent about an extra 15 minutes riding around extremely bumpy streets looking for the pastor´s house. We finally arrived and were very hapy that our ice cream stayed in our stomach.

3. While we were teaching at the institute we were playing a game where we had to say a sentence in Spanish and see if they could translate it into English. Well I began with the sentence ¨Kelly....¨ and was thinking something along the lines of tiene una hermana (has one sister) but before i got it out one boy shouted out in a thick peruvian accent ïs my lover¨ I laughed for about 3 minutes straight before i could pull myself together.


I hope you enjoy those and the pics....thanks for the prayers and support....we love and miss you all mucho!