Traditional Arequipa hat and a fuzzy Alpaca hat... I want it!
Waiting for the sheep to cross the road.. normal
Monkeys in the fruit market.. also normal
We went to a mission dental clinic to support some missionaries from Ohio and Virginia.. I don´t know why but they trusted me with a tooth polishing machine and let me, Tere and Lindz clean Peruvian´s teeth. It was fun and now I practically have my dental license.
This is how almost all the women here carry their babies.. in a bright colored woven blanket tied to their back. Apparently it doesn´t hurt at all and is way easier. I would only be afraid that I would accidentally hit my kid´s head on the doorways and walls when I turned around.
Tere cleaning teeth
Beautiful Arequipa
This is a really bad picture of some of us at and English school we went to.. we talked to them for an hour, got to know them, asked them basic questions in English, and at the end prayed with a few of them to accept Christ. All in all it was a good day!!
The beginning of the end....
We only have 10 days left! I am running out of shampoo, sunscreen, bug spray and I probably have like three articles of clothing that aren´t totally covered in paint, stains, or aren´t ripped and torn. I can´t remember the last night of good sleep I´ve had, and anyone who knows me can guess that I would kill for a CBTL Southern Blend. I´d say it´s about time to be done with this whole outreach thing.
But... I am definitely not ¨over it¨. On the contrary, I am starting to get sad when I think about this thing ending! I can´t imagine not living with my team, who I share every second of every day with, and I can´t imagine coming home so soon! I know God still has more to teach us and more to show us... even though this last church is very small and they all work so no one is here to work with us during the day. So sometimes we´re a little bored, especially since staying at the future YWAM base was sooo busy, but it´s nice to have some down time in the mornings. This town is called Rio Seco, which means ¨Dry River¨... hmm interesting name choice, guys. Feeling oxymoronic?
The other day we were walking by a police training building and heard gunshots, and saw men in a car with black masks on... turns out they were doing a hostage situation simulation and invited us over to watch them. It was so cool! It was like SWAT team training, and they had guys in ski masks drive into the complex with a hostage, bring him into a room in the building, then all the police guys ran in with guns, rappelled from the roof to break into the windows, and get the guys out... we felt like we were in a James Bond movie! But with a Peruvian James Bond.
One thing we are learning that it´s always the times we feel least equipped and least energetic, yet we say yes to what God wants us to do, are the times He uses us the most. For example, yesterday we waiting around all day for someone to come to the church and take us to a plaza to work with youth there. But no one came. We were really tired and not wanting to go, but finally someone came at 4 pm (not 9 am like they told us!) and took us to the plaza, where we ended up doing dramas and prayed with a bunch of people to accept Christ! Shea and I prayed with a group of kids who were so open and receptive, it was amazing to see. It´s honestly so much easier and more effective to let God work through you than do anything on your own power.. it´s always through His power anyway!
Ahhh only ten more days then back to the base, then to Conception to Dani and Tere´s houses, then to Canada with my family, then home in July, then up to Santa Barbara again someday.... I can´t wait!!! It´s always an adventure...
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