The time is nearly here...

Ok so first thing the period button does not work on this keyboard Just so you dont think I have terrible tyoing skills which, however could be possible

Its Thursday morning and the reality is that our time here in Peru is quickly coming to a close The days blend together now and its hard to believe how fast the time has gone There is not enough room on this blog and it would take far too long to explain EVERYTHING that God has done Im confident that someone from the team will be sure to fill you in with stories to make you laugh, cry and go WOW at how God works In the meantime,an update on the family...(I had to copy and paste those periods)

We didnt waste anytime when we stepped through the door of this familys home. The team united together in unity and went straight to work. We started sweeping, cleaning out the rooms, washing clothes and dishes,fixing and reparing fences around the house (the only covered rooms are the bedrooms, everything else is exposed)and even gave the 2 year old boy a bath his firth bath in a long time, possibly ever. If you werent sure what to do, you found something to do! The unity of the team to take root of the word "servants heart" was powerful There was a reason He choose every member on this team. God has gone before us and new the type of servants that were going to be needed that day. The hardest part to shake (Ill speak for myself as I hope to get some individual reactions up before we leave)was the thought of what happens when we leave. In all honesty, we only brought "temporary" relief and a "band-aid" over a bleeding wound. After we spent some time with this family, we realized a harsh reality that their poverty has led them to be unmotivated to do anything. Its clear that poverty brings stress, struggle, mental and pschological challenges however if they dont get motivated...a week from now it will look like it did before we went in on Tuesday. That may seem mean and even, can I say "negative," but its the truth. Which is why we are going back tomorrow morning one last time. One more time to encourage, motivate and challenge them all (the grandmother, mother and 13year old son) with the gospel. The rest we leave in the hope of our God that He will work once we our gone in response to the prayers of both GCMF and you.

We had a great time at the primary and secondary school yesterday, where God used the testimony of one of our team members, to reach a 16 year old girl. PRAISE GOD!! They will be meeting again tomorrow afternoon. Pray that BreAuna, would be able to continue to pour into this young teen. We are told, by the local believers, that reaching the young people is the best way to start making a change here in Aplao. The Catholic religion is taught in the schools, so if we can reach them, by being messangers of the gospel and give them the Truth named Jesus Christ, we pray that God will do the rest. We have another oppurtunity in a school of 200 kids,whose familys apparently live on a "lower" income, to bring the gospel. Pray that through our example they would see the light of Christ and a hope in difficult times.

As we begin to end our last week we are still astonished at how many people we are making contacts with. Our desire is to get these contacts into the hands of the believers that we have met, Alvaro and RosaMarie,(the ones who lead the bible study) so that they can continue contacts once we leave. As well as for any future teams that may find themselves in Aplao, Peru.

FYI...it appears the "period" button works now. :)

I do plan to share with you again before we depart,like Saturday afternoon, so until then...