Chau, Peru. Hola, el Proximo Paso.

It's been exactly a week to the day that I left Peru. To sum up my whole semester Peru because to try to explain it would not do the whole experience justice. The Lord had me there for good reasons though it was hard in certain circumstances I truly believe He did a work in a through me. Not only was this semester special because being in Peru but also because it was my last semester. I doubt I will have the chance ever again to sit under the teaching of the word every day of the week as I had had the opportunity to do so in the past four semesters of Bible college. I have learned so much, yet know that I have so much to learn. I am so thankful for the provision that the Lord has given to me to be able to study the Word so freely. Now continues life and life that I must learn to be more disciplined to make time for the Lord being that the pressures of urgent worries of this world might try to crowd out. Our growth and walk with the Lord should never stop even after two years of intense study in the Word. We should all continue to seek our Lord Jesus Christ as that precious jewel because to give up we would certainly be fools

Graduates in Peru 2010

It has actually been a whole week and a half since the actual event, but it was great. The Lord has definitely blessed the campus and church in Lima, Peru. This semester was the first semester that the Peruvian intern full-time students (they are funded by churches in the states to go through the Bible college in order that they might be better equipped to minister in their ministries in different areas in Peru) graduated in the accelerated Bible college program. We all had an awesome time. We helped the with leading worship. It truly was an honor for me to spend a whole semester with some awesome brothers and sisters in the Lord this past semester. The Lord has been good.

Almuerzo Con Mi Amiga

This is Pamela she has been helping out with leading worship for the woman's Bible studies on Tuesday mornings and the young adults group on Saturday evenings. I have been recently teaching her a few things on the guitar every Friday since the beginning of April and she recently has invited me over last Wednesday and this Wednesday to her house for lunch (last Wednesday we had arroz con pollo). We have had awesome conversations though the language barrier is there. I do my best with what I can understand in Spanish and try to respond in Spanish all the time. It has been really helpful for me in practicing my Spanish. Parents are lovely people who are trusting in the Lord. They have seen hard times in that their son two years ago died in a car accident. They have been faithfully coming the CC Lima for awhile. It is good to see the strength of the Lord in them.

Jesus Loves the Little Children

The children's ministry in CC Lima had a celebration for the kids who had their birthdays in March and April and May this year so we had a teaching and then had cake and Inca Cola. It was good.

John and Pilar Bonner's 25th Wedding Anniversary

John and Pilar Bonner have been following and serving the Lord in Lima, Peru for approximately ten years bringing their 3 children who are all out of the house growing up, studying, and getting married in different parts of the world now. They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with the CC Lima, Peru church family Sunday night on the 18th of April. It was a beautiful thing. They had slideshows of them through the years together and their kids all made vids for them to see. It was a blessing for all to see the faithfulness of the Lord in their marriage and their lives together and it was a blessing even for the simple fact that a lot of us girls got to dress up. We had a great time. The Calvary Chapel Pastors from all around Lima and Peru came and prayed over them near the end of the service. And they even actually had a mariachi band come up and play a few songs (Pilar is originally from Mexico) so it was in total a real fun and awesome night.

"Veintiséis" Dorm Steward[ing] Spring 2010

The semester is winding down with few days more than 2 weeks left. The Lord has blessed me with the opportunity to be a dorm steward this last semester. One thing that is true is that part of filling this role is learning to die to yourself and know that the Lord is in control of everything and as long as we are faithful to the task and good stewards with for example, even enforcing the rules even though it might not be something you like doing or comfortable with, He will give you peace.

Our room 26 will forever be in memory as an awesome room in which I met and grew along side some sweet sisters in Christ. We had much to learn from one another. I was "lucky" because both of them, are probably the neatest and most organized girls on campus which proves well during dorm cleaning days ;). It has definitely been a beautiful season this semester thanks to the Lord who put these girls in my life. Go"Veintiséis"!

March in Recap

Classes as usual convened the past few weeks in March. The way they do classes here is by a block schedule where they have a class that instead of running throughout the whole semester as a weekly class they concentrate the course into two to three week increments.

I joined my only class that I would take with the student body this semester in March, Systematic Theology (I had 2 other Audio classes: Ephesians and Psalms that I basically had to revert to home schooling mode with both of them took two weeks worth of my time to do).

I have been thankful for all this time that I have been here. The Lord has been growing me and showing me many different things that are important in my relationship to Him and it has been awesome.

For the last week of March to Easter Sunday, I went with 7 other students from the Bible college as a team to a city called Huanuco for our mission trip. It was definitely a trip that was ordained by the Lord because of the fact of the provision personally for me that He showed me and for the provision for the finances for the trip itself because we were short but the Lord provided the difference with money that one morning showed up in our leaders Bible. The Loes definitely had to show us how to depend on Him fully and rely upon the Spirit's leading and hold fast to the truth of His Word and being able really resting in His presence.

We did gospel dramas, sang worship songs, fellowshipped with the believers there, and really had great opportunities to evangelize.

Here is a link to see more pictures of what we got to do http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=49462&id=1072064647