The end of week one...

Clementinas preschool class. She shared with me that this soup is the only meal a day some of them get. The red faces are from the volleyball...here are a few of the kids around the campamento

The boys are all a part of the missionary training center.

Our new brother in Christ Ernesto...he calls those his Superman glasses..they are SUPER big that is for sure...

Sarah here. To begin, I must thank you all for your prayers..especially those of you who have been praying for Ernesto. I am delighted to share that he is now a brother in Christ. After another visit in which we gave Him a Bible and spent almost an hour just talking about different verses he suddenly told us "Hay que orar" or in other words, we HAVE to pray. For me it was such a wonderful experience because where I lacked in Spanish skills or the exact words to say, the Spirit moved...His grace really is sufficient for us.

Bugs aside, Kel and I are loving our house. There is always a lovely sunrise in the morning and unbelievable stars at night. I have been able to meet many of the neighborhood kids as well, so now there are usually at least one or two hanging around the house when we are coming and going. You know, some of you might think that leaving America would leave us missing some of the things we are used to, like American music for example, but that is not the case. For some reason, Peruvians, especially our neighbors..usually around 4:30 am...love playing all types of American music to keep us motivated...from "the Eye of the Tiger" to Celine and Elton John..we are often reminded of the decades past haha. Also, because Kelly and I live far away from the campamento where we spend our mornings we have to take motocars to and from our house. Because we live on such a high hill, it is always fun to guess if our driver will make it all the way. Usually only about 1 in 4 do so its fun to guess which ones will make it haha.

All jokes aside, today was an absolutely fantastic day. We spent the morning helping a friend Jovita with her Sunday School at the house of the Pastor where we lived last year. We talked about fathers and their importance in the family and always stressed the importance of obeying your fathers or whoever represents the father in your life. Afterwards we went right to the campamento where they were also having a large fathers day celebration. All the fathers of Clementinas preschool class were they and after eating some delicious soup we played volleyball for about 2 hours. Around 3 we immediately left to go back to our side of town where we had already promised some other ladies we would play volleyball. So after about 4 hours of volleyball and a lot of sun later it was so nice to be back in our house to rest a little bit. We ended the night by visiting one of the local churches named La Roca. We sat in the back hoping to evade too much attention, but the Pastor came over and spoke with us and invited us to come up and share a word. I definitely had nothing prepared but just shared a bit about what I had been learning recently about the power of prayer. The best part was after 4 hours of volleyball Kelly and I made the wise decision to not shower..and shortly after speaking the Pastor shared their churches tradition of forming a hug line to welcome visitors. I just prayed so much for them as 30 plus came in a line to hug us...we definitely were not smelling so good.

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Although it has been nice to get into a routine, this routine will quickly change as an American team of high schoolers is arriving Tuesday. We will be working as translators for them for the next three weeks. The idea is to work with various churches in the area and lead both kids camps, some door to door ministry, and vacation Bible schools in order to show both those in the missionary training center and various church leaders different means to do such ministry. The first 2 weeks we will be here in Nauta and the third week we will go into the jungle. We are so excited to meet this team and look forward to working with them.

Life is SO good here. After a week here, I think we have adjusted quite well. We have eaten many fish, fruits, and other Peruvian food that is given to us. Kellys legs are a sight to see..lets just say the mosquitos reallllllly like her blood. Everyday here is an adventure. Please continue to pray for us.

Paz

Sarah Booth