Well, this will be super brief!
All ideas of blogging, loading pictures, Skype, messaging/email are kind of basically out the window!
Internet
in the jungle is just that, internet in the jungle! They have a system
of buying small small amounts of internet as a package per month. I have
a 1/2 gig? Basically nothing I am told ha! The M family's have a little
more than that to do ALL of their work, homeschooling, emails and other
things- count it as a blessing when you have internet longer than a day
or week..or get to use your data when you aren't on Wifi- that is not even a possibility for us! It is crazy, among the other daily tasks that make things
really hard to accomplish anything!
On a brighter
note, I made it from Peru to Brazil and am staying in a little apartment
2 huge hills away from my family here and little further from another
family here as well that I will be with.
I was in another small area of Peru with other families doing the same work as us Saturday-Tuesday Monday was supposed to be a fly day but they weather was bad. We go with the rain around here! Tuesday looked promising so we loaded up a TON of things in the plane and took off before the rain changed it's mind. I got to ride shotgun in the jungle plane, even fly a little-which I was most terrified and excited of. A quick long unpacking, and an immigration coffee date then straight into life here in Brazil!
I was in another small area of Peru with other families doing the same work as us Saturday-Tuesday Monday was supposed to be a fly day but they weather was bad. We go with the rain around here! Tuesday looked promising so we loaded up a TON of things in the plane and took off before the rain changed it's mind. I got to ride shotgun in the jungle plane, even fly a little-which I was most terrified and excited of. A quick long unpacking, and an immigration coffee date then straight into life here in Brazil!
We
started school Wednesday and it went well! Mainly the rest time
after lunch makes all things great! After that in the afternoons I come
to my place to start laundry and food. Small huuuuge tasks, and I am
just doing it for one!
This jungle city is beautiful and there are so many possibilities and exciting things in the works with our group as a whole.
Prayers!
All of the other 7 are safely to their countries, Praise Jesus. Pray for their lives, ministry and families as they are serving!
The
family: School, that we would work well together and free up the
parent's so that they can better focus on language classes/practice. They have to
test out basically before the next phase of their work begins so they
are really trying hard. Having done Spanish for so long and now
switching to Portuguese is a little rough with all the kids.
For
their work. Exciting things are happening here but with that so many
difficult things with the government, flights, residency, etc are also
hard.
They have a flight planned in March
(different from the original plan of coming to the states- they are
going to Lima instead. My plans are up in the air still.) So that could
be an issue, we are praying it goes smoothly.
For
the internet, guys this is a big one. Silly but big- we can make it work
with no central air surprisingly but the internet is rough! The family
has been trying to get their amount raised, it is more than I have but
doesn't last more than a week or so. Really hard to do life here and
with others in the states without it!
For me-
Communication
has been okay up to coming to Brazil, so that was an adjustment! Pray
that myself and the ones I love back home can make it work!
Time-
We are still playing with the days and seeing what works, there is
another family here who will be having their 3rd baby in the coming
weeks and the mom teaches the other two..we are hoping to figure out a
schedule for me to help them as well as soon as the baby comes.
Pray that I remember that I am here to serve and be flexible.
Safety-
This place is amazing, they for some odd reason like to run so jungle
city/ nice "sidewalks" for running and HUGE hills..lots of greenery and
little stores. I live close to the family and walk to and from there and
a few other places. I haven't worried about a thing yet and hope to not
have to!
Ministry- Similar to time with the
added- I live in an apartment type place with 3 others on the floor with
me. There are some great people I have been able to "meet" aka nod my
head and smile speaking sloppy hellos in Portuguese! A little girl
followed me down to the sinks when I was trying to wash my clothes (no
water that day) and we tried talking..didn't work out but she stayed
with me. I am hoping to get to spend time with some people here and at
the corner store I visit to get my veggies and things. Prayer for
opportunities outside of the family's yet go along side our work here.
My
relationships back home- Yall, in case you didn't know, dating in these
conditions is HARD. (Oh, didn't know I was dating someone- Surprise!)
The Lord has planned and perfectly provided for all of our needs and
abundantly more. PRAY for our relationship and the future we are excited
about! Our God is worth it, and so is Santiago I think :)
Love
you all and I am SO thankful for the emails, prayers and love that I
know are coming. Can't wait to share more..one day! haha
Cassandra
Also,
Cindy has a great link about our time in Peru!
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