Nascar

Right now, we be in Nazca. Every one of the college-age Peru summer missionaries are in Nazca for Mid-Summer Debriefing. It's kind of a time for relaxation/encouragement/progress monitoring. A lot of people are leaving Peru after mid-summer and a lot of people are just arriving. It's somewhat similar to what we did at the beginning of the summer. Nazca is really really touristy, which is good for us whities. There are a lot of restaurants that serve US-style food, which is a luxury. There are also some good ice cream and coffee shops. Nazca is famous for the nearby Nazca lines, which are huge figures drawn in the middle of the desert by Incans(or some people group) thousands of years ago. Just Google Image it, you'll see. We've been eating well and taking hot showers and everything. We have 3 worship services a day, which I help lead in song. They are mainly about group share-time, though. It's been good to hear what others have been doing and the work that God's been doing all over southern Peru. We had a good time in Bella Union last week. It's the irt place we've been that isn't mountains. It's desert. We did our usual school performances and even performed some dramas at a festival, in front of hundreds of people. We hiked up a mountain that's on the side of a huge sand dune. It took about 1.5 hrs to get up, but we went down the other side. The other side was nothing but soft sand, so we do-shoed our feet. The incline was intense, seriously like 55-60 degrees steep. It was outrageously fun. We wound up running down the dune, zig-zagging like we were skiing. It was sooo much fun. My favorite ministry experience on the Bella Union trip was actually during the bus ride to and from Bella Union. On the way there, we met a guy that works on the bus (taking money and putting luggage up top) and talked to him for a while. Solomon wound up sharing the entire story of Jesus with him. He was very interested and attentive. We gave him an entire book of John and two tracts when we got off. When we got on the bus to Nazca (five days later), it was the same bus. And he was on it. We were able to talk to him a little more. He said he read the tracts and I asked him if he had any questions. He asked me what it means to be born again. So, he really did read it... We talked to him for a few mins, then a lot of people got on the bus and he had to move up front. I wrote a lot of Bible verse references down on a little piece of paper and handed it to him when we got off. He was genuinely interested, so I would love it if y'all would pray for him. His name is Carlos, he's 23, and he lives in Nazca. Well, I'm gonna go buy a phone card and maybe call a few folks.

2 Chronicles 18:33-34