Today we woke up, had breakfast at 7:30, had a meeting with our leaders and then went to church. Breakfast was bread rolls with butter and jam as choices for toppings.
Our meeting with our leaders was an introduction about what we were going to be doing. Jess and Katie are our leaders, they are interns there for the summer.
We talked about the 5 pillars of Inca Link:
1. Give 100%
2. Choose Joy
3. Challenge by Choice
4. Be Here Now
5. Love covers all
and we read Matthew 11:25-30 (NIV) 25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. 27 All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28."Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Church was very nice. I didn't understand a lot of it, but I knew that they were doing a teaching about fathers as Fathers Day was today. The worship service was joyful. Everyone there was so nice and very welcoming. In their culture, they greet you with a kiss on the cheek. That is also how they say goodbye.
After church we went to a mall to exchange money. 50 American dollars gets you 155 sols. Then we went to Huanchaco, where the beach is and lots of markets. We had a sack lunch, sandwich and casinos (which is like a sandwich cookie, similar to blond oreos).
This was my first time to ever go to a beach so I was pretty excited. It was beautiful. We looked around at the markets around the area too. They had wallets, key chains, (tourists souvenirs)
When we got back to the compound it was dinner time. We had chicken and rice ;-)
After dinner we had our debrief and Zack got a guitar out and we sang worship songs. It was fun. I know that we would have had a free day at some point in this trip and I am grateful for it, I am however, ready to get started on the ministries. With that unexpected extra travel day, and then a free day seems like we have been gone for so long and we haven't even started working yet. Although, just because we are not working yet, doesn't mean we aren't doing anything, I know that a simple smile is worth something. Sometimes just the smallest gestures that we don't even know we are doing can make a difference. But I am ready for the rest of the week.
Our word for today was: Presence
Reading Psalm 51, Psalm 139
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