The other day as I was walking to the bank I saw my first protest. I've heard they have a lot of these here but they're just usually not in my district. But Thursday morning we had one a few blocks away. These were employers of a travel agency or something. I was going to go and stand with them to act like I was protesting too so that the picture would be more exciting, but there were a few too many police officers ready for a riot and I decided against that idea.
After the protest we went furniture shopping! Thanks to Ron and North Lanier for the support for a new bunk bed! So we went and bought a bunk bed and two mattresses for the new missionary coming. Then in the summer we should have two girls staying there. We ended up having to get the bed delivered because it wouldn't fit in our truck. That was no big deal. But when we got it to our apartment we had to be a little more creative to get it in the room. You see, to get in our room we have a tiny spiral staircase to climb. There was no way the bunk bed pieces were going up that, so we ended up using the window. Claudia and Susie stood below the window and tied a rope to each piece. Then I pulled them up and into the room. I was really nervous the knot in the rope would give out and it would fall on someone's head, but thankfully it didn't! So here is a picture of Susie and Claudia getting the bed ready to come up.
So later that day, Arnold and Patrick helped me put it together. And here is the finished product....
Thanks again to North Lanier for the bed!!!!
I went ahead and took a picture of the rest of the room so you could see exactly where I was living. We had to move things around for the new bed, so this is our new setup. Claudia's side is on the left and mine is on the right.
So yesterday I went to spend time with Susie, one of the missionaries on my team. She has a hurt ankle and some crazy stomach bug so she is supposed to rest for a week or so. I ended up eating dinner with them and then spending the night. It was really nice to get to spend time with their family. We ate tacos for dinner. You know, the cheap kind in the yellow box that really don't taste anything like Mexican food. But oh man...this was like gourmet food for us and it seemed like real Mexican food in comparison to the "Mexican" food I've had here. Then they cooked homemade waffles for breakfast! I think I'm going to just join their family and move in with them!
This morning we went to a new church. We cheated a little and went to an English speaking church. However, this church meets in the movie theatre that is very close to where I live. So if I ever don't want to take the bus by myself to the other church, I can just walk here. We all really enjoyed it. It was actually a video of the pastor from the states. What was funny though is that we were the only gringos except for the pastor. I saw lots of people who come to our Bible studies there too. I think I'm going to keep going here because it is probably a good place to meet new people who might be interested in coming to our Bible studies and becoming translators. If you're interested, check out www.flamingoroadchurch.org to see the church in the States and here in Lima. I think all their other locations are in South Florida, so if you're ever traveling in that area I would suggest you check one of these out.
I know this has been long, but I will close with a few prayer requests... Susie and her health, Claudia who is going to have to have another surgery very soon and the pain she has been having from her problem, Brad and Derek who are traveling back in from their village assignment of 5 weeks (they'll be coming back in on Wednesday), Nick who will be coming on March 7th to work with us for at least a month, Haley as she is still preparing to come down and work with us, the 5 teams coming in March and the beginning of April, and the people attending the Bible studies as well as our English Fellowship event on March 3rd. Thanks for all of your prayers! Miss you guys!
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