Well well well.... It seems that taking time to sit down and just write a blog has been more difficult than I imagined. Anyways no excuses I'll just write!
This week marks the beginning of a new chapter and new journey altogether for me here in Peru. The last three weeks have been interesting as Brent left to head back to the U.S. and Bob left yesterday to head home to Sweden leaving only Stefan and I here until tomorrow when he leaves as well. Its kind of hard to imagine what the next three months are going to look like. I keep trying to think of things that I definitely want to accomplish in the remainder of my time here and MAN there is a lot to do. I am excited to be fully emerged in the culture and forced to really learn and practice more Spanish. That is certainly one thing I want to do is learn the language! With that there is also the completion of the house. We have made good progress so far on the bathroom and all we lack is finishing that and completing the other room with the kitchen. I am very interested to see how it will all turn out as Stefan leaves. So far, I have just been following his lead as he has the experience but I will be flying solo soon and trying to figure out the best ways to complete the house on my own. I'm pretty excited about the challenge though! On top of the physical work there is definitely some work in continuing to build the relationships with the boys as well as working to connect the 3 groups of Christian surfers here and encouraging them to work together.
The kids are headed back to school this week so I will be searching for time to spend with them after school and on the weekends. The relationships so far have been pretty easy to create but I want to make the effort to spend more time with these guys and try to somehow show them that they are the ones that have the ability to make changes to their city by the way they choose to live now and the tempo they create for others to follow after them.
Along with all this there is most certainly the much needed alone time that will be coming over the next three months. I will have the ability to hold a more regular schedule by myself and can just be alone when I need to. I feel like I have learned so much already but there is much to learn while I'm here on my own!
I ask that you guys keep Christian Surfers Peru in your prayers as leadership issues are being worked out and that I can have the boldness to speak up when I feel the time is right. Also that the relationships with the kids would continue to grow and strengthen. Then that during this time that I will just stay focused and be open to learn and grow as well!
Here we GO!
