Journal 4

May 25, 2012

Yesterday was our last full day in Lima as a team!  (Today, we each split into our groups and headed separate ways.)

The morning was much like all the others, and everyone again enjoyed being spiritually filled!  Toni spoke with us today, and he’s quite hilarious. His lesson was more about the Bible and relating religion in the cultures.  He would throw out candy to answered questions, and sometimes even chips.  Which is why I have Plenty more snacks for the summer!

For lunch, we ate some delicious sandwiches at the hostel.  I promise the fruits and vegetables are magical here!  I love these wonderful friends I’ve been making.  We’ve gotten so close, so fast! 

We met with Emily and Matt, who had recently been up to Collpa when the Kentucky team (the church that has adopted the area in the CRV) came in the Spring.  Matt was actually a summer missionary to our area last summer through his church.  Jim, a missionary of IMB who would transport us to and from Collpa, held a q&a time for our team to learn some from Emily and Matt about the area and people.  We also learned a little bit about what they were doing in Peru, which was working at an orphanage in Lima independently.  Apparently the children extremely outnumbered the people working there and conditions were Not the greatest.  There are about 850 children to a staff of less than 10.  It’s insane.

After learning some more, we had chill time.  I took a nap. Happy times!  we had a lot of social time with each other, and pizza for dinner! More hang-out time, and I was able to mail out another email before bed. 

Thanks to the Lord for this Awesome opportunity!

 

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23:6 (NIV)