Tomorrow I will be turning the big 2-1. It will be an awesome way to end one of the most amazing summers I have ever had. Crystal, Kelly, and I woke up early today and took about an hour and a half bus trip to go to a zoo/nature park near Iquitos. We sat on this pier and talked and prayed for about 4 hours. It was a wonderful and much needed time to reflect on all that happened this summer and prepare for transitioning back the United States. After we went and caught a nice chinese dinner in Iquitos and are taking a break here at the internet before we catch a bus back to Nauta. Tomorrow will be a day of many goodbyes. We have to say goodbye to many children, neighbors, pastors, and good good friends. I know many, many tears will come, but the ability to cry when saying goodbye shows that we made friendships and relationships that really matter and are worth the tears and tough goodbyes.
Kelly and I have some major packing to do, as our parents and families know, we are not the neatest of people. We are not looking forward to the packing but we are looking forwad to seeing our families, friends, and being able to share with others about the awesome ways God moved this summer. The other day Kelly and I made a list of all the things we would and would not miss and wanted to share it with you all:
The things we <3 ed:
-The relaxing early mornings with hot tea and hours just sitting in hammocks spending time with Jesus.
-The surprise visitors who just show up at the house unexpected throughout the day.
-The random heavy rain and the beautiful rainbows afterwards.
-The plaza where we spent many a time hanging out.
-The local polleria and their incredible french fries and chicken.
-Speaking/being around people speaking Spanish all the time.
-Bathing outdoors underneath the stars. (We have this abandoned house sort of thing where we bucket bath that has no roof)
-Praising Jesus in Spanish with our church family.
-The weekly kids program at our house.
-Running on Peruvian time (Being late is expected. When a service starts at 7:30...its normal to show up at 8...at the beginning of the summer this was annoying..now we are accustomed to it)
-The street volleyball. We could always find somewhere to play because there are nets set up on almost every street and everyone is always willing to let you play.
- Nuevo Progreso (The location we started our new kids program on Sundays)
-The hot days and cool nights
-Being able to go outside at anytime and just sit/talk/play with the neighborhood kids.
-The internet hang-out spot. Whoever knew that going to use the internet could be such a social thing.
-The beautiful stars at night.
-The small town vibe and the ability to just hop in a motocarro to go anywhere. Driving my own car after two months will be a weird feeling.
-Hearing all the children call us ¨hermana Sarah and hermana Kelly¨
-Bottled Cokes that we could get for 1 sol...which is about 30 cents in American money.
-Being barefoot 95% of time.
- Spilling water and other things on the floor of our house and not having to clean it up (Concrete just isnt quite as high maintenance as hardwood or tile flooring haha)
-The people here, they are truly beautiful.
A few things we will not miss:
-The morning, afternoon, and nightly roosters.
-The kissing noises and whistling we hear walking down the street solely because we are ¨gringos¨ I have never heard the phrase ¨I love you baby¨so much in one summer haha
- The slow slow slow internet, high speed here we cooooome.
-The stray dogs...everywhere
Thats about it. We love Nauta, so there only so many things we will not miss.
We look forward to seeing you soon, thank you for your prayers and support, we couldn´t have done anything without your prayers and God´s power.
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