It has been exactly one week since we have been home and a ton of stuff has happened. But first I want to just kind of sum up Peru.
First things first I did not eat any Guinea Pig. Not because I did not want to but because I never had the chance.
Now here is the important stuff. The big event Amor Extremo went very well. There was at least 10,000 people there. And out of those 10,000 at least a 1,000 of them accepted Christ. It was an amazing thing to witness and be a part of. That day I helped with the kids festival and I am not meaning to brag but I am very good at making balloon animals, or at least dogs. I think every kid (and there was about 2,000 of them) left with a balloon creation. We made alot of animals.
The main speaker for the event was Nick Vujicic. If you have never heard of this guy you should look him up he has a great testimony. But anyways Nick spoke and at the end of it he did the sinners prayer and he said that anyone who said this prayer should stand up. At that time 80% of the crowd stood up. He then had everyone sit back down and explained the commitment they made all over again trying to get them to understand this was not a blessing. He then told them to stand up again and still 80% stood up. It was amazing. However Nick still did not believe that they understood he explained it again and there was still 80%. We could not believe it. All I can say is God is great.
The final days of our stay in Peru were great. We helped clean up stuff and get the church organized (okay that part was not great.) We then had a tour of Arequipa. That was cool but kind of hot because we were on a double Decker bus and the sun was beating down on us.
When I was Little I always told people that I was going to be a missionary. That then changed to me wanting to be a children's pastor. Even before I went to Peru I had this feeling in my gut that I need to be praying about my future and kind of what God has planned for me. The last Sunday we were in Peru we had a service that was to announce the next extreme. At the end of this service they had a candle lighting ceremony thing that was if you felt a call to join the extreme team come up pick up one of the candles and have it lit. I knew i had felt a call so i went up there and lit and candle. I then visited the information table and signed up to get information on a 40/40. A 40/40 is a person who is a missionary for two years. The reason why it is 40/40 is that it is one North American Paired up with Peruvian and they are expected to plant churches in the area they are assigned. What happened next was crazy I had mentioned to one of the 40/40 that i hate that it would be a year before i got to go. She said that there might be a spot opened sooner than that and i should talk to one of the mobilization people. I then got an interview set up. The interview was crazy tough.
I went home a day after the interview so i did not know if i had made it and would not find out until i got home almost two days later. So when i finally got home and checked my email i found out that i had made it and they needed me back on July 10. There was so much tension in our house after that.
Now i sit here a week later. I completely feel that it is Gods leading that I am to go back in two weeks. However my parents do not agree. The feel like it is to short of a time and there is to much that would have to be done. First there is all the money, it is 15,000 dollars that I would need. Then on top of that i have some shots that i would have to get and those are not cheap either. Then the final thing is Prayer support. Going to a different country by myself is hard enough, but if I do not have the prayer support from home I know I would not even have a chance
However if I do not go in two weeks then I will go in 6 months. But if i go in six months I will go to Paraguay instead of Peru. Right now I ask for your prayers as my family and I figure out where God is leading us. This is a tough Decision and I only want what God wants for me.
Peru was a great experience with lots of new lessons learned. My favorite was that you are allowed to kick dogs but only if you do it in the name of the Lord.
