I'm armed and ready!

Claudia's mom brought us some water balloons! So today I filled some up so that I could be ready for an attack. I thought about asking questions in class tonight and throwing them at people who got the answers wrong, but then i figured that would make people leave. hehe. So whatever carnaval brings, I'm ready for. I've dodged balloons flying at me from apartment windows and even walked through groups of boys holding them along with buckets of water. But now I'm ready!


Tonight I think we had a very good class. We talked about how we cannot save ourselves and that the only way to have eternal life is through Jesus Christ. Then we talked about how doing "good" isn't good enough. Somehow that ended up with us talking about war and all the violence in the world. We were talking about how awesome it would be if everyone would accept Christ as the King of the world and how there would be peace. And, wow, it would be amazing....

I went shopping for some furniture with the Austins the other day. It was nice to get outside of the few districts I'm in all the time. And I was reminded how nice the place I'm living in is compared to the rest of Lima. I finally got to ride on the Pan-American highway. I tried to talk Arnold and Susie into a trip south to Arequipa or into Chile even, but they decided it was a little too far. Oh well.

So I'm still working on plans for a group of three girls coming down for a spring break mission trip. I've never had quite this much responsibility and I'm a little bit nervous. I've got to find different ministry opportunities for the week they'll be here and make sure they've got a place to stay, etc. It's going to be fun though! I'm also working on plans for more English Fellowship activities. This Thursday we are all going to a museum. I think I'm going to do something for Valentine's Day too because we have class that night. Here is is sometimes called "Friendship Day" and I think I like that better than what it has become in the States. I'm also going to a party that some other missionaries here in Lima are throwing for their english ministry. Then on Saturday Sonia and I are going with an english speaking church here on a picnic. I'm not sure what that is going to be like, but it'll be fun hanging out with Sonia anyways. So things are picking up a little more and I'm finally learning better what to do here. I've discovered how much freedom I have in the events I plan and so now I'm going to just start having all sorts of things going on for people to go to. The more they come, the more chances I have to talk with them and get to know them, and the more chances I have to share the love of Christ with them!