Two Weeks Married

Well, yesterday Nelton and I rolled into two weeks of marriage and got the best present ever!

One of the biggest desires for our wedding was to honor God and be a testimony for others. Well, last night at church, Kety, Nelton´s sister, pulled us aside to introduce us to a woman who had been at the wedding. Kety had invited her. She is an older woman who is not married and works all the time. At our wedding, she said she felt the presence of God in a very real way as she listened to my dad preach. She said the joy on my face filled her with warmth and she wanted whatever it was that we had. She concluded that it was our faith and came to church to learn more. At church that night, she found what she wanted, Jesus. She thanked us and told us our wedding is an event she will remember for the rest of her life!! It was such a gift to Nelton and I!

Since the wedding, Nelton and I have been taking care of various things here in the city. It seems like something is always popping up that needs to be taken care of. We still need to finalize my visa and then we can head back to the jungle. We miss it so much and can´t wait to get back there.

Until we go back, I have been busy getting somethings rolling here. Nelton has a large family, and most of them live close by, however, many of them are still not saved. I have been spending time with them and trying to get to know them. One of the things I´ve started is one-on-one English classes with his niece. We meet daily or every other day and they have been a blast. Today, she started opening up to me more than she ever has, and it was a blast. She was a pretty shy girl when we first started classes, but she´s opening up.

It´s been good, but Peru is A LOT slower paced than the States. So I think that at times I get frustrated that more isn´t happening. It´s hard though, not knowing when we will travel and all. But I´m doing what I can.

Like my neighborhood kids-- I host regular spontaneous game times in my little room, where we call home. It´s great, and I totally want to start like a backyard club. The only problem is, there is no backyard, and that little room gets so crowded when there are five kids in it. So, we are working on getting a location established for me.

Nelton´s been great too, helping me think of places and ways to going about it. One idea was to move to an apartment that has a bedroom, livingroom, and bathroom, but then we lose our place in the neigborhood. we are going to check it out Wednesday, so there´s no telling.

But the good news is, things are happening. Like the testimony with the woman at our wedding. Those things pop up at just the right time to keep me going.

As far as marriage and the wedding. I will try to get some pictures posted soon. If nothing else, checkout my facebook, i have like 4 or 5 albums on there! just add me.

I need to get going. We are going to look for some kitchen supplies. We have nothing. We are checking into a dorm fridge and a microwave. Ha, I know!