We thought it was time to fill you in on what a typical day is like here in Arequipa
7.00am- A time of prayer and devotions as a team
7.30am- Breakfast
8.00am- Shirley and Lynne leave for school
8.30am- School begins with Grammar class
10.00am- break time
10.30am- One-to-one conversation class
12.00am- School ends...walk home
1.00pm- Lunch
2.00pm- Simon leaves for school
2.30pm-School begins for Simon with grammer class
4.00pm-Break
4.30pm- Conversation class
6.00pm- School finishes
Any free time during the day is usually spent doing homeworks, emails, updating blogs, washing etc etc
Every evening we have something to keep ourselves occupied too.....
Monday- Church cell group
This is a small Bible study group which meets every Monday at Paul and Ruth Turners. Last Monday there were around 5 Peruvian young people. Everyone shared a little about a verse from the Bible that meant something to them. Paul did a great job translating so we all gained something from it.
Tuesday- Latin Link Prayer group/meeting with Latin Link Striders
Wednesday- Free until we are given something to do!!Thursday- Church prayer meeting
Friday- Church Ladies meeting (for Shirley and Lynne......Simon watches a film at Paul´s house!)Last Friday Shirley and Lynne has their first experience of a Peruvian Ladies meeting, where sewing skills were tested when they had to make flower badges to be sewn onto a t-shirt! It was a good opportunity to meet with the ladies from the church though!
Saturday- Simon plays football in the morning with others from the Language School. He leaves at a quarter to eight in the morning and comes back wrecked! Last week he went for the first time and came back scunnered after trying to play in the altitude!
Saturday evening - Youth meeting (alternate weeks)
Last Saturday we were able to go to the church youth meeting. We got to play football with our ankles stuck together with sellotape...no need for insurance policies here!! The losers got to do a forfeit. We also played a form of tug of war which ended in a number of people getting rope burns, but it was great banter!
We had a church fellowship lunch on Sunday afternoon, which allowed us to try out some Peruvian dishes again.
Life goes on and many things that were strange a few weeks ago are now normal!! Thanks for taking the time to read our blog.
I take it Simon is not doing the cooking otherwise something would have been blown up or burnt by now!! Impressed with the clothes washing techniques though! Praying for you all.
ReplyDeleteVery glad to see blog updated this am. Also delighted that at last have become a follower - thought Shirley had me blocked.
ReplyDeleteWould love to know each time, who is the blog scrip writer, or is it a joint effort?
How is everyone's digestive systems coping with Peru? Has the Immodium been in use?
You are constantly in our thoughts and prayers.