We’ve been in Lima a little over six months now. Here’s a quick update on things in general:
- Beleive it or not we are still learning Spanish! New words, phrases, slang, ways to say things everyday. But we are doing well. We both feel like we can communicate fairly effectively.
- Wilson (our first child) is doing well. We got him fixed. He was a little upset about that. Otherwise, he’s just eating, sleeping, and watching old reruns of the Cosby Show.
- We’ve been on several small trips and one big one. Our favorite was our first solo trip to Cuzco and Puno.
- We experienced our first earthquake.
- The folks that God has put in our lives here in Lima: Leighton, Maria, Norka, Odila have been an incredible blessing to us. God has given us different ‘assignments’ with each of them. God has taught us a lot through ministering to them.
- We have grown a lot in our relationship with God. We are seeing new things about him and are being forced to lean on him more than we probably ever have due to our ignorance and inability! We often find ourselves in a very stressful situation or decision . . . and the only thing we can do is ask God.
- So far the hardest thing about being in a different country is not being able to spend time with friends and family. We miss a lot of things about the U.S. (sane traffic; wal-mart; dixie cafe), but what makes us homesick is missing our families and friends.
KNOW, that you two are also missed very,very much. We love you, Poppa and Nannie