December is here! But it´s still ninety degrees...

On Saturday we had church for the second time. It was definitely a much bigger group than last Sabbath! We had about seventeen kids, around ten adults, and five teenagers. It made for a very fun kids Sabbath school. For the activity we taught the kids how to make a simple origami boat to go along with the story of Jesus calming the sea in Mark 4:35. Church went well and then afterwards we went to our friend Gady’s house because she invited us to come over for her church’s 4th year anniversary at Ivan Sikic, which is the church in the area where we did our first big medical campaign at the beginning of October. That afternoon they held a concert with 2 other churches to celebrate, and during the concert they asked if us Americans would like to sing too. Well, we did pretty good to come up with six songs on the spot. Lol. Then Sunday we returned to help them with a benefit that they were planning for their church. They had soccer games, and each church brought a soccer team that put in 10 soles per team and they also sold lunch to help raise money. It was good to see our friends again, they are always a fun group.

Km 8

Life at km 8 is going pretty good. We’re getting used to the twice a day water rationing. Whenever we here the water running, we run to grab our soap and shampoo so we can have a shower and not just a bucket bath.lol. We’re never quite sure what time the water will be turned on that day. Clinic is still going well, we started visiting our neighbors and began public health classes this week. Our neighbors are so nice! We only managed to get around to three families because we were having a good time talking and getting to know them. The people here are so hospitable, they freely welcome you into their homes and we’ve had so many people drop off fruit for us at our house. I’m so excited to get to know the people who live here! During our big campaign we had a malnourished one-year-old come in to the clinic, and he might have died within a few days if they hadn’t brought him in. We saw him this Monday and he looks so much better! They put him on a baby formula and vitamins and some other stuff to help him to grow and so far he’s gained 2 kg. His name is Wilfredo, and he is quickly becoming my favorite patient. He smiled and cooed at us this last time he was in to visit. This Saturday night I will be starting a youth night at km 8, hopefully to get to know the teenagers who live around here. Please pray that it goes well! We’ll also be starting English classes for the adults/youth and for the kids in January. I’m so excited about the possibilities that km 8 has! In other exciting news, we figured out how to cook steamed broccoli! I’m not really the hugest fan of boiled or fried vegetables, so we got a little creative and took the plastic bags that we use for meds in the pharmacy and filled them with broccoli and a little water. Then, we placed the bags into a pot of boiling water and voila! We had steamed broccoli! Creation of the week. God bless you in the Christmas season!