One Week On
Hello Everyone!
So, I´ve been here for nearly a week now, and we´ve been doing quite a lot of stuff.
On Monday we were on the building site all day, mixing cement for the new building at the back of the AGEUP house. This was the most physically draining work of the week, and will probably be the most tiring of the trip. Once the floor was laid, professionals have been in everyday to put on the roof, and it´s coming along nicely.
On Tuesday we were painting outside the house, and removing a large concrete ledge to make way for new stairs. It wasn´t keen on moving, but eventually after lots of sledge hammering it came down. That night we also went out to a traditional Peruvian dance hall, and watched some dancing and took part as well. It was really good fun!
On Wednesday, we continued with the outside practical work and began painting inside as well. We had the chance to have a quick game of football with Edwin (our security guard) that night, and he came in to join afterwards to join our team devotions.
On Thursday, the team split into groups and visited different universities throughout the city to encourage the Christians there. Myself and 4 others went to UPC University and joined with a small group of Christian students there, who meet every week to hear a speaker and discuss a Bible passage. We had a great time with these students, and joined them in having a Chinese for lunch, awesome!
Yesterday we went to visit yet another university (Lima has 23) where we had a tour, and visited a sports stadium, and in the the evening we had an English Bible Study in our house. The English Bible study was really good, because we paired up one on one with the Peruvian students to chat about God´s word. It´s good to help the students with English and also us with Spanish! I feel that I know so much more now, even if my grammar isn´t wonderful.
That was quite a long one... hope you enjoyed!
Louise <><
So, I´ve been here for nearly a week now, and we´ve been doing quite a lot of stuff.
On Monday we were on the building site all day, mixing cement for the new building at the back of the AGEUP house. This was the most physically draining work of the week, and will probably be the most tiring of the trip. Once the floor was laid, professionals have been in everyday to put on the roof, and it´s coming along nicely.
On Tuesday we were painting outside the house, and removing a large concrete ledge to make way for new stairs. It wasn´t keen on moving, but eventually after lots of sledge hammering it came down. That night we also went out to a traditional Peruvian dance hall, and watched some dancing and took part as well. It was really good fun!
On Wednesday, we continued with the outside practical work and began painting inside as well. We had the chance to have a quick game of football with Edwin (our security guard) that night, and he came in to join afterwards to join our team devotions.
On Thursday, the team split into groups and visited different universities throughout the city to encourage the Christians there. Myself and 4 others went to UPC University and joined with a small group of Christian students there, who meet every week to hear a speaker and discuss a Bible passage. We had a great time with these students, and joined them in having a Chinese for lunch, awesome!
Yesterday we went to visit yet another university (Lima has 23) where we had a tour, and visited a sports stadium, and in the the evening we had an English Bible Study in our house. The English Bible study was really good, because we paired up one on one with the Peruvian students to chat about God´s word. It´s good to help the students with English and also us with Spanish! I feel that I know so much more now, even if my grammar isn´t wonderful.
That was quite a long one... hope you enjoyed!
Louise <><
