Feliz Navidad!

Merry Christmas!

I love singing Christmas carols in Spanish to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour... familiar tunes and great words that tell us of what God has done for us.

Peruvians celebrate Christmas at midnight on the 24th. It's my first Peruvian Christmas and I am about to go to a concert/carol event at the church and then go over to spend Christmas with the Peruvian family I lived with in Lima in 2004. Should be fun!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Moved... to Lima

Well, I've been in Lima for about a week and a half and it's been totally full on...! I started with learning all the stuff for bookkeeping (total brain overload, it's been ages since I've worked in an office environment, and with spreadsheets!!), and I'll be doing this for SIM Peru until March to cover for missos going on home assignment... meanwhile, I'll be trying to improve my Spanish, which is the main reason I'm in Lima. I've started classes with a girl named Sandra - she's just finished her second year of Journalism at the University of Lima. It will be great to focus on my grammar.

The last couple of months in Abancay were really cool - I had lots of opportunities to talk to the family and understand more of the culture. It was sad to leave... but they should be moving to Lima just before Christmas, so at least I will see them soon.

My time with Haydee, my Spanish helper in Abancay, has been really awesome. As well as helping me out with language, she also became a good friend.

And you might remember my second language helper, Silvia... I go and visit her every other week and we also catch up at church. I'm excited about going back to Abancay and hopefully starting up some girls bible study groups with her and Stacey (SIM US misso). Her baby is so cute!!

Since arriving in Lima, I've managed to be sick most of the time... allergies, cough and now diarrhoea... not sure what is going on...

So if you want to pray... pray for good health, a good relationship with Sandra and a good brain for numbers and spreadsheets.