Feliz 28 de Julio!

Today is Peru's Independence day.  Just like America has the 4th of July, here in Peru they celebrate the 28th of July.  They celebrate with lots of parades and flags proudly flying.  So in honor of the 28th of July we made a special cake to enjoy.  It is called tres leches (which means 3 milks).  It is a typical peruvian cake soaked in a mixture of three milks.  To make it even more fitting for the day, we decorated it with strawberries in the colors of the Peruvian flag. 




Peruvian flag tres leches cake

Happy 28 de julio!



AWANA

We have been praying for our children to be able to find good friends here in Peru.  One of the ways that God is answering that prayer is by giving us the opportunity to participate in AWANA.  In the United States our kids had gone to AWANA for several years and greatly enjoyed it.  A few months ago, we started going to AWANA here in Lima.  The missionary school that I graduated from (many years ago) does an AWANA program on Friday afternoons.  They were very welcoming and allowed us to join in with them.  The kids love going every week.  They are so motivated to learn their Bible verses and enjoy the game time and making new friends with other missionary kids.  So that is a huge praise for us.  Although we only joined the program a few months before the end of the school year, the kids worked really hard and each of them finished their books and got an award.  We are so proud of them.  I'm sorry the pictures aren't very good.  I am no photographer, but I inluded them, since bad pictures are more interesting than no pictures at all.

Lucas is the first red vest on the left.

Diego is the one in the middle.

Alexis is getting her reward on the far right.

Another huge praise that goes along with AWANA, is that the missionary school has also agreed to let us use their library.  It isn't huge, but it has many good books that my kids have never read.  So it is also a fun treat to be able to go to the library each week.  We love reading!

Thanks!

Thank you for your prayers for the discipleship course in Corcona.  Junior finished teaching the course about 2 weeks ago and it was a blessing to everyone involved.  There was a group of 6 regular attendees that met together on Wednesday evenings before the Wednesday night service.  The course dealt with basics such as time alone with God, obedience, attributes of God, temptation and other fundamentals of the Christian walk.  During the week each student was assigned a daily reading passage and some questions.  On Wednesdays they would discuss the questions they had worked through.  Although they aren't accustomed to this type of study, they put in the effort and did a great job.  They are very eager to learn anything they can.   Now we are praying about what course we could study next.