But even if.: A Day In The Life

Here is a small, yet very detailed, picture of what our days have looked like since being in Recuay. Most days since being here have looked very different. This is an account of what our Friday looked liked.

8:00am- Wake up. *An hour before the alarm goes off because we went to bed at 9:30pm the night before.

8:10am- Put on shoes and sweatshirt to walk outside to the bathroom.

8:15am- Make coffee. (It is probably going to be a long day)

8:20-9:00am- Eat breakfast and spend time with the Lord.

9:00am- Begin preparing to take a shower.

9:15-9:35am- Shower. (Little water pressure makes washing your hair a long process.)

9:40-10:00am- Get dressed and stand in the sun to try and regain warmth.

10:00-10:15am- Walk to the market

10:15-10:45am- Buy fruits and veggies for dinner.

10:45-11:00am- Walk home with groceries.

11:00-11:25am- Wash and put away food.

11:30-12:00pm- Sit around the kitchen table and chat about the day.

12:00-12:30pm- Sit on the back “patio” in the sun and read.

12:45-1:00pm- Walk to Humberta’s for lunch

1:00-2:00pm- Eat lunch. (Aguadito de pollo, lentils, rice, chicken, apple cake, and agua de maracuya)

2:00-2:15pm- Walk back home.

2:15-3:00pm- Read, journal, stare at the wall.

3:00-3:20pm- Wait for Humberta to come with a Komby. *public transportation

3:25-4:00pm- Travel to Utcuyacu. (For a bible study that was supposed to start at 3:00pm)

4:15-4:30pm- Play volleyball with kids of the community.

4:30-5:00pm- Bible study with ladies of the community.

5:00-6:00pm- Travel back to Recuay. (Via foot, taxi, and komby)

6:00-6:30pm- Recount the day, think about tomorrow, plan dinner.

6:30-7:00pm- Cook dinner.

7:00-7:30pm- Eat dinner.

7:30-8:00pm- Clean up and practice Spanish.

8:00-9:00pm- Sit around the kitchen table (because the kitchen if still warm from cooking) doing random things like, talking, reading, journaling, and making a grocery list.

9:00-9:30pm- Brush teeth, put on warm clothes, and get in bed. (The sun has been down for nearly three hours)

Next week will hopefully provide more structure and an actual schedule. Wednesday we will begin teaching in the schools. Tuesdays , Wednesdays, and Fridays we will teach English and Bible at Javier for an hour, and Mondays and Thursdays we will do the same at Utcuyacu. We have visited both of these schools this week and both the teachers and the students are very excited for us to begin coming on a regular basis. Friday afternoons we will also be going to Utcuyacu to lead a bible study with some of the ladies in the community. We went yesterday to meet them for the first time and they all seem very hungry for the word. It is likely we will also be planning something for the children at the same time, because they just roamed and played about as we did bible study with the ladies.

Today as we walked to get a taxi we met two little girls who live near us. They immediately knew who we were because the missionaries from the summer had told them we were going to be here for four months. They were very bright. They sang us several songs the summer missionaries taught them and told us how about how they had bible study every Monday night this summer in the house we are living in, with about fifteen other kids. We are hopefully going to meet these other kids on Monday and maybe begin to make plans to carry on this bible study for the next four months.

Things you can join us in praying for: boldness as we meet new people every day, courage to speak and learn a new language, wisdom and discernment as we discover our purpose in ministry in this new place.