Saturday
Today we woke up at 5:00. We left the hostel at 5:30 to catch our bus and we made it this time.
It was a very long bus ride about 9 hrs. We left at 9 am. I slept the first 5 hours and then we stopped for lunch. We had been told not to eat anything fresh, so no spices, no fruit or vegetables unless they were cooked and the menu was in Spanish so we were kind of at a loss on what to order. Andrea and Zack were the two people on our team who knew very little Spanish, so they narrated down the menu with the options of Pollos (chicken) and then tried to google what the sides options were. When it was all said and done, we had chicken, rice, and beans. It was very bland but good.
Then we got back on the bus and I slept the other 4 hours.
When we arrived in Trujillo, Peru, it was about 7:00. Brent, our contact from Inca Link came to pick us up. With him came Candy, Nikki, and Elena (Nikki and Elena are interns volunteering for the summer and Candy is the overhead leader there, along with her husband Randy). We rode in another van to our home away from home.
It is very sandy here. They have a large kitchen dining area where we had dinner, chicken and rice.
They built a lodge/cabin for us with a metal roof and electricity for us the week before we arrived. They also had bunk beds for us. I have a lower bunk with purple sheets and a green warm soft blanket.
I miss my family. Chris, Nick, and Olivia and my dad dropped me off at the airport. Nick and Olivia are staying with my mother in law Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night. I know that Chris will be with them when he gets off work in the afternoons and will have time with them during the days on the weekends but that is a lot of time for them, 1. to be away from me, and 2. to be away from their beds. I hope they are doing okay. I have 7 more days left. We have just arrived and so far it seems like nothing has been done yet. But I know that God's plan is before us and he will guide our steps. I am probably feeling this way because we spent an entire day on a bus.
Our word for today is: Abide
Reading: John 15:1-7, Jeremiah 15:16
John 15:1-7 (NIV) 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardner. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Jeremiah 15:16 (NIV) When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.
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