July 27, staying in Peru

hello all,
I just wanted to update everyone on the current happenings: on our last day in Lima and the country, our passports were left in a taxi by accident. That happened to be a sunday and so the embassy was closed, today (monday) is Peru´s independence day so today and tomorrow the embassy is closed as well. We are going on wednesday to get this all cleared up and we have new reservations to leave thursday night. None of us were inicially upset by this because we realize it´s a mistake that anyone could make, but it has become inconvenient for a few of my teammates. I personally don´t mind staying here, I love Peru and it´s kinda cool to see how they celebrate their independence day. My leader, who left the passports in the taxi, is really torned up about the whole situation, this whole trip has gone smoothly except for this incidence. I personally think that God has a funny sense of humor and had a hand in this, I´m honestly not upset at all.

Besides this, we´ve been up and down the coast and into the mountains in the past few weeks. A few days ago we hiked to a glacier lake in the Andes near Huaraz, which had the most brilliant blue color. The only problem was how very cold it was compared to the 95 degree jungle weather. We also went to Puerto Supe to meet up with a few missionaries, talk, tour, see a bunch of ruins, and hold a service. I gave my testimony, first time in front of people I think, Liz did too and we sang a few songs. The next day we painted a room in the cafe they run as part of their ministry. Unfortunately we put on a layer of paint and it began to chip so we had to scrap the whole room, we did an inicial scrap but i guess the underlying layer was bad, as soon as it got wet it would peal, bummer. We are now in Lima hanging out until thursday, we´ve seen batman and hancock, and we were able to go shopping in the Inca market. I guess that´s all for now, it´s kinda late, I just wanted to update everyone on why I´m still here.

I´m planning on hosting a quasi-party for whoever wants to experience Peruvian food, see pictures and hear all about the trip, I´m thinking it will be on a saturday or sunday in the next few weeks, contact me if you would like more information. Cuidate, Dios les bendiga ustedes