Dance, Dance

So yesterday we woke up, had worship, and then headed to the high school down the hill to this all dance festival. We got there at ten but it didn´t even end up starting till twelve! It was so cool, I loved all the dancing! I took a ton of pictures! The night before it sounded like they were having a huge party in the street and it sounded like that last night too. The people drink so much here, its seems like most of the men just waste their lives away drinking. Its really sad.
So we got back from the dance festival at around 2:30 p:m yesterday. I fell asleep at three and didn´t wake up till five thirty! We had dinner and then our group meeting and then I worked on my story some more. I think I got it down pretty well, we are presenting them in front of each other tonight!
I was reading through Genesis last night and I kept thinking to myself..."O, how I long to have faith like Joseph´s!" Genesis really encourages me....God kept getting Joseph out of a bad situation and he kept blessing him because Joseph trusted God and worked hard. I was reading through Exodus today and I got such a warm feeling when I read: "Then the Lord asked Moses, `Who mades a person´s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.`" Exodus 4:11-12 This is so comforting to me, especially considering I am in a foreign place where I don´t speak the language but God will give me wisdom and words to say!
Jeremy S. and I played frisbee with four boys for about two hours today, I really enjoyed that! And next week we are going to start telling stories, I already have my eye on the lady who owns the hostile down the street. She has a beautiful garden and I am going to ask her if I can garden with her next week so I can start building a relationship with her. Its all about building relationships with people and showing ALL people love. Pray that God will give us the words to speak and the wisdom to know when to be silent.
-Love in Christ!

Community

So I woke up at 5:00 a:m today. People here like to honk their horns all hours of the night/morning. I don´t get it either. I have been getting deeper and deeper in the word every day, I seriously love just getting to spend some good ´ol quality time with God. Worship was so awesome this morning. We talked about balancing our personal relationships with God and our group relationship. O, how I long to share a community under God...giving and taking because you love God which makes you love each other! That´s how the community of God was intended to be, sharing one another´s lives with each other. The original church in Acts lived together and sold all their belongings and gave to the poor, they were one mind and one heart. Check out Acts 2:44-47. Lets be the living church...we are the church! I´m feeling so passionate today, I´m so excited that God is working through me and using me to further the kingdom of God! I want to walk, talk, and breath love on everyone that I come in contact with. Man, I´m so excited that my God uses me, even with all my weaknesses and imperfections. I´m telling you, just let God use you. Let go of your life. "If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it." Luke 17:33 Just let it go.
-I love you because Christ loved you first!

Adventuresss

So Sara and I made stir fry last night, it only took us three hours! We didn´t have enough chicken so Jeremy had to go buy another chicken and it was frozen! Did I mention that we de-bone the chicken and everything? Jeremy had lunch with a guy yesterday, actually the guy who owns the hostile that we stayed at in Huancane. He said that the guy handed him something that looked and smelled like a huge lemon but it just tasted like water. The guy kept saying "mas, mas!" so Jeremy ate a ton of random foods. He said the guy showed him his favorite bible verses and then just started singing Spanish. So hilariously awkward/awesome. Jeremy said that when the man left the room he just stuffed a ton of food in his backpack so the man wouldn´t be offended that he didn´t eat it all. Its actually pretty amazing that Jeremy could understand the guys Spanish because Jeremy can barely speak Spanish himself. So today we went to the medical clinic in Conima and they ended up asking us if we wanted to ride in the ambulance. The ride in the ambulance turned into five hours, and going the three cities!! We went to a city about twenty minutes from Conima, then to Cupisaya, and then to Tilali which is basically on the border of Bolivia. It was really interesting. In Cupisaya I met an eleven year old girl named Veronnica and a three year old boy named Luis. Luis actually remembered my name and even called me by it instead of calling me gringa! It was a breath of fresh air! Jeremy and I got to do some boulder hopping too, which I think is one of my new favorite things. I´m still working hard on memorizing my story, almost got it down!! Tonight we played duck, duck, goose with the kids for a long time. That was a ton of fun. All this teenage boys are staring at me in the internet cavena and its a little awkward. That´s what I get for being a gringa! I´m off the see whats for dinner!
-Love in Christ!

The French

Last night Jeremy Lou came for dinner and brought a suprise! A french couple! Thomas and Jane, my favorite french people ever. Thomas and Jane are backpacking through Peru and Bolivia and have been for two and a half months. We treated them to dinner last night...chicken and dumplings and then crepes this morning! They were very excited about the crepes, to say the least. We got to have a really great conversation with them. They have backpacked through Asia as well and they lived in Brazil for a year! I can´t wait to be married and be able to do that kind of stuff with my husband! So cool! We got pictures with them so I will upload them when I get back to the states, so not until the beginning of August. Ha. I met a really sweet lady last night with the most beautiful garden and I am going to help her garden one day! I forgot to mention that while we were eating breakfast this morning, Sara walked into the kitchen and her tongue was black! Apparently pepto can turn your tongue black? Who knew. We got to pray with the french couple before they left and send them off with blessings and good thoughts.

Then we all worked on memorizing our stories for about two hours, I´m memorizing the story of Noah and the Flood. Then we went to our favorite little restuarant here, actually there´s only like three but still. Did I mention that there´s only about a thousand people in this town? And of course while we are eating, about ten kids are staring at us. My life here is like being a tiger or something at the zoo, we are the main attraction! Seriously though. So I did this weird little dance for the kids, I´m a loca gringa!!!! Actually, as I am typing this...kids are staring at me. Story of my life. So I´ve decided to do a weird little dance every time they stare and make a weird face. Muahahahaha. My hands are so cold right now! Ahhhh. I´m at an internet cavena right now in Conima, actually the only internet cavena here.

Have I told you guys that we can see Lake Titicaca from our house? Well we can, and its beautifullll!! Please go to google images right now and look up Lake Titicaca so you can see what I have been seeing! There´s a little island with a resort on the lake and I think we are going to try to catch a boat on Saturday to go check it out.

Keep praying everyone, I know you have been but keep it up! We need all the prayer we can get! It gets so cold at night, like my bones seriously feel like ice but it gets pretty nice during the day. The sun is so bright here, my nose is pretty burned right now but I just hate sunscreen! I know my mom is going to read this so don´t worry, I will go and apply sunscreen as soon as possible. Well I have an appointment at three to play frisbee with a bunch of kids and its two right now so I am off to work on my story some more before those crazy kids wear me out!

-Love in Christ! Romans 12:2