Sulam

Good morning! It was nice to talk to all of you in the 8:30 service this morning! :)

Well I wanted to take a moment to tell you all about Sulam, one of my most favorite translators here in Peru.

Sulam lives in one of the poor areas of Lima, her house located high up on a hill. Her dad works as a taxi driver to support their family. Her mom volunteers helping people even more poor than her family, usually spending more time and resources on others. However, you would never guess this when meeting Sulam. She is always happy and is an awesome Christian. Her English is amazing (I'm pretty sure better than mine...) and she also speaks French and Italian. She didn't finish high school, not because she dropped out but because she was so smart she didn't have to. She just turned 19 but has already graduated from college.

She has been awarded a scholarship to a baptist university in Texas. Someone here as agreed to buy her ticket, but that still means she needs $5,000 a year to pay for housing, etc. Randomly some people from a political party approached her and said they would pay for this if she would join their party. She said the party isn't bad or anything, but she isn't sure if this is what she is supposed to do.

Please pray for Sulam, that she would know if using the money from the political party is the right thing to do or that God would provide it in another way. This is an amazing opportunity for her and one that many Peruvians don't have.

This is Sulam (on the left) with Noemi, another translator.