Its really hard to imagine...

That most of you are in the middle of fall! With the leaves changing color and the cold fronts beginning to happen to cool everyone! Here...it has been in the upper 90's - though I do have to say last week was very reasonable and it looks like this week is heading in that direction as well! It is about to turn to rainy season here - should begin sometime in late November/early December! Rainy season will last for about four to five months and we'll get about 60 inches or so during that time. Crazy huh?

I am a proud parent of a new RTM 100 - scooter! WOO HOO! Not to powerful but it did come with wheels! SO i am scooting around town now...instead of paying a taxi or walking! I do have to be careful - there have been A LOT of motorcycle thefts in the last two years and it doesn't seem to be letting up. That just means that you can't always take your bike to town - and park it and walk inside somewhere. They are not really targeting my kind of bike - but still...its good to keep aware and have a heads up!

A huge prayer request: Our pastor at Mil Palmeras races motocross competitively and fell last Sunday breaking his collar bone - though he is on the mend he can not preach. SOOO...they have asked me to help and so I am preaching three times in the next five weeks! YIKES! Sooo...please pray for me in preparation (something things in English - don't translate to Spanish) so I need a "Spanish" mind parse in preparing these messages. On top of that...for my Spanish - I can communicate...but would like to be understood as well!

I'll post a pic of my "motorcycle" later today!

Been a while!

Hey all - sorry it has taken me so long to get another post up! I had written previously that I was going to be hitting the ground running - well....I was not kidding! I have been hard at work with the school I am teaching at doing high school bible and also teaching PE - both have been time consuming...but also great! I then, have also started up the youth group here again - though its taken some time...we are meeting for the second time tonight!

And well...last Friday the church staff of Mil Palmeras met for 8 hours and we planned the entire 2009 year. I am going to be starting missions classes which should run about three months as we explore what is "the church" and what is the responsibility of "the church" once you are a christian! Then we are looking at beginning some projects coming as soon as March I do believe!

I have also been given some dates of importance by Mil Palmeras - To conduct a class on Mormonism on Thursday night 10/16 (ummm...thats tomororw) as well as next Thrusday 10/23! Yes, in Spanish! So...I have been researching and such for about two weeks and have a power point to share!! Please pray for this!! The pics below are of the two mormon churches here in Pucallpa...

Thank you for your time (reading this) and your prayers and support. Things are good...just there is A LOT to do!!

I will do better at getting more pics and more frequent postes up in the future!