day 7

Day 7 in Peru.

sorry it has been a few days but we've been busy, busy, busy! Thankfully I've been feeling better and able to join the group so the blog hasn't been my first priority. i just wanted to get out of bed and that room in our hostal.

the past three days we've been finishing putting up the drywall, mudding, and sanding both inside and outside. thankfully we're nearly finished. we hope to put primer up tomorrow before we leave peru.

our time working had been tough because of the hot, humid and dust conditions and the painfull and itchy bug bites as well as the tough work but i've be so incredibly impressed with our team's work ethic, servant's hearts, and the relationships we've built with our peruvian friends that work beside us each day. the girls have rocked the drywall and mudding which has really impressed me too! We've also really enjoyed the local kids that we play with during our breaks who climb all over us, begging us for attention and silly bands (Tami is their hero!).

tuesday night felix and nancy (the peruvian church planter and his wife) invited the team over for dinner. they took an amazing meal (the same one we made for hiawatha) and the service and hospitality blessed our socks off! after a great meal, fun coversations in enlish, spanish, and spanglish, and dave serenading the group with his violin skills we heard felix and nancy's story about how God called them to Chincha to plant, the physical and spiritual struggles and obstacles they faced, and their vision for their church this year. then we had a powerful time of prayer over them, their home, their church and our group.

last night we went to the local chinese food restaurant. we made an interesting observation though: there were no buddhas in the restaurant. Not even that but there also was a picture of Jesus (you know, pale skinned, stringy light brown hair Jesus with his fingers crossed) hanging above our table. It must have been God's providence! after dinner we walked deeper into the city and had some dessert (cheese cake, tiramasu, tres leches, chocolate cake, lemon cake, flan...)! On the way tami showed us her kangaroo impression and mikle almost fell into the sewer through an open manhole cover. you know, just a normal evening in chincha peru.

our time is sadly soon coming to an ending. God has brought this team so much unity and because of the cross we not only feel like a close family, we are one spiritually.

please continue to pray for us. we miss all of you and will share more soon!

-spencer

ps i wrote the last post too