So
I’ve had a few blogs put up……the most viewed one being us dancing at a
Peruvian dance class…….but I know a lot of you might be wandering:
What are you doing there anyway?
Good Question.
And honestly I’ve waited way too long to let y’all know.
So here’s the moment you all have been waiting for, “The Generic
Ministy Update” blog.
I’ll try to spice it up a little with a few pictures and a Chuck Norris joke or
two because knowing the attention span of most Americans I probally already
lost your attention like 10 seconds ago.
So……..Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.
Let me start with a community called Tambo de Mora.
That is where everything kind of begins and ends for me. As a group, we are
living in the dirt lot of church called Iglesia Emmanuel in the city of
Chincha, Peru. The city of Tambo de Mora is about 20 minutes away and is a
fishing community that is close to the beach. It was one of the hardest hit
areas from the earthquake. There are 300 families whose houses were destroyed
who are living now in what is essentially a “refugee camp”. That is
where I and a majority of my teamates have been the past three weeks getting to
know and ministering to the families there.
Here are a couple of articles about the earthquake if you would like to know
more:
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MKOC-76AC8E?OpenDocument
So now I am going to guess what some of your questions might be:
1) What is a typical day like?
Great question. On a typical day I will wake up whenever the sun makes me get
of my tent, which is usually in the 7:00 to 7:30 range. Around 8:00 our lovely
roll with ham and roll with jelly breakfast is lain before us. After that its
usually some personal time with the Lord or corporate worship as a group.
Around 1:30 a bus comes and picks us us to take us over to Tambo de Mora. We
are usually there until about 5:00 or 6:00 doing various ministries. Eat dinner
around 7, hang out at night and hit the hay sometime around 10 or 11.
2) What ministries have you been involved in?
Also, an excellent question. It really varies depending on the person and the
day. I’ll list off some of the stuff we have going on here: Putting new tarps
on roof’s, Hanging with the Children, Vacation Bible School, Removing Rubble, Bible Studies and Worship
Services with Families, A Media team making videos to raise awareness of the
situation here, Listening to their stories, Having their entire neighborhood
fumigated, Casting out Demon’s (A blog about that in a few days but until
then you can read the story at Robby Riggs, Matt Snyder’s or Kelton Crouch’s
blogs) I’m also exited about getting together a plaza outreach event.
When
the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
3) What are you eating there? What’s the weather like?
Rice, rice, rice, and things combined with rice. And a lot of bread too.
Naw, I’m just messing. We do eat a lot of rice but we also get some fruit, soup
and even pizza too. I desperately miss a bowl of cereal with cold milk though.
The weather is hot during the day (mid 80’s) and cool at night (mid 60s).
4) What’s the hardest thing about being there?
Having my pride broken. You see, Christ is more then capable of doing
everything that needs to be done here. And Christ lives in me (Colossians 1:27)
so that means I am more capable then I can imagine. What it comes down to is me
humbling myself, stop trying to do it under my own strength and tap into the
power source inside of me.
5) Are you glad you cut your hair?
Yes!!! Very , very glad. Showering is a chore and not having hair helps in that
area a lot. Although I am looking foward to having it back some day.
Other Randomness:
*We have a chicken named Howard
*Traveler’s Diahreah is ridiculous!
*My eating habits have adjusted big time.
*This is the most beautiful community I have ever been a part of
*When you wave for taxi in Peru……you do so with you your hand out and
facing down. (As you can imagine it looks very manly)
*Peruvians always play soccer at dusk. I’ve joined in a few times. Pretty
sweet.
*Our currency is 1 to 3…….so that means dinner costs like 2 bucks.
*I have been whitewater rafting in the Peruvian mountains and on a speed boat
in the middle of the ocean since I’ve been here.
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