A Moment Captured

Welcome to the Suttons!  Caleb, Jane, Cassie, and Pam Doolittle who arrived tonight in Trujillo

 

A Moment Captured

Christ Covenant helping my cell group make signs for our neighborhood parks.

A Moment Captured

Muyupampa in Allen and Sandi Smith's Home

A Few of My Favorite Things

I needed a few things for lunch and chili I am making tomorrow night so I headed to the grocery 3 blocks away.  My list in hand, I was quickly done and about to head out when I realized my list was very weighty. . .literally.  In addition to my ingredients for chili, I needed a few staples and they are all very heavy to carry!  laundry detergent, big bottle of downy, 2 liter diet coke (or coke zero here and yes, it is a staple for anyone that knows me), etc. So, I am so thankful for the kind man that accompanied me to my apartment the 3 blocks away.  I also loved that since we are about to celebrate Independence Day here (July 28), he had on a wonderful costume -- Big sombrero with red and white ribbon, white cape and red hankerchief around his neck.  What a great site we must have been walking with my grocery cart full and him in his costume!

Actually, I guess these would be TWO of my favorite things -- that he offered to walk my groceries home so I did not have to pay a taxi for 3 blocks and the costumes for Independence Day that they have been wearing for weeks and will continue for the rest of this week.  It makes going to the grocery store fun and yet it is somehow not cheesy.  :-)

Thank you Lord for even the smallest of ways you take care of us. 

"Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?"  Matthew 6:26

Read More about What I Have Been Up to!

Here is my latest newsletter.  Read more about what has been keeping me busy.  Thanks for your prayers and support!!

Why Not? Maybe God will Send me a Camera

Well, my nice digital SLR was stolen recently.  It is a long story, but suffice it to say, my camera situation is lacking.  :(  So, when I saw this, I had to re-blog.  I've been praying that the Lord would provide me a new camera to record my ministries.  Maybe this is the way!  :)

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CONTEST/ GIVEAWAY ~
REBLOG AT A CHANCE TO WIN A NIKON D40!
I will be giving away a Nikon D40. Currently I am getting a new one which is being shipped right now so I decided why not have a contest on tumblr for my current one! Whoever reblogs this has a chance of winning this. I will pick the winner at random. You are allowed to double reblog also. My tumblr is www.deedeejo.tumblr.com and I will message the winner by the end of next week and you will have to give your adress and everything and I will keep it confidential! The giveaway includes:

• A extra long lense
• The orginal lense
• An extra battery and charger

A Few of My Favorite Things

Greetings -- they are very important here.  It is customary to greet everyone in a room and/or meeting as you arrive and leave.  For men, handshakes and for women a kiss on the left cheek. Even in hailing a taxi, there is a customary greeting. "Buenos dias" (or tardes or noches as the case may be). "al San Martin, segunda cuadra" (the direction, 2d block of San Martin).  After negotiating the price, you enter and again, another salutation "Buenos Dias" from both the taxista and the passenger. And sure, leaving a party or gathering with 20 friends may take a little longer, but it is one of my favorite things about Peru.