Randoms!

Okay, so I have realized that there are some random things that I have forgotten to tell you about, but that are still exciting and important!

1) I was in Cusicancha, my 3rd village, and all of us gringos were in our room hanging out one night. There was one Peruvian girl (6-7 yrs.) in there with us. We were all sitting down and she was standing up, so I decided to ask her if she wanted to sit on my lap. I looked at her and said, "¿quieres sentir?" to which she replied, "¿que?" I repeated myself and she repeated herself as well. I said, "aqui" and rubbed my leg, as if to tell her that she could sit on my leg if she wanted. She looked very weirded out, and I had NO IDEA why. Later, I found out that I didnt say "do you want to sit down," but "do you want to feel." (Quieres sentar, not sentir.) Its amazing the difference between one letter will make!

2) Marguerita, the girl that I talked about in my previous entry IS A CHRISTIAN now! How exciting! Leslie told me in Nazca, and I told her that we dont get to see people accept Christ because we arent there long enough, but that knowing that Marguerita made that decision made everything Im doing this summer completely worth it!

3) I went to a 74 year old's birthday party... and there were lots of really old people dancing with us... it was super fun!

4) In my current village, Incuyo, there is nothing but what we call a squatty. Those of you that have travelled to less affluent countries understand what this is. For those that dont, its a hole in the ground that you go to the bathroom in. And, from my experience, they are scariest at 1:30 in the morning in the PITCH black (when you cant see anything, including the hole). Yes friends, this is the summer I became hardcore. :-)

5) I almost died on the side of a mountain. In the last village I was at, Bella Union, one day the 4 girls decided to hike a mountain. The boys had done it before, so we thought we would be fine. Lindsay sat down pretty soon after we started climbing, but DeAnna, Jennifer, and I hiked pretty high up. We were trying to follow a path (or mudslide, we arent quite sure) but we ended up LITERALLY on the side of a mountain with about 7 inches of path before it doropped off. We looked down to see rocks falling from under our feet and breaking at the bottom, and we were thoroughly freaked out. We didnt know how to get back down because our feet were sliding, so Jennifer started praying, and we very slowly made it back down. We were so thankful for our lives. That was what some of you Southcliff kids like to call a "come to Jesus moment." Needless to say, it was a thrill!

Thanks for you comments and prayers! Keep em coming!