So today was a bad day. First of all, I am painfully learning that while I am pregnant, it takes my body ten times longer to digest food. I was up half the night last night and I think I’m still digesting my dinner from 24 hours ago.
Then, this morning Trent lost his wallet. He [...]
Archive for August, 2008
A Bad Day
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A Thirsty People
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Trent
A few months ago, I was talking to a Quechua believer who has become a good friend to us, Simon Chavez (whom I will introduce more in a later blog). He knows our target area well, and told me about a certain place where believers were gathering from different communities asking for someone to [...]
Left Hanging
Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There is one channel on our TV that shows the Olympics, mostly in the evenings. We normally turn it on, but sometimes their choices of what to show are weird. Like they’ll show one minute of gymnastics and a whole match of fencing.
Today we woke up to find a great gold medal volleyball match going [...]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Market
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s the funny event for the day. When Trent was in town he saw a strike going on. They were chanting “No more strikes!” Apparently there was a strike against strikes today in Sucre, Bolivia.
Happy Birthday Dogs!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are tons of dogs here in Bolivia. They run around all over the place just like they are a people. Trent and I are always commenting on how they look like they know exactly where they are going, running down the sidewalk with a purpose. You would think the city was full of strays [...]
Stuck
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have really been trying to understand the way people think in this new culture we are living in. When we got here, several other missionaries told us, “Don’t try to figure out why things happen the way they do here. There is no logic behind it.” But I wasn’t convinced of that. There has [...]
What An Adventure
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This weekend went so well. We have been dying to get out into the communities but with all of our other obligations, we haven’t been able to. So going out, even for just the weekend, was like quenching a deep thirst.
We drove most of the day Saturday and arrived in Ayuma around 7:30 that night. [...]
We’re Headed Out!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Please pray for us this weekend as we head out to a church in our province. Our friend Simon who is from the province offered to take us out to one of the churches, introduce us to the pastor, and go to one of their services with us. So tomorrow we will drive about five [...]
Our First Quechua Service
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tonight we attended our first Quechua church service. Here are a few things I noticed:
–All of it was in Quechua, and I had forgotten how listening to a language I don’t understand gives me a headache.
–The men and women sat on different sides of the room. But we followed suit with the Quechua family we [...]
Some Mysterious Encouragement
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Trent
A few weeks ago, we had a church meeting in our house here in Sucre. We try to practice the same model of simple church that we want to plant in our target communities. A big part of this model is leaving an opporutnity in the meeting for everyone to speak, so that all [...]
