Well, the last time that I updated my blog I wrote about our pajama party with the girls from Chichos, and the girl that lied to us and her parents and said that she was coming to our party. Well, Elsa and I were pleasantly surprised when we went to Chichos this week to give our weekly devotional, to find this girl waiting for us to apologize and ask forgiveness for lying and using us in such a bad way. This was incredible due to the fact that most Peruvians flee from conflict and taking responsibility for their actions. It is never their fault, so why would they take responsibility for it? But in this case the girl surprised us greatly, and we were able to talk about what happened and forgive her. We are making progress with these girls!
Well, as far as this week goes, Meredith left Tarma yesterday to make her way back to the States to attend a conference on missions where she will be speaking on the role of women in missions. She will be gone for the next two weeks, so Elsa, Julio and I will be keeping up with the ministry the three of us while she is gone. So life will be a bit busier in these weeks, but again, I appreciate the busyness. As for today, we are starting our four-day neighborhood VBS this afternoon. Elsa and Julio have been working hard this past week to get everything set up and scheduled. We handed out invitations to everyone in the barrio who had children, nieces, nephews or little brothers or sisters between the ages of 5-10. We are hoping for between 30-50 kids each day. Since we are in rainy season right now it will be interesting if we have to try and fit 50 kids into our small sala if the weather turns bad. But thankfully right now the sun is out and the afternoon looks promising. I’ll keep you updated on the progress of the VBS. This is a first for us and for a lot of people in Tarma, so pray that God will be moving in and through the children and in the hearts and lives of their parents as well.
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