dos semanas mas

All the kids made pictures of Joseph and his coat of many colors! This is at the Quebrada....playa del amor!! We had a mud fight!

This was the jump where i hurt myself.....it hurt REALLY bad!! Somebody´s STUPID idea!

Sarah and I with our two favorite kids....Lains and Junior!

okay! sorry I have not posted in quite some time. We just get busy around here, and I don´t even think about updating!

Life has been CRAZY around here. Today, Sarah Jennings and Chris leave for good. Chris will be heading to Congreso in the jungle for a week and a half, and sarah is leaving to go back to the United States. Yesterday was the beginning of Many tears!!!! Our neighbour, Lita comes over every morning with her little daughter. Lita is 16 years old. Her and Chris have formed quite the relationship. She helps Chris with her clothes, cooking, and taking her to the market, while Chris gives her clean water, food and money! Although there is a language barrier, Chris has reached out to this young girl, and has blown her away with Christ´s love. Now watching them say goodbye is even difficult for me. On a better note, Crystal has returned here to Nauta after being in the jungle for two months. I enjoy having her here. She knows more scripture than I have ever seen, and everything reminds her of a Bible verse.

This weekend, Sarah and I are helping put together a program for about 100 kids. This a LARGE group, but we are so excited to help out. We put together a lesson for the kids. This is independence week, so the theme is going to be about freedom. We will be sharing Luke 9, when Jesus healed the demon possessed man, and set him free. Jesus then told this man to go share about what Christ had done for him. There are so many things that bind us in this life. It could be money, religion, alcahol, or drugs. The only things that can ever set us free from these things is the cross of Jesus. He is the only one that can break the chains that bind us. Hopefully everything will go well on Saturday.

Recently, I injured my foot. One night, a group of us were outside on our front porch, and we were taking a bunch of photos. Well, somebody decided it would be a wonderful idea to jump off the front porch, while somebody is taking a picture of us. As we were landing, my foot landed on something, and the front part of my foot got pushed up. I was limping for the rest of the night. When i woke up in the morning, I could not even walk on my foot. Needless to say, all the kids loved making fun of me. They would imitate me by hopping on one leg, and they would call me the crippled girl.

Continue praying for us these last two weeks. We still have many friends who have not yet accepted Christ. They are so interested, but none have actually taken the next step. We have one friend who is constantly struggling with the decision to accept Christ. We constantly tell him that you can not have the world and God. A choice has to be made. We pray he makes the RIGHT choice SOOOON!!

So, our time here is winding down. I don´t know how I am ever going to say bye to the children here and the new friends we have made. Yesterday was difficult for me, just watching others say goodbye, and i know soon it will be me and Sarah´s turn! We talk about how we are excited to go home and see our family and friends! But then we like to make jokes about losing our passports also!! We talk about the things we will miss, and the things we definitely WILL NOT miss. I will not miss hearing the roosters at 1 :00 A M, or hearing hello my beautiful love. I think those are the only english words peruvian men know! But all the good outweighs the bad. I will miss hearing the children say the verses outside on our porch. There is this boy junior, who is one of our favorites! And at night now, He likes for us to come sit with him on the porch. He will just lay in my lap, and I run my fingers through his hair until he is tired and wants to go to bed! Life has been good here. Please keep praying for us!!

Kelly