July Team

Hi All,

I hope this update finds you all as blessed as I have been the past few weeks. The team arrived at 9:30 am on the 9^th of July after a slight flight delay and hit the ground running.

As soon as we got back to the church and had breakfast they began the work on repairing the church in Iquitos . We started pulling down the ceiling boards, getting on top of the roof to repair it and started painting the front of the church. While the ceiling boards were off, they put in new wiring and some new sockets. The roof was the major concern as if it did not get repaired, the wiring and drywall would get wet again and the paint would be ruined. It ended up being the biggest headache.

First they tried to put silicon on it, then tar, then finally had to take off the metal, rebuild the frame and put it on again. We thought all was well until it rained. It still leaks in one spot but today Hno. Edgar is once again up there fixing it. It only leaks in one spot now which is a major change and now and he thinks it will be repaired today. All of the water pipes were changed out and new plumbing put in, the whole upstairs was repainted, beams in the ceiling were changed out. It was amazing. This team just would not stop. They cleaned up the back yard which meant 2 truckloads of old brick and garbage hauled off. They redid the whole back porch and made a chicken coop so beautiful that Lucy wants to live there.

We did not think this team would even get a third of the projects we had planned done but they did plus more. As I said, it was amazing. We worked all week then on Friday went out to San Juan de Sinchicuy and did an outreach there. We returned to Iquitos on Saturday and some of the team went to the zoo while the other part of the team rested a bit and met the other half and went shopping. We had a huge cold front in Iquitos —the coldest it has been in years. Most of the time it is very hot

and humid but it got down into the 60’s and with the humidity, it is freezing. The team left yesterday so today I feel kind of lost. We had a great time and it was hard to see them leave. It is always so hard when you anticipate something for so long and then it gets over so fast and you have to go back to the daily routine.

This week we wanted to go to Yanashi but it is impossible since we have to be back on Thursday to get ready for the lock in with the kids in Iquitos on Saturday. We will probably

head to Yanashi next Monday then return Friday as we are having a 3 day fast out on some land that was donated to the church Friday, Saturday and Sunday then I have to preach that day. Time is flying. We only have a month to prepare for the other team to get here and we need to get out visiting all of the other churches. The August team will be putting in a cement floor in the church in Tamshiyacu and will be building a parsonage. We have already started having the wood cut. It is going to be logistically more difficult than this last team as since this team was in Iquitos , we could go get supplies as needed whereas in Tamshiyacu, we will have to have it all ready there so it takes a lot more planning. I am exhausted right now so I don’t even want to think about all the things that we need to do. The team was such a blessing to the church here in

Iquitos . We are still just looking around in amazement of all that was accomplished. Thank you to all who served on this team either by coming to Peru , financially supporting, or praying for this team. May God continue to richly bless your life.

(I wish I could have sent more pictures but my internet connection is so slow that I couldn't put more up. Please get with the team so you can see more of this awesome trip)

In Christ

Kayleen