Thursday, February 28, 2008

I made it!

Well, I made it safe and sound to Lima, Peru. I did have my first spanish test on the flight to Lima. With about two hours left in the flight, the older man (who only spoke Spanish) looked at me and said, "Ahora?" I got excited because I knew that he was asking me what time is was, but then I was sad because I didn't know how to tell him what time is was in Spanish...so I just showed him my watch and that was that. Haha. Jason and I got to his apartment here about two in the morning due to delayed flights, but all was well and I got a great nights sleep.

It is strange to be here in Peru and it be summertime. On the way to fly out of Atlanta, I saw snow flurries (not sure how to spell flurries haha), and a little over three weeks ago, I had no plans really to leave the country...and yet here I am. God has blown me away over the past three weeks at revealing to me His power and glory through providing for this trip and through the encouragement from friends. I'm a little nervous right now but I'm also very excited to see what the next three months have in store.
Not too much has happened so far, but don't worry there will be much to update about over the next many weeks. I am currently at the home of a missionary couple here in Lima. Jason and I spent the morning hanging out with them and talking a little about the current situation in Chincha, where we'll be heading to in a few days. There is much to be done there and we will do what we can through God's grace and power. Today, Jason is just going to show me around Lima, and we will head for Chincha sometime this weekend most likely.

Prayer concerns:
-that we go to God in prayer for everything
-that God alone leads for us
-that I would be able to pick up some Spanish quickly

1 comment:

Timothy said...

Perú, eh? Bueno suerte. Español no es una lengua muy difícil. Estoy orando por tí.

"Y la paz de Dios, que sobrepasa todo entendimiento, guardará sus corazones y sus pensamientos en Christ Jesús."