Monday - Prayers, Praises, & Waterfalls

So the flat tire saga continues! We got up this morning to a DIFFERENT flat tire, plus the one they patched yesterday as a spare was flat again. We prayed…and headed to the tire shop. The bad news is that we had a HUGE bolt of some sort in the tire. The good news is that both tires got a new patch and they are just fine. We were a little late to Carhua, but we still had six kids show up for VBS. Devon did a great job teaching about Adam & Eve and how the devil tries to get us to stop focusing on God. We headed up to Lachaqui for the afternoon with prayers that we would have at least a few kids show up. In the end, we had four… but you know what the Bible tells us - wherever two or more are gathered in His name!!! Praises for answered prayers!! Lots of them! Tires! Kids! Health!

We had planned to stay in Lachaqui for an adult Bible study at night. Things didn't quite work out with that. We haven't been able to find any adult leaders who could give us access to a room. One of our persons of peace, Elizabeth, said that she had talked to many in the village, but they weren't interested in coming to anything we hosted unless we were bringing gifts. She wasn't even going to be able to come. In the end, we prayed and decided to come back down the mountain before it got dark. This is okay. God is still working here and our plans are not His plans.

This change in schedule gave us an hour or so of open time, so we drove past Canta a short distance and hiked over to what I call the 'little' waterfall. It was absolutely beautiful, as usual. In the spring, we can't get nearly as close to it because it is about triple in size to the picture here. In fact, there isn't a picture that can do it justice. My camera can't really capture the height of the rocks or the strength of the water. This was a great time of fellowship for the team.

Going forward, we have two more days of VBS in each village. We are planning to host an adult Bible study on Tuesday night for Carhua - and we already have a room, so maybe we will also have some people! We are headed to a new village, San Buenaventura, on Wednesday evening for a service in their new structure that a different mission team built a few weeks ago. Thursday takes us back down the mountain into Lima, and back to the orphanage for another afternoon of loving on precious babies.

Prayer points: 

• That the hearts of the people will be open to hear the gospel
• That there will be no more problems with transportation
• That the team stays healthy and strong (a few have had some altitude headaches, nausea, etc.)
• That we always, in every decision and action and word, give God the glory

Thank you to everyone who reads this! Your love and support means more than you know when we are up here. Your "likes", comments, and shares bouy our spirits when we drag our tired selves into dinner each night and check into our accounts. Love to all!!