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i love the family in amparo but was getting frustrated there. it's a different culture and the women do everything and are expected to do everything. i enjoyed doing everything but did not like that it was always 'expected'. the dad would come in and say 'teri - coffee' like in other words drop what you're doing and serve me. the pastor would show up and they would say ' teri - coffee for the pastor' it was funny - one time i had just returned from a 7 km walk with the boys and was tired and they said that. i blurted out almost automatically, in english of course, ''he knows where it is''. they literally revere the pastors here. i don't - they are the same as anyone else. the youngest boys laughed although they could not have understood what i said. another time i was making dinner and the dad came in and said 'teri coffee' and i said i'm busy and translated it so he understood.

so the reason i needed to get away was because of my sin of condemning them, pointing fingers at them i had 4 more pointing back at me. God was convicting me but i wasn't listening. it was only when i had some time alone with Him here and was on my knees that i heard what He was saying.

now i'm ready to go back home (amparo) but things seem to be happening here in los chiles. i haven't connected with the pastor here yet so am staying til sunday so i can see him on saturday. then on sunday am i will go home cuz i want to go to the boys soccer game. but i have to come back on monday cuz i'm going somewhere at 6am tuesday am with vision mundial and el ministerio de salud. (world vision and ministry of health)

we really don't know how fortunate we are. on the frontier i don't expect to find people living underground but they live in squalor nonetheless. i should've added that to things i'm grateful for cuz boy i sure am.