Mes de Estrés

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AS OF TODAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TAX-DEDUCTABLE DONATIONS TOWARD MY MINISTRY HERE IN PUCALLPA, PERU, PLEASE WRITE CHECKS TO GLENROCK BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH ASHLEY WALDMEYER OR PERU MISSIONS IN THE MEMO.  PLEASE MAIL TO:

 

GLENROCK BAPTIST CHURCH

1815 DOBY'S BRIDGE RD.

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Wedding Planning

Walter has officially deemed December "el mes de estrés", which means "the month of stress" (sounds cooler in Spanish).  On top of the usual Christmas chaos, we, as you probably already know, have chosen January 4 as our wedding date, which means this whole month we have been wedding planning.  But of course, never settling for the simple life, on top of all that I have to deal with the complications of extra paperwork being a foreigner.  So far things are going okay as far as paperwork is concerned.  Walter and I just returned to Pucallpa yesterday from a trip to Lima to the U.S. Embassy to get my "negative marriage certificate" proving that I, in fact, do not have a husband hidden away somewhere in the U.S.  Now, the only thing that is missing is my brith certificate.  Please pray for this if you think of it.  In order to marry Walter I need a certified copy of my birth certificate issued within 90 days of the wedding.  My mom got that for me with no problem, but she mailed it over two weeks ago with a 10 day guarantee and it still hasn't arrived.  Please pray that my birth certificate does arrive, and that no on has stolen my identity in the meantime. 

Other wedding plans are coming along well. Raquel Sisley has been working diligently on my wedding dress (picture below) and I bought some rockin' shoes in Lima to wear with it (yes, they are blue...I did not accidentally put the wrong picture up). 

Ministry Planning

Here in Peru, we are now entering the summer months, which means no school.  This week my school, Ricardo Palma, is having its closing ceremonies and graduations.  Below is a picture of the nativity the school set up as a background for the kindergarten graduation pictures. 

The new school-year won't begin until March, so now is a great time for Walter and I to decide how we want to start off 2013 together.  Walter has recently joined the praise and worship band at church playing the drums.  We continue to visit the Brock family and help with schooling and errand-running and anything else that will help them progress more rapidly in their plans for building a camp and, of course, their house.  Beginning in March I will be teaching 5 high school English classes at Ricardo Palma.  It sounds like a lot, but it really doesn't take up as much time as you'd think (each class is only an hour and a half once a week).  So Walter and I are strongly considering joining the adolescent youth ministry team at church.  There are about 60 kids and right now only one couple in charge of them all, begging for some extra help.  Walter used to be the Sisleys' assistant youth director when the youth program was run solely by volunteers, before the official youth pastor came.  Then the youth group grew big enough that they had to split it into two age groups.  The youth pastor is still working with the 16-19 year olds, but they need help with the 12-15 year olds.  We don't want to overload ourselves, but we also both feel very strongly about getting involved in youth ministry.  Please pray that we will be wise in our decision making for this coming year and that we won't overfill our plates. 

That's about all the news I have for now.  Tonight I'll be enjoying the SAM Academy school play, "Christmas in Neverland" (a Peter Pan Christmas story) and tomorrow aftertoon there is a Christmas  gathering for independent missionaries that Walter and I have been invited to.  I hope you all are having as wonderful a Christmas season as I am.  Even though it's a stressful month, try not to get too caught up in all of the hassle and relax a little.  Love you guys!  God bless!