It's lunchtime here in Peru. And I have 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches waiting for me! Yay! Sorry it has been so long since my last post! I've been busy, and last week was especially difficult in many ways. But it was a good week.
Last week we went out to soup kitchens for the first time. Not like they needed our help! All of the women there were so fast and efficient at what they did! They cook outside where there are dirt floors, and their gas stove sits on top of it. Usually, they would make some kind of chicken soup, rice, beans, or pasta. People can come there are pay about 80 centimos for a big meal, much cheaper than if they would make it themselves. It is possible to do that because the government subsidizes soup kitchens in every community and they can offer food at a low price. People bring all pots and containers of all shapes and sizes to have them filled with hot food for the day. That is why there are so many colorful bags.
This week is unique. We have a football team here from Blue Springs, Missouri, and a church from Fredericksburg, Virginia (the Peterson's home church). This team is full of people from all different spiritual places. Some are not Christians, some are. I am not entirely sure what brought the football team here, I think their coach much be a Christian and has come to Peru before. I am interested to see how this week will play out, and we have been praying for salvation again. I am hoping that they will be changed and impacted this week by what they see and hear.
On another note, it has been fun hanging out with the Ni River church, and I am enjoying getting to know all new people again. We went to a "pronoi" today, which is basically a preschool. We did a mini VBS, did face painting and tatoos, had a little snack, and then we were off! They were soooooo cute!! The children were about 3-5 years old.
Yesterday, (sorry this is out of order) Ansley and Karina were so sick. We think they may have gotten sick from some lettuce they ate on Sunday night, but it is hard to be sure. Anyway, they were throwing up pretty much all day. :( Not a fun time for them, I'm sure. The three of us went back to our apartment early (I went because somebody had to be able to stay away from the toilet!), and Manuela was home as well. She is so sweet. She immediately began to prepare some special tea for the sick girls (who at this moment were on our patio barfing into some buckets simultaneously). When they were laying in their beds, Manuela came in and served tea to each one of us. Then, she took out some herbal oil and told us that it would help. So she put some on Karina's neck, face, and stomach...made Ansley do the same...and then made me do it, just in case! I could hardly keep myself from laughing and she spread the oil under my nose. Here I was, in the middle of Peru, with two sick friends, and a Peruvian grandmother spreading oil on my face. Haha! It smelled really good though, and made me really sleepy!
Thankfully, the girls are doing much better today and have started to drink some liquids and eat a little. Hopefully this passes quickly.
Not much else to report here...every time I go to blog I get blog shy or something! So I am probably forgetting something...sorry! Off to eat my sandwiches!
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