Dave and Cam's Peru Adventure

Hola from Peru!  What happened to the sunshine?????  Somebody stole it from Lima!  

**Left is our last day at school in Guatemala!**

We arrived to our destination country on July 4th.  We started our day by leaving San Juan at 2:30 AM.  Our host parents insisted on getting up and seeing us off- Domi looked like I felt- about to keel over into a coma, while Oralia chatted away like it was 2:30 PM.  Our trip to the airport and from then on out was super easy- no hiccups at all in the trip and all our bags made it.  Once we arrived, our supervisor met us at the airport and hauled us and the million pounds of luggage (actually only about 250lbs) to a hotel.  We rested up and then headed to a Independence Day party at Jeff and Liesa's home (our supervisors).  There we met several of our teammates, tried valiantly to make conversation- which wasn't easy after 4 hours of sleep the night before!  The next day we were moved to the IMB guest house here in Lima- where we are currently.  The guest house is very comfortable and we are living in a small apartment on the top floor.  I've finally got a kitchen again!  We've been here for about a week now, and we've spent the week asking questions about what we are supposed to be doing now...

We spent a few days on paperwork for visas, having orientations with our Language and Cultural acquisition coordinator and business manager, and going to Interpol (international police).  There we got our mug shots taken, fingerprinted, and had our teeth looked at.  All very serious business!  Don't worry, no crimes have been committed, everyone has to do this to get a visa:)  Since then we've been studying for our drivers license test (a whole new vocabulary in spanish for us) and getting to know our team here and Lima itself.  I have to say that we are definitely not cut out for big city living!  Thankfully we are heading out tomorrow for a trip with a sc church to Huanuco!  So we will get to see our city that we will eventually live in!  We'll come back for about 10 days and then head out again on 3 consecutive trips, have a few days off and then one more trip for August~!  Whew- we will be busy then!  But we are looking forward to it!  

We are enjoying some things about being here in Lima.  For instance, we have internet in our apartment- so thats really nice, and I washed clothes in a washing machine yesterday!  Our jeans fit again!  

Please pray for us as we adjust to a new culture, and a new rhythm of speech, and try to obtain all our necessary papers for life here.

Please pray as well for the trips we will be going on that they will be fruitful and the teams will have a servants heart.

Please pray for my (Cameron)'s grandfather as he recovers from a recent fall.

Rejoice with us in the arrival of our 5th niece!  Sadie Lu Estes

Pray that we will ever fall deeper in love with the Saviour.

Thanks so much- love you all!