Hola amigos.

Today, Friday right? we have spent the day serving a new church, umm, que dice, how do you say, "plant".
You know the image in your head of the poor part of Lima, or Arequipa, if you know that much about it down here, anyway, the idea in your head, probably not even close.

The word we would use, squalor. But the people there, who live and pee and breathe the dust, home.

hmm. so hard to put into words what I´ve seen. For the parents of the kids at home, your teenagers are amazing. The challenge before us was to knock down basically a small, hm, stone shed? anyway, our tools, pickaxes, shovels, wheelbarrows.

i personally am so out of breath from the altitude, my hands and feet are swollen so much that i cannot get my wedding ring to realy move much. i can type better than this, i promise.

yeah, not complaining, mind you, just informing what´s up. some girls are sick, loosing voices, weak type stuff but other than pastor efrain for more on him search calvary chapel lima and see what comes up
anyhow, he is orchestrating a major move to the, my words, city church, and also the major deconstruction-construction of a new church in the pooorer mountain section.
i will try to post pics, incredibly heartbreaking conditions.
so the team did that today and are all now changing.

again, sorry for the grammar, my hands are like putty,
while they were getting instructions, i noticed a lasy and her two year old, we thought girl, standing watching. i was able to eventually share my testimony with her and why that has compelled me to be of use to God in this way. With tears in my eyes and complete attention from her i asked if she knew Jesus. we were able to share the gospel with her mariel and myself) with tears and laughter.
it was really and truly a work of the Lord.
i asked if we could pray for her, she said yes, she wanted prayer for her son and his hip being born prematurely. i told her we know God can work miracles and could i lay hands on her, the interpreter and myself explaining what that means.
she said yes!!!!
we did and told her of the church being built across the street.

As if that weren´t enough, i was asked when i befriended one of the ladies at the church if i could help in anyway. she said can i cook.
Amen, I know how to make spaghetti, that was what was for lunch.
not quite what we experience on a daily basis ladies let me tell you.
i cannot imagine cooking at her home every day. it was very special for her to invite me there and we became fast friends.
really, you need to see the pictures.
someone please be sure CC lburg and wmsburg and richmond and hatteras know about this site . i hope to get technology to work so you can see a few photos.
i hope to include the pictures of the construction, now this is major earth moving type construction, not painting a wall, the kids are filthy but well rewarded

pray for miracles here if anyone is reading this. if you are, actually, reply here so i can see im not writing a journal to myself lol it would be great encouragement to the kids to hear from you all

this afternoon and evening we are spending in the park the kids are doing skits and we will do some worship. after that! as if today were not full of miracles as it is,
we are going the the city quote un, to do work there to prep for a rock concert christianized lol on Sat. hey, that capital letter worked that time. anyway, grr, please pray for us all, we are being used mightily and today is such an amzing gift. enjoy washing your hands under a faucet, hot coffee (ours was freezing this am)
a potty! milk from a jug, runnign water, electricity, cleanliness, i could go on and on and on

Who wants to come???????
ps yes, it is true, you do not flush the toilet paper, you put it in a trash can next to the potty, nuff said