Today was a good full day. We started the day off again by heading over to the worksite in the morning, Parker had stayed home this morning again but he's doing much better now and is probably good to go for tomorrow. We are almost finished; tomorrow will be our last day there. We were working for about an hour, until we as a team and henrik decided to go to the man's funeral. There were about 60 people who met at the house with the coffin, so we followed them down to the cemetary for the burial. It was a very interesting experience and very much different than funerals back at home. Being there with the people just really showed me (Leah) how important it is to have Jesus in the hard times. Most of these people don't really know Jesus as their Savior and it felt really hopeless today. They had a time of just gathering around the coffin and a time of a little music. A very short little uology/message. They close the coffin and then all the people follow for him to be buried. They bury the peolple above ground here, so they lifted the coffin and slid the coffin in a narrow cement stall thingie and they seal it. You can ask us later individually on the specific details although I was pretty specific here, but we all have different feelings about it. Ask us later. We are very much getting a true peruvian experience down here in all different ways.
After the funeral we headed back to the worksite and "worked." One or two people kinda had a water fight but then it started with lots of people and half the kids from the neighborhood joined in, so by the end all of us were soaked. Ah, the water feels so good on a hot day.
After lunch we went downtown again and started to do some of our shopping. Yeah, it was a great relaxing afternoon adn we finished the day off by watching "A Walk to Remember." Oh, how i love that movie so much, we all do and half of us were crying, yeah it's great movie, i recommend you to watch it if you haven't seen it.
Thanks for all your prayers, we are all having a blast down here in Peru and it's kinda hard to believe we have less than a week down here. Continue to pray for us that God would use us in powerful ways, health, and that we would be a blessing to the people we meet and give them words of hope and encouragement. C ya shortly!
Leah (Peru)
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Hi Lindsay and Team Peru,
I have been thinking about you, and hoping your time in Peru has been a wonderful experience. You are in my prayers, and trust you have a safe trip home. Looking forward to hearing all about it, maybe sometime at the Vandermeer home. Take care!
Hi team,
Hard to believe your time there is almost done, but I know you'll have memories forever, and you'll have touched some parts. And who knows what God will do with the seeds you've planted. How does that scripture go? "I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept making it grow"
Reading the blog has been a treat for me every day.
Love Donna
p.s. I should have said touched some hearts! lol - I should proof read before I post.
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