Things have slowed down tremendously, but they are still busy. We have decided that a busy summer life is never a bad thing. Yesterday we got to fellowship!! So exciting! It has been a blessing to be back in it the two times we have gone. I am telling y'all I don't know what I would do without it. You are my support system! Today we made a home visit. We went to a friend's home to have coffee/chai. It was so neat sitting there and seeing the open door policy. All of their family lives around them and they just come and go as they please. Aunts and cousins were in and out the entire three hours we were there. Not sure that policy would be enjoyed all the time! Haha! No privacy! :) Tonight we had red beans and rice with our bosses'. They were delicious! They even surprised us with a cherry pie! We were all very pleasantly surprised! This week we don't have classes, we are taking the week to try and go deeper with relationships we have already established. We are making home visits and getting coffee everyday this week. We have a good group of friends. We have made about 12 friends that we think we can go deeper with. Pretty impressive if you ask me...12 friends in 6 weeks! Haha!
I have a huge interceeding request. I got a very numbing e-mail tonight. I considered not telling my family about it, not wanting them to worry, but this request deserves your time. I got an e-mail from our program's state director with a news release. A student summer worker in Peru was killed Saturday in a car wreck. The student (a guy) attended Ole Miss and is from Glen Carbon, IL. PLEASE intercede for his family. His body had to be transported 19 hours to Lima and then flown home. It was a very real and rude awakening to read the e-mail, my stomach dropped. I think I have gotten somewhat arrogant in my confidence that my Father is going to keep me safe because I am in His will this summer. I am still shocked about the e-mail. I can only imagine what his family and friends are going through. Going back 2 and a half years, I can't imagine throwing in a transport from a foreign country to the grief of the situation. Please join me in interceding.