all i can say is wow

so here we are! the first picture is from i believe saturday...when they served us potatoes, rice, and cau-cau...aka cow intestines and cow tongue!!! ahhhh! poor matthew accidentally ate some of the meat..and then felt pretty sick after that. the sunshine picture is one of the most beautiful days we´ve had here! and then finally there´s me and sarah on the death bus at 6:00 yesterday morning..explanation to follow soon.

Remember us being excited about some hot springs where the people go to bathe in their clothes...well Jessica told us that we could catch a car with her that was leaving to go out of town at 6:00am sunday morn. we said we had to be back intime for church at 10:30. she said, oh it´s only an hour hike back. well okay! let´s just say that the CAR was a BUS-- the ones we talk about not wanting to ride! and then the HIKE back was well over 2 HOURS! we were soooo tired, we missed church, and were starving when we finally made it back to town around 1145. grrrrr! okay but the rest of the day went very well. matthew gave his sermon last night at the church- the biggest crowd we´ve seen there yet! so he spoke and i translated and the people were so receptive...we even had some teenagers slipping in the back and listening. our prayer is that they heard HIS words and not mine or matthew´s. also last night, i had a divine appt with the son of a preacher from a nearby village. He came in and sat down next to me in the internet cafe and we talked for about an hour. His name is David, his father´s name is Luis. He is here visiting family in Corongo for a couple of weeks and we´re gonna hang out with him, hopefully be an encouragement to him and also learn from him as well.

Today, we will be teaching the mens´group at seven! prayers please! they are very eager to learn...pray that we will be able to teach them a whole lot more than the english language!! we are very excited about this oppurtunity. also...tomorrow we start our teaching at the school at 8am! our days are getting very full...we start on mondays and don´t finish till late thursday nights with ESL teaching (either at school or to the business men), bible-storying with the kids, soccer playing with the teenagers and then the village men´s team, and finally writing sermons and learning spanish worship songs in order to lead the congregation! what a privilege it is to be used by our lord! ps. food has been better lately:)

que dios le bendiga! - jlr<><