This is now the longest I have ever been away from home, away from my family, and I'm happy to say it's going well. This week I've been fairly busy with various things, but I have now finished all the language schooling that I'm going to partake in, so I hoping that things might get a bit easier from here on in.
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| The good doctor at work (that's the bus) |
So I guess I should
tell you what the title is in reference to. Well, there was a North
American team down last week (that would be the week starting the
19th), for a campaign up in Puenta Piedre, which, although
still in Lima, is a couple of hours bus ride from me. Because of the
distance, and my commitments with language school, I was only able to
go up on the Thursday. Anyway, at the campaign were doctors,
dentists, physiotherapists all together doing some real good for
local people: adults and children. With all these people working,
there wasn't quite enough room, so Dr Cooper and I ended up setting
up in the bus, which, as we quickly found out, didn't have a great
handbrake! Thankfully Townsend was on hand to jump into the front
seat and step on the brake. All in all, though, it was a great
campaign, and we managed to get quite a few kids through the bus!
This past week, we've
been at Santisima Trinidad, a school/church project where the
director wants Dr Cooper to see all the children. This means we were
there for three days on the first week, and are returning for Monday
and Tuesday this week, to give us enough time to see all 140 odd
children. It's been pretty intense (in-tents!!) going, and I've been
flitting in and out of the clinic, between cleaning equipment, and
measuring the children. We've had a couple of logistical issues,
primarily the lack of the correct poles for the tent, which ended up
a couple of feet higher than expected, giving me the wonderful job of
keeping children and dogs from running in under the canvas. On
Friday, however, Townsend and I sorted the tent components and
managed to get them back where they belong.
You'll be pleased to
know that my life isn't just tents and children, I've been getting
involved in youth ministry as well. Helping at my own church, and
going to the occasional diocese wide events as well (as I did on
Saturday night). Anyway, I'm getting by, I'm pleased to say that I've
seen a major improvement in my Spanish recently, and now pretty much
always know at least vaguely what's going on. So praise God for that.
Oh, and of course
we're into Holy Week aren't we. Being Palm Sunday, we processed up to
the park, singing, before the service today and met up with a local
Lutheran church, as a kind of joint witness. So that was pretty cool
to feel a bit more connected to the rest of the city.
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| Random picture of me at a huaca |
If you have a few
moments to spare, I would love some prayer for:
- Help for me to cope with the heat
- Lack of complacency with my Spanish, now I'm finished school
- Thank the LORD for all He's done to get me to this point.
God bless you on this
special week
B
