A little R&R

Well, folks, I think that I have finally acclimatized because I didn´t wake up this morning with a headache. Praise God! Kevin and Tom left early this morning to head back to the United States, and so now I have my own room in the hostel with a chiffarobe and everything. Señor Mendez even brought us a microwave to use. He is a very nice man and is doing everything he can to make us comfortable. We hope that eventually he will let us hold a Bible study in the hostel. The four communities outside of Lampa that we will be focusing on are called Puca Cuesta (pooka quest-a), Tusini Grande (too-see-nee gran-day), Huayta Central (white-a central), and Huayllani (why-ah-nee). The people are extremely excited about us coming and I am excited too. We have bicycles to use and are going to use them as often as we can to travel to some of the closer villages. We have also established a good relationship with our favorite combi driver, Jorge, and he said he is willing to let us lead a Bible study in his home also. I don´t think that I told ya´ll about the church service that we attended on Sunday morning. It was 3 hours long and partially in Quechua, so it was a real test of our patience. Not sure if we are going to go back there very soon. But after church we went to eat lunch with two of the church elders and talked to them about what we are here for. Today is our designated R&R day, because we feel like we have been going nonstop since we got here. We got to sleep late this morning and have just been hanging around Lampa making friends. It is good to relax, and I think we are all feeling a lot better now. Please pray that my language understanding skills will improve as that is the hardest part of this for me right now. Thanks for all your offers of help, and we´ll let you know if we need anything.