FIND A NAME...

So...We are in Nazca, and we were supposed to leave today at 11, but Sarah and Drew went back to Lima, and Tommy was throwing up all night, so we decided to stay here another night.

I have a task for you...We need a name for this puppy...She is the cutest puppy in the whole world, but I don´t really like the name ¨Sally¨ for it, so I need to be able to give a suggestion when I object. I think she should be named ¨puppy.¨

We will be leaving tomorrow around noon. Pray hard guys. I know God can provide food, toilet, and electricity, so PRAY!!!

FEELIN GOOD!

I am sorry I am a bad Peru missionary and don´t update, but somehow, I always...yes, always...get the cursed computer. Take right now for example. My mouse does not work on the right side of the screen, and my keyboard is having issues!!!

Anyway, thank you all for your prayers! I hear everyday that somebody new is praying for me! How exciting, and it is sooo working!!! I am not saying that prayer team is superior or anything, but I will say that I was the only one that did not get sick...Well, not as bad, at least...

Our group is coming in this afternoon, and I am sooo excited!!! I have heard rumors of a care package that my mother has sent, and it has HOMEMADE cookies in it!!! Woohoo! If only it had some good ol´ North Amerian skim milk...OK, so maybe that wouldn´t work out well, but I sure would really like some!

Well, I have to go, but as I promised, I will talk about Rosita Ramos first. She is a...well...¨singer¨ here in Peru. In fact, she wrote her songs about all the little pueblos in which we are working this summer, and she proceded to film her...um...¨music videos¨ here. Well...Rosita sounds like an injured three year old, and they play her NONSTOP!!! At the fiesta talent show, there were about ten acts, all done to Rosita, in some form, and that is what we wake up to every morning. So...if you have no vocal talent what so ever and still wish to become famous, I know how. Unfortunately, so does Rosita...

OK...I will talk to everybody soon. Seeing as we have internet here, we are trying to get on AIM as often as possible. If you add me (swimminsally), say hey when you see me on, because I don´t have screen names here. We are going to be on today between one and two. Also, I fixed my blog, so I expect everybody to comment! Thanks guys!!!

FIESTA

Phew...The fiesta is finally over! It turned out to be for the local soccer tournament, not the World Cup. It was...well...interesting. I am pretty good at hearing Spanish, but for some odd reason, I have a disability when it comes to understanding drunk men...Hmmm...We decided to not stay at night the last two nights and were still approached by approximately 5645612315874 drunk men and two women. We bought lunch at the fiesta instead of cooking our own those two days, and my food was floating in some type of rather disgusting green juice...This is the first thing that I just have not liked in Peru and have refused to eat. We are spoiled by the lady who cooks for us at night. Her food is really good! Last night we had Chaufa...the Peruvian take on Chinese food. It is my favorite of hers. I´m afraid we are going to be spoiled after this month with beds, a toilet, and good food. We may be in for a shock next month. At least our friends (and of course my WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AWESOME Mom) are hooking us up with some good lunch food and snacks to eat between lunch (noon) and dinner (eight). They are the best!!! Anyway, thank you guys sooo much for your prayers and encouragment. You are the best! Next time, I will tell you about ¨Rosita...Rosita Ramos!!!¨

FINALLY

So we are finally getting to contact the outside world!!! The Barnabas team got here and felt sorry for us, so they are taking us out of the village to use the internet, eat out, and load up on supplies. What a God-send!!! I was laying in bed this morning (naturally I was the only one up), and I kept hearing ENGLISH! I was like ¨guys...do you hear that?!¨ *Note...there is a gap in the top of the wall between the rooms, so we can hear eachother...Tommy is NOT in our room* They were like...No...Go to sleep. Then, a couple minutes later, we hear ¨Tommy?!¨ Tommy actually knows the team from home, so that is really cool!

So we have been having interesting lunches (the meal we cook ourselves)...Mac and Cheese (minus the milk and cheese), barely cooked spaghetti, and rice that is both under-cooked and over-cooked at the same time. Don´t ask how that happened...It sure is interesting, though!

The water in the shower may possibly be the coldest thing I have ever felt in my whole life. It´s actually river water that comes out of a spicket. I was quite offended when I stuck my head underneath it (after I caught my breath four minutes later), but at least we have a way to get clean.

Does anybody know if it is possible for a three year old to have colic? We are 99.9999999999% sure that the child that lives underneath us does, either that or she is just extremely spoiled. I´m pretty sure it´s the latter.

There is a HUGE fiesta in one of our towns this week. From what we have figured out, it is for the World Cup. We aren´t sure, but we know the family we are staying with wants us to got with them, and everybody in the whole village keeps asking us if we are going to dance...Ahem. Apparently, ¨we are white¨doesn´t mean anything to them, and they keep telling me that I can be Shakira, so this should be interesting...No, I am NOT belly-dancing!!!

Anyway, thanks sooooo much for all your love and support. If you would like to check Audra and Tommy´s blogs, I will try to list them on here for you. Thanks everyone!!!