How big is our God!

It's our second day in Peru, and God is good!

We had great flights all the way here. We were blessed with standby tickets for the trip. Flying standby sometimes means you wait a long time to get on a flight. We got on all of our scheduled flights, and they were all upgraded to First Class! Neither Yas nor I had ever flown first class, but all three flights were first class! We felt like God was giving us a special treat... just to remind us how He loves us, and how BIG He is.... He is beyond, BEYOND! (Eph 3:20-21)

We had a 4 hour layover in Miami, so after double checking what time we were supposed to check in at the gate, we caught a city bus and spent just under an hour at South Beach. Totally spontaneous, but so fun! Of course, we were lugging around our carry-on baggage and were not at all dressed for the beach, but we rolled up our pants and got our toes wet.... It was refreshing to get out of the airport.

We landed in Lima around 9:30pm central time. Usually the immigration line is very long, we were through in less than 2 minutes.... collected our bags in about 15 minutes, and exited through security and met our hosts. The whole process was probably less than 30 minutes.... this is not normal! God is so good, guiding and blessing us!

Yesterday was relaxing...
Last night we went to a prayer meeting at church. What a joy to worship with our brothers and sisters in Christ!
My ears are starting to adjust to hearing all Spanish all day... I'm learning to listen a lot, and be content with not understanding everything. God is faithful though, and my comprehension is already growing.

It is hot and humid in the mornings here... around 80 degrees Fahrenheit if I understand correctly, but it cools down to a comfortable temperature in the afternoon. The food is wonderful! Everything is fresh and there is so much variety...

We have been to two supermarkets, and one open-air market in the past two days.... we have ridden in several taxies and one two busses. The traffic is very different from the US, but the drivers know what they are doing...

God is blessing, and we are grateful.

more to come....