Day 6

It's kinda hard to believe that it's already Saturday. The past few days we've spent time with friends, visited schools for the disabled, and tomorrow my mom is already heading back to the US.

Wednesday, my friend Juan Gabriel came over from Huaycán (on the outskirts of Lima, takes about 2 hrs) and stayed with us for a night. We showed my mom around downtown (here are some pics from that)and then came back and hung out at Luis & Monica's house. It was so great to see him! We had some fun with PhotoBooth on my computer and were laughing hysterically. (Photobooth pics)


Friday we visited some schools for the disabled (I'll get some pics up soon) and then that night we met up with a team from The Kings Academy (a Christian school near San Jose) and got to see Erin and Pepe Macat (friends of mine that we partnered with back in 2006 when I took a small team from my church). We went to the airport and waited for the team as they were leaving and then there was another team from Alabama coming in as well.

Today, Saturday, we went to Villa El Salvador (see the pics here), where my godson Samuelito lives, and wow, we had an interesting time getting there and getting back. Monica was driving and it was the first time Christen was navigating there without Lucho, and so we went way past where we were supposed to turn off and then on the way back, we had a heck of a time finding our way. We kept having to ask for directions. But eventually we made it back.

It was so great to see Samuelito! He's now 5 and his sister, Luz Victoria (Christen's goddaughter) is now 7. I'd never really heard him talk, but this time, he was talking non-stop and he wasn't shy around me. His mom told him we were coming and he was excited. It was funny though because he knew me as "padrino" but didn't know my actual name. It was definitely fun talking with him and hanging out with him. He and I went over to one of the "stores" and he bought some chips and a soda and the 2 of us got to just sit down and hang out. This was definitely the best time I've had with him since I've known him. It'll be fun to continue to see him grow and get to know him better and better.

Please pray for Samuelito's parents Roy and Carla... they're going through a hard time in their marriage, as if their circumstances alone weren't hard enough.

Please also be praying for Pablo and Emerly. We're meeting with them Monday night and have some difficult stuff we need to talk about regarding the two of them.

On a lighter note, we went to Young Life tonight and got to hang out with some of the kids and I'm actually going to go and play soccer with them tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it! It's so cool how you can bond with other people just by playing a simple game of soccer!


Anyways, thanks for your prayers and sorry this update was so long and took so long to get posted! Please be praying for my mom as she travels back tomorrow night.

Thanks!

Jake