Monday

Well, we have almost completed our first full day of activities. The ladies had a cooking class at a tiny restaurant called Pepino´s Burger. We had ten local ladies for a class on making hash browns and french toast. They had never made anything like it, so they enjoyed it very much. Karen and Chris gave their testimonies to the ladies, also.
The men and Lina and Nancy went to shadow with a gentleman named Chicho, who owns several large shops here in Tarma. The ladies had a wonderful response with several women in tears. Pray that God has reached into their hearts with His love.
Some of the men spent time in the Plaza in front of our hotel doing surveys about the people and their belief in God and how they see the Holy Spirit and Jesus. They met a young man who is very sincere about his relationship with Jesus and spent a lot of time talking with the guys.
This trip has started out with a bang!! Thanks be to God for all the things he is doing with us here. We are so excited for tomorrow to begin. The last thing that is happening tonight is a presentation by Tim on time management. In Peru, people do not necessarily live by the clock...when you say 7, they may show up at 730 or 8 or not come at all. Life is quite relaxed here.
Please continue to pray for us all....Tim has had some congestion and sleep issues and Mark´s stomach is a bit off. Pray that we stay healthy and ready for the work the Lord has for us.
On a side note, it doesn´t matter where you go, the Packer game is still available to be watched. We came back from David´s English presentation and there were all the guys, camped out on the couch and watching the Packer game on Peruvian ESPN....you can take the guys out of the country and they STILL find football!!!!
Your Tarma Team