It's been an eventful 2 days in Peru

I am going to be posting my journal from yesterday and then type a little bit about our adventure hike up the mountain after my journal. It is long because so much has happened and I haven't really had much time to post.

Journal from 6/2/2010

What an awesome day of the Lord. Like everyday I awoke and had my quiet time with the Lord. (here in Huancane I do it still under the covers because it is very cold! It was an awesome time of communion with him. Tim, one of the guys that is also a GA summer missionary play for us a song he wrote out of Psalm 46. So this morning when I did my devotional book the passage was Psalm 46. So far in Peru, God has continued to show me the importance of being still and knowing HE IS GOD. After an awesome quiet time, I ate breakfast with Andrea, Maggie, Tim and Mindy. Andrea made eggs for us all and if any of you know me well you know I am not big on eggs. Maybe it's because I ate them at camp in Middle School and never once wanted them again. But I decided since Andrea had made them I should definitely give them a try. I also told myself that since I was in Peru I was going to eat to bring Glory to God. haha. That means even if I don't like it I am going to suck it up and eat. (Don't worry Mom I am not going to eat anything that is going to make me really sick) Anyways, I ate the eggs and actually really liked them! Hooray Kayla likes scrabbled eggs.

After breakfast we had our "simple church" time with 6 GA summer missionaries and Jeremy a student from Iowa who is studying at a bible school in Lima. Jeremy played several worship songs some in Spanish and some in English. We then did a Bible Storying lead by Sonia (IMB missionary). She acted it out the story from Acts 16:16-40. She acts the story out for us and then we try and repeat it back. She then acts it out again and then we try to repeat. We do this about 4 or 5 times until we all know it well and then 1 person other than Sonia tells it by them self. Maggie did it today and did an awesome job. After this we then answer questions such as what did you like about the story? What does this story tells us about God? This is a sweet time to see what God shows everyone and speaks to them through his word. This storying technique is one that we all are going to be trying to do among the Amarya people this summer.

After story telling we went on a trip to Julica. John and Sonia and their 2 boys drove their truck. We students took a van taxi to Julica. We paid 2.50 sols very cheep about 60 cents for an hour ride to Juilica. It sure was an experience since the van was packed with locals as well. We kept each other company through and also enjoyed the beautiful Mountain scenes as we drove so it went by quickly. Once in Juilica, we had to get 2 setter bike taxis to take us to the Plaza to meet John and Sonia. These also cost 2.50 sols. It was very fun to ride on the bicycle setter with Maggie.

Once at the plaza we went to exchange money, to the pharmacy, and grocery shopping. Maggie, Andrea and me got a cart full of food to cook many of the recipes will be completely from scratch with fresh vegetables! Very excited! We didn't the veggies there because you can buy them fresh here at our home in Huancane. After shopping we ate at a very nice resteraunt where I once again got out of my comfort zone and ate a potatoe covered in yellow sauce, soup, and some sorta roast and rice. IT was such a filling meal and was only 9 sols like 3 dollars!

After lunch we had to go back and get on bike taxis to get to the bus station. Tim, Maggie, and me got in an inclosed one this time and rode to the bust stop we were the first ones. We waited several minutes and got to talk to some really cute elementary school boys. They were so sweet and fun we taught them some English and practiced our Spanish.

We finally met up with our team members a few minutes later and rode the van back to Huancane.

Back in Huancane we had an awesome dinner Hamburgers, potato salad, chips, beans cooked by John and Sonia. A treat here in Huancane. After dinner we got to go to New Hope Baptist Church here in Huancane it was awesome. We sang songs in spanish and then they asked us to sing in English. There were about 5 or 6 families there with their beautiful kids. We met in a room about the size of a normal bed room in the states. After praising we had storying with Pastor Ruban storied Acts 13. HE did it in Spanish so it was a little harder (a lot) harder to follow for me. But awesome to see the church so into it. The story the church in Antioch lays hands and prays for Saual and Barnabus so after storying they prayed over us as we kneeled in the middle and they layed hands and prayed. It was powerful. After praying we sang more songs in Spanish and it was so beautiful! We then hung out a little while and the kids went crazy when we began taking pictures. These kids are so full of life and joy! Maggie, Andrea, and I are going to work on a training session with the members on how to do a "children's church" so we are pumped about that because the kids are awesome. We also are training because we want them to be able to do it after we leave. Well anyways church was amazing and this was fantastic!

God is moving and working. I am off to sleep now it is 10pm and we are getting up at 4am to hike the Mountain and see the sun rise!

I will post the story about the hike maybe tomorrow or sometime soon but have to go now! Love y'all so much and thanks for the prayers!