The Rest of our Week

Wednesday:
It started again at 10am after riding the bus everyday for an hour and 2o minutes. When we arrived at the mission office at 10 we met John and Orlando, Brigida's husband, was going to meet us there. It had to be a rushed meeting so we met in the car. Orlando is a taxi driver so it was perfect. Orlando is a new believer of 2 years, but because of his background in philosophy, he has read and searched the Bible for the Truth. Thank the Lord, he finally surrendered his life to Him. He is very eager to know and learn as much as he can about God. Pavel spent some time talking to him about what his work will look like while he is here until July, but Orlando was sad it had to end in July. After our short, but good, visit with him we left to go to his home to meet again with Brigida.

Our ride takes about 45min to an hour. We arrived about 12:00pm and visited a bit before her daughter went off to school. After that we got down to business. At first she didn't know that we were planning to meet at there home this Sunday to start the Bible Study, and you should have seen her face...It was beaming with joy and contentment...words can't completely describe her reaction, but she was so excited! We talked more about what the plan would be and what Pavel would teach while we are here. So our first church service/Bible Study will be this Sunday!

After a good visit about Sunday, it was about time for lunch...I was dreading this time since we got there that morning...Pavel was teasing me about what she was serving for lunch..rice, and a mixture of potatoes, peppers, AND fried chicken blood. He was laughing at me so hard, so I was praying about what I should do and how I should eat it. It was definitely an act of God that I ate even the smallest pieces. My favorite part of the meal was the cantaloupe for dessert and the limeade to drink! Pavel on the other hand, wasn't as careful as me, not sure about what it was, but he got sick...that's what he gets for laughing at me!

Anyway, after lunch John came back and got us and we headed back home.

Thursday:
Pavel was in bed and in the bathroom all day. I got some work done for when I go back home. Not much to report.

Friday (today):
Pavel feeling much better, so we went downtown Lima to do some last minute shopping before I head back to the States.
I love just walking on the streets and looking at all the people. We actually showed up just in time to see a band come out playing from the President's house "The White House" as I like to call it.
After our shopping we planned to go to the art museum, but it was closed for renovations...better luck next time! Instead, there is a very lovely park right next to it and we walked around and ate lunch there. After that we headed back home. Pavel is still feeling a little sick but he is so much better than yesterday.