Monday, June 2, 2008

hi im new around here! will you be my friend??

today we set out to visit all the towns that our church had perviously visited. most of the towns didnt have power or running water and had about 50 people or less. i have been taking pictures like crazy except i kept forgetting to bring the camera up here to the internet cafe. no matter how many pictures i take however its nothing like being here and seeing Gods creation undisturbed (for the most part.) ill tell ya a little about the towns we hit.

1st cantria well we were going to lenzoro but we missed it by like 3 miles so we end up their but their director was really interested and said we could come back their.we decide this place was our friday place. the kids started yelling green gos right when we pulled up so i said wow! calm down little buddy mexicano. they all made fun of my big feet,beard and nose. i really think we can get something going their.

2nd tusani grande was pretty cool. they didnt really know what to say but they invited us back to. we handed out tracks to the kids that told the easter story and folded out to a big thing that stated that jesus was alive now! i was going to share a little but they were going to start class so i will next week.

3rd tusani chico was pretty much the best place ever. they were still meeting regularly (once a month). we met with the director who really was passionate about getting the gospel to the village. he invited us back tommorow bc thats when they have their bible studies. we gave them tracks about a little boy who gets introuble alot and then finds God. were going back their friday and after we visit back with tusani grande.

4th we finally found lenzoro but the people werent meeting their anymore they had all started gathering in a town called pequen. they meet once a month. it seems like all the one month churches meet on the 1st or 15th. were gonna try to check out pequen later but we will be coming back to lenzoro to meet with the kids their too. im not to sure about continously going their i didnt really feel a man of peace was their but well wait to see what happens.

5th we went to wto central (dont know how to spell it). we meet the pastor of a church their. he said they meet once a month as well depending on how the crops and herds are doing.we plan on going back their monday to see how we can help his 15 people church expand.

bad news however as we were riding around and during our stay we have found things a little more expensive than what we expected. peru has recently closed it borders which was where the peruvians got all their cheap goods from and at the same time the goverment of boliva decided that they didnt want to trade with peru anyways because peru doesnt back chavez(some other goverments leader). point is things a still extremely cheap just not insanely cheap.
meals cost about dollar instead of 33 cents
and our hostal has gone up 3x as much to 2 dollars a day.
we still have plenty of money but we cant really afford to do as much like buying or renting matrials for the people.
good news the gidons are down here and were working on getting free bibles. like 100 percent free. satan my get in the way but nothing can stop the good news of jesus.
thanks for the prayers and loving comments.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jorge,

Dale says things are going well. I hear you are doing great. You have great ideas and can really make a difference. We are praying for you here and will keep up with your progress. Take care and let us know if we can do anything.
Vickie Pickens

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Unknown said...

yo jorge
its me apex!!

i just read ur posts. sounds like ur having a pretty good time. next time u definitely need to put some pictures up i want to see how the place looks like!!!
well be safe, and were all preying for u.