we´ll try not to burn the kitchen down!

This was our volleyball game in Graur. We had a lady from this village on our team, but we still lost. This is at the beginning of the Amazon river. Where the beach strip ends is where the Amazon begins!

We were adding the finishing touches to our pizza. This was before sarah tried to kill us all!

We were just beginning our meal! I would have been lost without Sarah jennings helping me out. The whole teaspoon, tablespoon can really get confusing!

So, we have entered our third week of being here in Nauta. It seems like sarah and I have been here for so long. We are so excited at the fact that we still have 8 weeks to live here. We had an awesome weekend in Iquitos, but after 3 days of not being with the kids and seeing our friends, we were ready to head back here to Nauta. As soon as we arrived, all the kids came running, grabbed all our bags and carried them to the house. Needless to say, they were excited to see us!

Well, a few interesting things have happened the last few days. Sarah and I have no cooking skills whatsoever. WE have told our friends that we can not cook. So one day, sarah and I decided that we watned to make a whole meal for our frieds and for the lady we are staying with, Chris! Also, Sarah had a conversation with a friend here who said he really wanted an American meal. So, we decided that we would make pizza, cheese bread, and cookies! On Tuesday night, we had a practice run of our meal. We wanted to see what it would taste like before we actually served it to others. Sarah ,the other Sarah, and I began our cooking adventure. Everything started out so well, the pizza looked delicious, the garlic cheese bread was amazing, and the cookie dough batter looked perfect. After we finish eating our delicius meal, we bake our cookies. Chris noticed that they smelt quite interesting, and realized that we had actually added a special ingredient to our cookies. Sarah Booth had picked up Amonia instead of baking soda. Apparently peruvians dont know what baking soda is. I was a little concerned because i was continuously eating the cookie dough batter. Instead of coming to peru and dying of malaria....i would die from amonia in my cookies!! We just need to keep sarah booth out of the kitchen!

Yesterday, we headed to a village called Graur with a church down here. It is where the Amazon river actually begins. It was so interesting to be in this village. There is absolutely nothing there. No internet, phones, or televisions. They just sit outside on there porches, and play soccer and volleyball. We actually played some of the jungle woman in volleyball, and they were SOOOO good! Needless to say, they beat us, and we lost money because we had bet on the game. They actually beat us 3 times. Apparently the thing to do down here is to bet on any sports games that are played. I thought that was really interesting.

Anyway, this village had one sidewalk, and one school building, thats it! I continuously asked sarah how people could live like that, with nothing. She just said that this is all the life they have ever known, so they don´t feel like they are missing out on anything. I am seeing and learning so much here. It´s a completely different way of life than I have ever seen.

Pray for us, tonight is the night we are making our meal for our friends. Sarah is out right now trying to actually find baking soda to put in our cookies. lets hope she finds the right thing this time!!

Life is amazing here. Sarah and I are enjoying every moment of this. Pray that we will continue to build awesome friendships, and that we will be able to share the love of Christ with our new friends! It´s difficult for me since I do not know Spanish, but sarah has Alread been able to really share the Word of God with some of our friends down here. This really is an awesome experience, and God is working!!

Adios!