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I feel like a jumbled mass of motives and wants and intentions all pulling me in a different direction. My life feels messy. I guess that’s probably just how life is. Just like a big bowl of spaghetti.

Sometimes I think following God equals being in solitude, saying prayers, and thinking only of ‘heavenly things‘. But, that’s not it at all. Not by a long shot. God is so much more organic and creative and messy than that. Far from the monastery I am. Instead of solitude I live in a house full of voices and feelings and emotions. Instead of ‘heavenly things’ I am obliged to think about dirty diapers, hurting teenagers, and hot dogs on the grill. Instead of long, deep-voiced prayers my conversation with God usually amounts too “Help me God!”.

My life is messy. Yet, through all these things I am with God and he is with me. He is speaking to me. He is teaching me. He is shaping me. All of that happens by means of the things he has me doing everyday . . . not in spite of them.

It’s hard to believe, but we are officially in Peru! Our flight left yesterday morning out of Little Rock at 11:13am . . . but it was delayed a bit, but that was ok because our connection out of Atlanta was delayed as well . . . really delayed.

We finally boarded the big Delta jet at about 6:30 (two and half hours later than scheduled). Neither one of us slept much on the 7 hour flight. We played Snood on the laptop until the battery died. We had our choice of beef or chicken for dinner. I ate the chicken, Amanda decided against both.

We arrived in Lima at about 1:30ish. We had no trouble getting through customs or immigration. Green light! Woohoo. We made it to bed by about 4:00am.

Today, we ate lunch at San Antonio’s with the Weavers. Bought groceries. Visited the mission office. Visited Ada de Paz, immigration guru. And tried to get our 12 bags unpacked.

It’s 9:00pm now. For some unknown reason my laptop is detecting a wireless signal and we have internet right here in our little room. Amanda made spaghetti peruvian style tonite (peruvian style simply means spaghetti made in the country of peru). Now we’re winding down.

We are really excited. Everything is new.