Journal 2

May 23, 2012

It has been Amazing to see how God is building us up, getting us ready for the summer!

Yesterday, breakfast contained jam-filled croissants and multiple kinds of fruit. Now this, I can learn to get used to! Delicious. We started lessons around 8:30 to begin educating ourselves in acting in the mission field and what to expect as we go. Donnie was first up to teach us how the Quechua people love to hear the Bible in Storying form. I loved learning this method. We said it, drew it, and acted it. With the method, these choices can be repeated multiple times and is very effective! Ask me a while from now, and I will still be able to speak about the demon-possessed man! (And this will be one of the beautiful examples of how God uses stuff in our lives to share His Glory down the road: with sweet Kandy a couple of weeks into the CRV).

Then, after some more training, we had a lunch of sandwiches and Peruvian snacks. Don’t know why, but Peruvian carrots are extremely delicious ! We had another session about being ready to accept their culture as is and not try to fix what works for them, but we think is broken. It’s about learning to embrace what they know as life!

We finished at about 3 (it felt like 5 because we were all so tired!). Then we walked to a grocery store (Wongs) and the beach after that! It was Beautiful! It was my first time to really see the Pacific Ocean. Wonderful big waves!

Photo via Morgan Payne

Then, we walked to our first Peruvian restaurant, and I enjoyed grilled chicken and fries and… cow heart! Ew. It was alright. Too mushy for my taste. Mindy only answered “beef” when we asked the name of the food. The smile on her beautiful face while replying gave away her dishonesty though. I decided to try anyways and she told us today what it Really was. We came back to the hostel for the night and enjoyed doing nothing but playing a couple of games, then sleep!

My teammates (even the ones we only get to see like 10 days the entire summer) are great! I’m going to love getting to know everyone better. All for now!

But I won’t make a move until You move in me.

Move in me (Paul)                                                             Jeremy Camp                                                                   Music Inspired by the Story