We were finally able to take the trip out to the campo in June as a family. We are very thankful to finally have a truck and that we were able to make this trip. We went to Cotabambas and San Juan de Cotabambas. The scenery is amazing and the pictures really don't do it justice! We left a little before school was out on Friday and it takes a good 5-6 hours to get there. After the first hour it is dirt roads all the way out.
The truck in front of the posta, or the medical clinic in San Juan de Cotabambas on Saturday morning.
Gloria doing education about hygiene and keeping the house clean as well to prevent illnesses.
After the lecture the women bathed their children and then they got to pick out "new" clothes. The older girls were excited to take a bath to be able to get new clothing. And it was a great way for the moms to put into practice what they had just learned.
Then, on Sunday we went to Pastor Felix's church but not before we were invited to his home for breakfast. Since it was Felix's birthday we were served cuy or guinea pig. It was our first time to eat it! The girls took pictures. It is a great honor to be served this delicacy, but it wasn't Chris nor my favorite. (Danica thought it was chicken and didn't eat any of hers.)
After breakfast, we hiked back up the mountain to the church where Chris was asked to preach as the pastor was walking up for the sermon. Gloria translated from Spanish to Quechua.
Nearly impossible to get a family picture, but this is the best we could do!
Please continue to pray for us as a team from our home church comes down Thursday. We plan to take this trip out to San Juan and Cotabambas with them. Pray that people would come to know the Lord. We are excited but we know that the trip is long and hard, both to come down to Peru and to go out into the countryside. Pray for the team to have strength and stamina.
And one last prayer request: Danica was exposed to chickenpox in her preschool class at Promesa which she attends only two days a week. When her teacher told me last week, I assured her Danica had received the vaccination and most likely wouldn't get it. Famous last words :) Wednesday afternoon Danica started having blistery red spots that were itchy. Thursday I took her to the clinic and they agreed with me that it looked like chicken pox. She is doing quite well, but she is itchy and wants the "pops" to go away. Thankfully, she doesn't have a fever, but please pray that she would heal quickly and be able to return to school soon.
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23
