Seven Days Down, and a Short Reflection

Hey guys, I hope everyone in America is doing well! Actually, I have been told (multiple times) that I am not an American. I am actually a Estadios Unidenses (a “United States-zian”). I am not sure how that works, exactly, but whatever; it makes them happy here.

Things are going really well. We have been here for exactly one week now, and things are moving right along. Each of us has a pretty packed schedule. Most of us have 8-10 readers now, and all of our time slots throughout the day are filled. LST wants us to have 15 apiece, but that is difficult when we will only be here for three weeks and we hope to make a lasting impact with those that we do see.

But things seem to be going well so far. We have had a lot of interest in conversation. People often walk into the church from off of the street asking to read. Unfortunately, with the way Peru works, they want to read right then. If we are full of readers they say they will return but often do not. We have probably signed up enough readers to fill three schedules apiece, but many people commit to things here and never come back.

But please don’t think we are discouraged. Far from it. Things seem to be going well. I have had a number of great conversations with readers since I have been here. I have heard all sorts of stories: stories of personal loss, personal growth, the loss of family members, the deaths of friends, the challenges of living in Peru… Yet most of my readers have a deep love for God. Out of all of my readers only one isn’t a Christian of some sort. He is a 16 year old kid who believes but has never really had a Christian experience outside of LST. The other day he talked about how he prays many nights before he goes to bed, even though his family does not attend church, but he was afraid he didn’t believe in God enough because he often fell asleep while he was praying. I told him that if that was a mark of our belief in God then ALL of us fail! Tonight we talked about how we could follow Jesus this week, and he told me that he wants to pray with his family and try to learn more about Jesus! What an awesome blessing!

I want to include some pictures from this last week in LST. So here they go!

Also, we will focus one blog on the party we held on Saturday. Look for that manana.

Vaya con Dios, mi hermanos en Cristo!