Hello friends! I realize that it has been far too long since my last blog update, but things have been quite crazy around here. After completing my two month stay in Cusco with workteams, my family came down to visit for a couple of weeks. It was great to see them all. My mom, dad, brother, and sister came to visit, and we had a blast. Almost immediately after my family left, I was back on the road with more work groups. It is different than my first few months with work teams though. During the height of the summer, we had a number of volunteer interns/translators to help host the different teams that come to partner with Scripture Union. Now all of them have gone back home, and I am one of the only people left to host the remaining teams. We have less teams at a time in Peru during September and October, but it means that I have to travel with them rather than remain stationary at one site. From the beginning of August through the first week in November, my travel schedule looks like this: Cusco - Lima - Kawai - Kusi - Lima - Cusco - Lima - Cusco - Kusi - Cusco - Lima - Kusi - Cusco - Lima - Kusi - Cusco - Lima - Kusi - Lima! It is quite a bit of plane rides and bus trips, but I enjoy doing it. It is great to be with a group for the duration of their time here in Peru. Even as I write this post I am on a bus from Lima to Kusi (8 or 9 hour ride) with a group from Scotland.
Over the next few weeks I will try to update my posts a little bit more often as well as fill you all in on some stories, experiences, and pictures from my last couple of months here in Peru. For now I will leave you with a few prayer requests.
--For my health and the general health of the teams. For the most part I have been pretty healthy since I have arrived here in Peru, other than the fact that I seem to have a minor cold every other week. A cold is not a huge problem, but sometimes it makes doing my job a little bit more difficult when trying to be upbeat with the groups that come through here.
--For the work teams during these next few months. Many of the people on my next couple of work teams are not church groups, and only a handful of the members are Christians. Pray that God would work in their lives as the see the ministry here in Peru and as they see faith in action.
Thanks for reading. Once I get to a better internet connection, I will work on posting new photos!
