¡Hay Bolivian weddings and Peru!

First of all, Bolivian weddings are the most formal events next to prom. And as I say that, it may be about equal. I bought a dress last weekend and wore what was possibly a former prom dress. It was used and dirty, but only $6.50 when converted to dollars. The bride was a fellow volunteer at the center. Somewhat last minute, the servant team got invited, and I am so thankful. It was held in La Paz, and she married a gringo from the US! The ceremony was supposed to start at 6, but being in Bolivia people kept arriving until 7:30, and about twice as many people showed up at the reception than attended the wedding! The wedding was completely bilingual and incredibly beautiful and focused mostly on their mutual love for the Lord and worshipping him in that time, and secondly, on their incredible love for each other. It was beautiful! It was so much fun putting on any makeup for the first time since I have been here and wearing a dress! Before, I was only wearing my wonderful jeans and sweatshirts! Also being a Bolivian wedding, dinner was served...at 11:30 PM and the cutting of the cake did not happen until 1:30 AM! I arrived home around 2:45! It was so interesting to see the mixture of cultures betweeen a Bolivian and gringo wedding, and definitely one of my most fun nights here!

My team and I are traveling to Lima, Peru this week! We hop on a bus at 2 PM Monday and then, sit for 30 hours! It will be an intense time, but should prove to be memorable! We are then going on a retreat with another Word Made Flesh servant team there to the jungle for 3 days!!! I am so excited about this...for warm weather and hanging out with this team. I have also heard rumors of Papa Johns and McDonals in Lima. I have never craved fast food or "American food" so much in my life. We wll be helping in their ministry there with the street population. I hope it is eye opening as we have recently watched a documentary on the street kids in Romania called "Underground Children." I would like to ask for prayer for our traveling especially because we will be returning by plane...and then driving for another 7 hours. But as most of you know, we had a pretty rocky time getting here by plane, and I am starting to lose complete faith in the equipment. I have not lost faith in our God that can do all things...like land our last plane safely! So, I can not wait to update you on all of the wonderful things happening in Peru! God Bless!

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