A week in review

Besides spending most of the week sick with a stomach ailment, I have to say this was a great week. We had dinner with some friends from language school on Tuesday night and on Friday with some other missionaries that have 4 kids. And then, last night we took a Peruvian couple from Oasis to KFC for supper with their 2 kids and we had a blast. And tonight, after church, one of the rising leaders invited us back to his house for cake and coffee. WOW!!! Is God totally not answering prayers. And then, out of nowhere, a lady that I blogged about like 6 months ago stopped by today, out of the blue, and wanted to hang out. Kind of strange, I know, but I know it was the Lord bringing her to us. She is the one that has the little granddaughter that is Ally's age and I met her in the store by our house She taught me how to cook Loma Saltado. We were walking out the door to church, but we are going to try really hard to get together next Saturday. She is one of my favorite Peruvians.

John is training one of the church attendees to preach. He preached last week and did great, but this week he got really scared right before the service and decided not to do it. Please pray he will have boldness and will not be discouraged. John is giving him the outlines of the sermons, training him weekly and spending a lot of time with him to teach him the Word. He is a very strong believer with a great family life (very rare for Oasis). He is also legally married (rare, too), just not baptized yet. Please pray for him.

Tonight I had to teach the little kids in Oasis and this is so hard for me. I am a very strict person and the disobedience and lack of organization is such a challenge for me. There are like 30 or more kids, one adult and total chaos. It's such a challenge. And they're of ALL ages. I think if I had 5-10 kids of one age it would be much better. I am fine hugging them, holding them and giving hugs, but when I have to make them actually obey....aaaaahhhhh. It's impossible!!!!!

Well, it is getting cold here and I am loving it. It is so strange to be planning for winter in May! I don't think I'll ever get use to that. John and I want to pull out the Christmas decorations. It feels very festive and cold. LOVE IT!!!!!

On a side note, I must say that my cooking skills are REALLY improving. Everything here pretty much has to be made from scratch so I am so glad I brought a few recipe books from America. I am making everything from scratch now (out of necessity) and things are so yummy. :) So there is a blessing to be away from all of the processed food - greatly improved cooking skills and delicious homemade food.