So it's easy to "tough it out" when you have to deal with little inconveniences for a short period of time, but recently it's been hitting me that these things I'm dealing with are not for a short time, but for 10 months! For example, I just realized the other day that I have been here for going on three weeks and I haven't really had a chance to sing the whole time! At home in the States I can belt it out whenever I feel like it, but here, that would be disruptive to everyone around me since there's really no privacy. I didn't realize how much that would effect me, but it really got me down. So I prayed for the Lord to give me an outlet to sing. Within 5 minutes another missionary approached me asking if I could help her to lead worship at a missionary women's conference that's coming up!!! How awesome is God that He doesn't just answer our "big" prayers, but that He cares so much and so personally for us, He takes care of our little needs as well?! I'm hoping and praying that this opportunity to sing will help draw me closer to Him and be a comfort to me in this time of confusion and adjusting.
Although there are some things I'm still getting used to, life here moves too fast to spend much time thinking about it. SAM Academy has been keeping me busy with planning lessons, creating and grading tests, and coming up with projects and assigments for the kiddos (below is a picture of the classroom where I teach).
Now that I've kind of got a handle on a teaching and the daily expectations at the school, I'm already adding more to my plate! Next week I'll begin meeting with a Spanish tutor to help me regain what I've lost of the Spanish language and to learn even more. My goal is to be able to say with confidence by the time I leave Peru that I can speak Spanish fluently.
Next week I'll also get an introduction to Latidos de Esperanza (Heartbeats of Hope), the crisis pregnancy center. I'm planning to spend some time in the center as well as sitting in on an abstinence class that one of our missionaries teaches at the local public school.
There are two youth ministries I'm considering joining and both meet on Saturdays. I've only attended one so far, but tomorrow I'll be checking out the other one. I'm hoping to get plugged in as soon as possible, though, so hopefully after this weekend I'll know for sure which one to dedicate my Saturdays to.
Anyway, I'm very excited about getting involved in different ministries, just please keep me in your prayers that I don't do as I often tend to do and spread myself too thin. Everything's just so exciting, I want to be a part of it all! (I do understand the importance of a Day of Rest, though, so Tuesdays are my "nothing days".)
If you'd like to see some pictures of Pucallpa, I've recently put some up on my Facebook. Thanks for reading and have a blessed week!
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