Not a good day

I was sitting in church enjoying the pastor's sermon when i see my truck's tag number , along with a few more, projected on the screen. I knew that was not good, especially with the words muy mal next to it. Well it seems my truck extended to far onto the sidewalk. You have a choice to pull up on the sidewalk or hang off in the street. Either way it is a possible ticket. Well this time we got tickets. I had to come all the way to Peru to get the first ticket of my life. Tomorrow I get walk to the bank and pay the fine. The ticket gives no prices, but Mike says it will be about ten dollars. I will have to find somewhere else to park or find a new church. That is just part of life in Peru.

Last Saturday evening we had a great time. Kathy prepared a great Mexican meal, oh it was so good, and we played cards until late. It was such fun for all of us.

Last Friday we went to Polvos Rosados, the pink market, and then on to visit the mall at Larco Mar. It is a mall built on the side of the hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is in a very upscale area and on our salary all we could do was look, but we still had fun. It is beautiful looking over the ocean watching the small fishing boats and the surfers.

Wednesday evening was an excellent class and I had probably 15 students there. We finished our study of John 9, and this week begin a new study. They are good students and ask lots of very good questions.

The end of next week we travel to Nasca for several days of midsummer debriefing of our student missionaries. Then the second week in July I leave for a week long vision trip with Kristen to Yauyos. It will be a great trip and a time of watching and observing for me.

Language study is going good and I am a bit encouraged right now. Pray for us that God gives us wisdom and boldness in being daily witnesses for Him.

Weekend in the country.

What a great time we had last weekend in Chosica. We met 60 students and adults there for our summer missions orientation. It was a great time of fellowship, prayer, worship, and information on ministering and living in an Andean village. The orientation was at our Baptist Camp in Chosica which is outside of Lima. It is in a beautiful setting with rocky mountains a river. I got off to a ruff start as I missed my turn in very heavy traffic off of Javier Prado. I had to go a little out of the way to turn back, but we made it. I am getting better at negotiating the Lima traffic.

Rick Shepard taught a study on the Tabernacle and our team led in worship and other presentations. I was responsible for introductions and going over the schedule and Sandy helped present a segment on culture shock.

On Friday the team helped prepare a thanksgiving feast for the students and it took us all day, but it was worth it. Baked three turkeys, pans of dressing, cranberry fluff and sauce, homemade rolls, green beans, sweet potato casserol, and many deserts. Everyone had plenty to eat. It was also good Sunday evening for supper.

We are still in language study and it is progressing well, finally. It has been tough but seems to finally coming together. I found out today that I will begin traveling a lot beginning in July, and will be very busy. We had a small tremor on Saturday, shook the windows but that was about all.

I had to wire a light over our table the other day. That was an interesting experience. The wiring here is not like the wiring at home. Of course it is 240 and they don't use wire nuts, just tape hot wires off. You have no idea what feeds what, and I don't have my meter with me, so it was trial and error. Wow errors create a lot of sparks when you cross two hot 240 wires. But I finally figured it out, and the light works great. We can actually see what we are eating now.

Got to finish some Spanish studying. Miss everyone and look forward to seeing you again.