Lets try this again

So I typed up this really nice post for y'all with really cool pics and everything but the Internet wouldn't work on my friend's computer so I'm using someone else's iPhone and its working much better . Long story short the team that Gideon and I were leading just left and now we are just chilling at Starbucks. So that other post I wrote hopefully will show up sometime soon but if not please go to incathakhi.org and check out what my friend Joca does with his outdoor ministry. It's really cool.
Ok cho

Oh Hey

We interns worked a 1/2 day and headed to the mall for Internet for the rest. So I have a second to blog. So here's whats happening: I'm not really sure. Hahahaha. Its a actually true. We live day by day. Sometimes and more often hour by hour. I really enjoy it too. It means less worries and more chill go with the flow. We are trying to prepare the orphanage for the kids, who will hopefully be here by Sept. Which means CONSTRUCTION! and lots of it. We pretty much live on a construction site, which is fine by me b/c it means I don't have to "go to work" I live there!

Lately We have been painting and painting and painting and pouring concrete. Which I LOVE! Its a fun process, but a lot of hard work. 1st you add water into the mixer, then rocks, sand, a bad of cement, and more water. I get to be the driver of this big mixer! Then they line up with wheel barrels, I fill them,  and they take them over to the maestros (or craftsman) and they pour it where it is needed. We are pouring sidewalks and filling in areas so that we can walk on the concrete instead of sand and tracking it in the house and elsewhere. The painting is mainly priming so we can get color on the wall and outside of the buildings. If I ever get my camera back I just might have pictures to show you.

In South America, especially in Peru, time runs much slower. I love it most of the time, but it can also be a bit frustrating. But lets be honest, its great! It means I can focus much more on the relationships and enjoy getting to know my family here. But it also means that my broken camera may take a lot longer than expected to get fixed. But I can't complain b/c its getting fixed.

Oh heres a surprise for my mom, I've got flees. hahaha. I found 3 on me today, I blame the 3 dogs we have (Inca the mother, Chubby, the fat one and Chickle, the crazy one) but don't worry I'm sure the flees are in the house too. Hahahaha! Yakori did an awesome job cleaning the house and I finally washed my sheets for the 1st time. oh hahaha! I so enjoy living here.

Anywho, to say the least life is crazy and fun and great! Oh the stories I'll have to tell.

Until next time,
(Psalms 46:10, I think thats the right one, about being still and knowing God)
Cho
Bekah

(Me, Maddy, Valiente and Gideon)

an update

Hey friends,

Bekah sent us an email this week.  We were glad to hear that she is still alive.  Just to update you, Lima Peru has had three earthquakes this past week with no reported; university students have been advocating for their rights and with that has come riots.  There have been a few transportation issues causing travel difficulties for the team working with Bekah.  News headlines report airline and sea travel delays.  Additionally, the transportation workers went on strike last week causing travel difficulties causing team travel issues for the Canadian team.  All is well now, the workers are no longer on strike, and the Canadians have gone home uninjured.  Bekah and the interns were able to celebrate the 4^th.  According to Bekah, “life is good but hard.”  She reports that they all have been “kinda sickish.”  And they have started laying cement.  She loves stirring the mixing bucket, sounds similar to playing in the mud and I’m sure Bekah LOVES that!!!  Lastly, she reports they will be having a new intern arriving shortly.  She broke her camera while playing at the beach so it may be sometime before she has more pictures for us.

Continue to pray for good health, physical safety and team unity.  Pray for supernatural strength that comes from the Lord and for good communication.  Pray that they would have good communication amongst each other and that as they go through their days they would communicate the Gospel clearly.  

I will leave you with two of Bekah’s favorite quotes:

Jim Elliot “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” 
Psalm 73:25&26 “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

Praying this is true for her always. 

Grace and Peace,
Carolyn