I'm sick...

So after being in Peru for 2 months... it's finally happened... and I'm sick.

Lucky for me it's not a stomach or vomiting thing... I just had this allergic reaction to dust that has somehow morphed into a cold, congestion, sore throat and now a cough. It only started yesterday afternoon and I was spose to travel back to Abancay today but I really didn't feel up to sitting on the bus for 15 hours, so will see how I feel after some drugs and some sleep.

Other than getting sick... Lima has been really good but I'm looking forward to going back to Abancay.

Back in the city...

I arrived in Lima earlier today after a 15 hour bus ride from Abancay... it was pretty good, I managed to sleep through the night. Tomorrow I will go to Migraciones to get my carnet (Peruvian ID card for foreigners... all I know is that I need a carnet to be able to leave the country and also to open a bank account) and hang around in the big city until Wednesday.

Couple of things of my 'To Do' list:
- catch up with some missos, mks and friends here in Lima
- check out a language school for later on the year
- go visit Ruy (Diana and Javier's older brother who is studying here in Lima) and other relatives of my Abancay family
- buy some baby toys and clothes for Silvia (baby toys are almost non-existent in Abancay...)
- sort out how to get to Bolivia... I'm going to La Paz to see some SIM ministries with a short-termer in Abancay who needs to leave the country
- go to the movies
- go have Thai food
- go have gelato
- go to the beach (more like, go look at the ocean)
- go shopping (more like window shopping...!)

The main part of this trip is to officially become a Peruvian resident and get the card that goes with it, but the stuff that comes with being in the city is a bonus. I love Abancay and while I don't think I want to live in Lima... it's cool to be able to visit.

Would you...?

Would you get in a car driven by...?

On the weekends, we often go on paseos. The family has a red, VW, jeep, convertible type car and we drive around Abancay. Within 10 minutes, we're out in the country... and it's pretty fun.

When we get out into the middle of nowhere, Javier gets to have a go driving. He's actually pretty good considering it's a manual car that doesn't have power steering, the roads aren't paved, there are horses, sheep, cows, dogs and chickens he has to avoid hitting AND he's only 13!


Praise God that I've settled into living with Luciano, Rossmary, Diana and Javier, my Peruvian family in Abancay. Pray for opportunities to talk about God as my Spanish improves.
Pray for a safe trip to Lima on Wednesday - YAY, 15 hours overnight on a bus!

Un bebé

Qué lindo! Silvia had her baby yesterday and we went to visit them in the hospital. I found out that apparently in Peru, dads aren't allowed in during the birth...! So we finally get to meet Eliasif Eliab Cervantes Huamanñahui.


I'd been praying for the baby to come during meal times since Silvia went into hospital on Tuesday and didn't give birth until Thursday, so the family was pretty excited and Rossmary (the mum) and Diana (my 'sister') came to the hosptial with me to visit Silvia and meet the baby.



Praise God that both Silvia and Eliasif are both doing well.

For One Night Owls...

One Night Owls is the name of a Year 1 class in Sydney who has been praying for me. I think it's so cool - so I thought I'd post some pictures of some Peruvian animals for them (and for everyone else who reads my blog)!

Vicuña

Llama

Condor

Praise God that my Peruvian ID card is now ready to be picked up in Lima. So I will probably do the 14 hour bus ride next week and stay for a couple of days in Lima to catch up with my friends.

Praise God that I'm getting to know the family better and that we are all getting along.

Pray for Silvia (my language helper), she's gone into hospital to have her baby, and pray for a new language helper.

3 mk's 4 3 days

From Friday lunchtime until Monday lunchtime (Peruvian time... which is about 15 hours behind Oz)... I am going to be looking after Brandon 6, Jonathon 4 and Nathan 3, while their parents are away for the weekend.

It should be really fun... playing hide and seek, watching the Incredibles, reading books, playing chutes and ladders, having water fights, playing outside, going out for ice-cream, making a mess, going to church and Sunday School, jumping on the couch and maybe get some sleep!

Pray that the kids, the house and I will all be in one piece on Monday... no seriously - pray that it will be a fun weekend!