Day 6 Events

We appreciate all of your prayers! We are continuing to do God´s work. He has blessed us in so many ways. We visited Laura Bozo again today. John and I continued to do many of the same procedures - fillings, composites, and extractions. We are helping people of all age groups. Many have never seen a dentist before. We have worked on kids as young as 5 or 6 to those about 60. Elizabeth has done a fabulous job translating for us, but John is pretty good with his Spanish. I have to use my "Spanish For Dummies" book to help me.

During lunch I took a break and played volleyball with a lot of the girls. I was impressed with their unbelievable skills they have with jump serving, spiking, and bumping. Most of them were only 11 or 12. Perfect practice makes perfect execution. They practice a lot throughout the day. The girls play this like the boys play soccer.

In the evening, we went back to Laura Bozo to watch the Jesus Film. The story of the Lord in Spanish. A lot of people came and blessed our time together. Many were led to Christ for the first time. A pastor, from a nearby city in Peru, spoke to the everyone after the film. Even though I couldn´t understand it, I asked Elizabeth after he was finished. He spoke with passion and an obvious heart for Jesus. The people were very attentive. Many raised their hand toward the end of his sermon. I thought these were the people that asked the Lord into their hearts for the first time. I was right. It was awesome! This is one of the places our church is sponsoring.

I also had the opportunity to sit with about 20-25 kids during and after the film. I used my book that my daughter bought for me to help speak to them. I told them as much as I could about Jesus and the film. I´m sure I didn´t get too much across, but at least they heard a little. I had a little girl that helped. She didn´t know much English, but kept it simple for me in Spanish. I found out that they like cheeklay (not sure if its spelled correctly in Spanish). This is gum. They have it here, but it only lasts for a short amount of time. I also shared a little of my candy with them. They LOVED it.

Morgan does an unbelievable job working with the kids. It has been in the 90s with a heat index of over a 100 each day. I watch here playing soccer and other games with them. Nothing slows her down. I´m blessed to have such a wonderful daughter. She definitely has a heart for the Lord.

We are moving on to another location today. I will let you know what its called in my next blog. The Lord continues to work in our lives and I´m excited about a new opportunity to help lead people to our Savior.