Third Trip!

Good evening everyone. It has been a couple of weeks since I last updated my blog but as nothing has been going on that would warrant much attention, I figured that I would save all of you from reading another droll update. But as of this morning, we have great news! Trent, our boss, gave us the green light to head back out to the communities; thanks for all of y´alls prayers! We are leaving on Monday, the 20th, pretty early at 8am straight for Pocoata. On Tuesday, we will start our trek back into the villages to continue looking for a man of peace who will share his house and food with us for over a month this time. We are planning to stay out until the end of November, around the 28th, when I will head to Peru to meet my family for a small vacation.
This morning my partner and I had virtual missions to practice encountering a Quechua man on the hike. It was very fun because we used a Quechua that we are good friends with and the requirement was we could only speak Quechua during this simulation. I was a little nervous because Trent was filming it as well so we could go over and critique our performance afterwards. During take one, Javier dominated the conversation but on take two I was able to do the majority of the talking to Simón, our friend. Afterwards, we went to town to buy ponchos for the cold and to blend in more with the Quechua and we also got a haircut :( haha… It was necessary said our Quechua contact.
Please be praying for us to encounter a man of peace on this trip as it is our third and we still have yet to find one. It has been getting a little discouraging to be honest. But I have high hopes and faith that the Lord will guide us to someone eager to hear about His glory. We will also need your help with prayers for us to understand and learn Quechua some more while we are in the village. We are going to share the creation and the fall of man stories (Javier has creation and I am sharing the fall) during our time there so please pray for the people to be receptive to them, and enthusiastic to hear more. Finally pray for our other team as well, Graham and Efraín. They are in Quchumi with a vice president of the IMB, Ed Cox, for a couple of weeks. Ed is returning to the States at the end of October, and then the team is heading back to Quchumi for a while longer. Thanks to all of you for your support and prayers. I can´t wait to share all that God did on our trip when we get back!