Well, to tell the truth, not much has changed since the last blog. It´s the last day at each of our locations tomorrow, and that has been going great! The Peruvians are taking over more and more of the responsibility, and they are doing a great job. We have our free day on Sunday, and then it´s off to the jungle on Monday! We will be writing a blog on Sunday detailing a little more how that will look.
For now, we thought we´d let the kids do most of the talking this time. Here goes…
Chloe- I miss you guys! How is the team doing in Jo´s? I got sick like I predicted! I threw up in the middle of the night, but I´m perfectly fine now. I don´t eat my favorite pancakes anymore! Love you!
Lakin- Hey Momma and Dad! Miss you all so much! Bad news…I´ve decided I want to live in Peru! Hope things are going great at home! Momma, text the girls and everone and tell them I miss them and will see them soon and I love them! Dad, let everyone know at church that our ministry is going great here! Love you all and I´ll see you soon! Keep praying! Love you!
Sophia- Hey Mommy! I think of you so often and miss you a lot! I love you so much! Can´t wait to go to the jungle Monday! Everything is going great so don´t worry! I looooove you! Praying for grandma and uncle eddy and you!
Ashley- Dear family/ Mom, Dad, Matthew and Taylor. I´ve learned so much since I´ve been here and I love it sooo much. It´s going to be really hard to leave since I´m so used to it here but I can not wait to see you all. Love you guys sooo much. xoxoxoxoxo Love, Ashley.
Ben- Dear Mom, Dad, Aaron, Caleb and Sophia, I love you all very much. I just want to let you know that I´m learning a lot this trip and growing a lot spiritually. I miss you all and I hope you´re having fun with the Quinlan being in town and for the 4th of July.
Megan- Hey Mom, Dad and family, I miss you all soo much, but I´m having a blast! The people here are nice, and I love my team! We get along so well together. The kids here are savage, but I love them. They literally mob you, tackle you to the ground and pull your hair out of love, of course. We leave for the jungle Monday! Send everyone my love and blessings! P.S. There are giant silverfish here.
Shosh- Hey Mom, Dad, Zoe (squish), Polie, Evil and Bug! Miss you all a lot! Only 2 weeks until I´m home. Hope HS camp went great. Hope Dad is doing well as the new town attorney! Sad that I missed cousins camp. Wish Savannah and Natalie H a late happy birthday. So we leave for the jungle on Monday and will be spending 8 hours on a boat. Saw some interesting things last night like a tarantula. Scary! Miss you all bunches. Tell everybody I love them and enjoy reading waht they wrote me. Think that´s it. Love you!
Chris-Hey Mom, Dad, Rachel and everyone. Love you and talk to you soon!
Ryan- Actually Ryan can´t talk right now. He´s still scared speechless by the tarantula last night. As soon as he can speak again and gets some color back in his face, he´ll have a comment for the next blog.
As you can see, the kids are having a blast and learning lots (whether it be the Spanish word for chocolate or how God is moving in Peru) and definitely looking forward to our trip down river. A few prayer requests…
Continued safety and health. A few sunburns and a couple upset stomachs, but everyone is quite healthy here, contrary to how the last blog sounded (I am not on my deathbed, obviously…haha).
Finishing VBS strong here this week.
Focus for next week´s jungle trip.
That we would squeeze every ounce of life out of every moment.
Thanks for praying all!
Okay Peru Team –
I want everyone to gang up on Ryan and hug him like his Mom would hug him!
It’s so good to read about how you all are doing – you are safe and taken care of. Enjoy your boat ride, enjoy the tarantulas, enjoy each other and enjoy the blessings that the Lord is pouring out on you.
Shoshi-Evil misses you too!! His new thing is to belch like Z and then say, “Oops, sorry about that.” Dad and I saw a tarantula on our way to youth group Tues-guess you don’t have to travel to Peru to see them. Z missed Cousin’s Camp..she was sick for a week after hs camp. Guess that means she’ll be well enough to come to the airport to get you THIS year. Eclipse was lame-we cheated and watched Make it Or Break It. They used one of JJ Heller’s songs this week so we had to check it out. Funny for the week, we were at Cousin’s yesterday and ESPN was on-Zoe looked at me and said, “OMG mom, did you know Tiger Woods is black?” me-seriously Zoe? Z-I always pictured him as a tall white dude with dark hair wearing a shirt with red flames on it. Think we are going to need to get satellite tv. LOL We LOVE you and miss you tons!!
We love hearing from all of you! Glad everyone is healthy though we are worried about the DEET running out! Enjoy your trip to the Jungle. We miss you Megsters so so so so much!
Thanks for the wonderful Blogs. We love them.
(PS-Frank is off-went back with his old GF.)
Hellooooo! Boy do we miss you here. Matthew heads off to be a camp councelor for 2 weeks and Taylor is off to Diabeties camp. I am going to miss all my kids for 13 more days, then we will all be together again! Dad is taking the Ferry back to come and Pick you up as well. I keep praying for you and everyone there that you enjoy and learn from this experience. It is the opporitunity of a lifetime to see what God has done and is doing.
All my hearts blessings to all of you!
Love you TONS AND TONS my Ashley girl!
My cup runneth over…XOXOXOXOXO
God is working in all your lives. He has provided you with a glimpse of his heart by allowing you to touch his children. Have you had any come to Jesus? I can’t imagine how hard it must be for these children to wrap their thoughts arround Jesus. I pray for everyone’s spiritual growth.I PRAY you will observe and celebrate the similarities and differences in your connection with the folks you meet. I pray for travel mercies for you in the jungle. Be keen in observing the natural world God has granted us. Be good stewards of the land you walk.