So the last few weeks have been CRAZY busy!! But they've been a lot of fun at the same time. Ellen and I got suckered into teaching another class this month at the institute where we have out Bible study/ ESL classes, so that has made things a lot busier. We have 5 different classes now if you count the institute, one-on-on classes, and our Bible study classes. Although it's made things a little more hectic, it's been awesome to see God working through everything. We are building some great relationships with the people here, and all of our teaching has opened the door for us to get our women's Bible study up and going.

Last week we went out to a village called Yucay to bring some food for disa

ster relief. The people have finally moved out of the tents and are starting to build homes again. We're going to try to go out there at least once a week to help with building homes, planting seed, and pretty much whatever they need us to do. Hopefully through that we'll be able to start building some strong relationships and start storying with the people there. Everyone in Yucay is always so friendly and thankful for all the help.

As well as a ton of work the past few weeks, we've had a lot of fun! This past weekend some friends came into town and we went to Machu Picchu one day. It was great minus the getting up at 3 a.m. to catch the train. And we also had a new volunteer, named

Jim, arrive to work on our team. We spent all day looking for apartments for him, and he ended up getting one in our apartment building! We've already made a deal with him that we'll cook for him, if he'll fix stuff for us! He also said he needs a running partner, so I'm super excited about that! It will be nice having him around to help out and stuff.

Anyways, that's what all has been going on here lately. Please be praying for the Bible study that we have on Mon. and Wed. nights as well as the women's study that we have on Thurs. nights. Please pray that the Lord will bring more non-believers with whom we can share. Also please be praying for Jim as he gets adjusted to Cusco. One more thing I would ask for y'all to be praying about is that many of my team members are starting to go home. I still have 6 months on the field, but since everyone else is getting ready to leave it has made me start thinking about what I'm going to do when I go back to the states. Please just pray that the Lord will give me direction in all of that and that I won't stress out about it.

I hope you all are well and thank you so much for all the prayers!!! :-)