"Hey people looking out the window at the city below..."

Last night a guy showed up at the office for a Bible study....however, we don't have Bible studies on Friday nights and I was the only one here at the time. So I talked to him for a while and it turned out he has actually been to Atlanta. It was pretty cool to see what he thought of it. His experiences were mostly downtown (aside from where he worked at a camp) and they made me laugh. He said it reminded him of a rap video...and well, if you're ever on Peachtree Street on a Friday or Saturday night, that's exactly what it is like. He was saying how he rode a bus to travel somewhere and the people on the bus weren't very nice to him. He said he didn't really speak english at the time and the guys on the bus kept trying to fight with him. He said he just ignored them and pretended to sleep. But then as it became dark, it also grew colder on the bus. He said all of a sudden the "tough" guys were shivering by the window in their t-shirts. He had come prepared with a sweater on and so he offered to switch seats with one of the guys so he wouldn't have to be by the window. He said the guy was very thankful and from that point on the guys were nice to him. And I just thought this story was amazing because this guy was in an uncomfortable situation in a country where he didn't speak the language and yet he still found a way to show Christ's love to this guy. I mean, it was something so simple...but it completely changed the attitude those guys had towards him. I really enjoyed talking to this guy and even though I felt bad he had taken two buses to come to the office, I was glad I had the chance to talk with him.

We were talking to some people at Alianza (this is the church I'm going to here) about the possibility of leading some sort of class in english there. We're not sure about this yet and we don't know if I will do it or someone else. It could either be another Bible study or just be a conversation time. We may wait to do this until Haley gets here. Haley is the girl who is probably going to come early to work with the English Fellowship and lead worship. It looks like she will be able to come by March. So anyways, we may wait to add this to the stuff we're doing when she gets here. I'm excited about her coming and especially about having someone to lead worship. I got out the guitar today and tried to play. And well, I'm just no good. I'm more of a bass girl. I just can't do the chord thing.

I'm trying to plan some stuff for the English Fellowship. I'm trying to find some activities to add to my advanced classes that are fun, but still go along with the Bible studies. If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them!

So is anyone planning on making a trip down to Peru to visit??? It'd be a good way to escape the cold weather for a while!