Team Lahuaytambo Report #3
Solomon Grados, Andrea Gave, Danielle Miller
Feb. 15th - 21st
Week 3 - Getting to know Lahuaytambo, Canlle & Santa Ana (the meat & potatoes :D )
Hey Y'all sup?
Tuesday 15th: For this day we made plans to help Senora Lina in the fields with her son Carlos. As we waited for her outside her house she introduced us to her 9 year-old neighbor Lesli. As we got to know her we found out that she really enjoys school and learning; we were able to share the story of Creation and the Sower with her. She was very focused and retained much of the information, as she was able to answer the majority of our questions correctly! We met up with Alisson on our way out to the fields and she joined us, Senora Lina and Carlos sowing barley. At lunch we were able to share a few Bible stories as they applied to our conversation, Creation, the Fall, the Parable of the Sower and Noah's Ark, and they listened intently.
Wednesday 16th: We were invited to assist Senor Maximo, Senora Angelica, Senora Celia, Yacina & Omar to harvest potatoes. We were able to share the Creation and the Parable of the Sower with the little ones Yacina and Omar. For lunch we all shared the food we brought,and as we ate we exchanged stories; they told us an ancient legend about a man turned to stone and we told the story of Lot and his wife. They invited us to dinner that night! When we arrived at their house and they welcomed us warmly and served us with joy.This is the only family that has invited us to join them for the entire day: in the fields, and also in their very own house.
Thursday 17th: We spent the majority of the day with Alisson, who had been staying with us since Sunday the 13th when her father left town for work. Tuesday the 15th. Andrea and Dani were able to spend some quality time with Alisson, encouraging her in the Word and in her walk with Christ. This night we ate at Senora Lina's house with Carlos and a gentleman named Manuel. Manuel is a believer and was in town for a few days to work on the road. We were able to share and talk about the story of Nicodemus, Carlos listened attentively.
Friday 18th: This was a really cool day too! We had made plans to join Senora Elisa, Senor Roger and their daughter Zuli in the fields today. We went to their house in the morning to help them carry the tools. As we sat waiting for them to prepare the lunch, Zuli came over and asked to read our Bible. We had her read the story of the Good Shepherd and then shared the story of Creation and a bit of the Sower. When we arrived at the field we took a short rest before working; Elisa then asked us to read the Bible; she also read the Good Shepherd. She told us she enjoyed the story and that she really enjoys reading anything she can get her hands on. We worked in the fields and shared our lunches. Afterwards, they excitedly insisted on taking us to the infamous hot-water-spring (Aguas Calientes de Huaycaja). They have really opened up to us and continuously welcome us warmly.
Saturday 19th: We made our way down to Canlle this day, a little bit earlier than normal in order to catch more people before they left for the fields. We met a few new people and again ran into the nurse Geanina. We also came across a Senora Neli Astumania Ramirez, whom we had met in Lahuaytambo a few days before. She took us to her house to meet her husband Horacio Figueroa Pumallauli. They were very kind, gifting us with a native fruit called Membrillo. Horacio took us to Senora Paula Rosado's house before he headed to the garden. Paula (the woman we met the first week) and her husband Abraham (the man we met the second week) were very kind and welcomed our help. Solomon spent time with Abraham while he chopped wood. Andrea and Dani spent time with Paula carrying the wood back to their house. The ladies found that Paula was Catholic but had never heard even one Bible story, so they shared the Creation story with her and she really enjoyed it. Later as we were getting ready to leave, she invited us for dinner and to stay the night with them in their house! We already had plans to dine with Lina so we headed back. That night we reviewed the story of Nicodemus and talked about John the Baptist; Lahuaytambo has been named after him and he is the most important Saint here.
Sunday 20th: This day we hiked up to Santa Ana early again. We first met Senora Florinda Fernandez who told us about the people in Santa Ana and their lives. She invited us to her house and offered us some local fruits, Tumbo & Capuli and introduced us to her son, Jair. She told us where to find our contacts from last week and then she left to graze her cows. We went looking for our friends but none of them were home. As we were deciding our next move, Jair came by and we asked if we could join him. We helped him graze his sheep and later shared our lunch with him. Over lunch we read Psalms 23 and talked about the Good Shepherd. As we were sitting down to eat Senora Gabina passed by and we were able to greet her shortly as she was in a hurry, but she seemed very happy to see us. After lunch we headed towards the hill on which they graze their cattle, greeting/meating each person that came down. We descended the hill with the last gentleman, Julio Anchivilca who happened to be the husband of a woman we met before lunch and had given a banana to, Senora Bernarda Patrocinio Ramos. We had a casual conversation with him, he told us about the town's Holy Week celebration and how if one does not attend they must pay a fine to the government-run Catholic church. As we said our goodbyes we encouraged him to read the Word and pray.
Monday 21st: Today is our Sabbath day, taking a time to plan, pray and seek God's will for our final week in Lahuaytambo. :(
Prayer Requests:
Lahuaytambo:
* That the Word we share will remain in them *
1. Robert & Alisson - Spiritual and Physical Health, their father-daughter relationship (confidence).
2. Mamita Luz - We will be spending Tuesday with her in the fields, Her dental health, and she is still providing us with Lunches.
3. Senora Lina & Carlos - We are spending every dinner until we leave Sunday.
4. Maximo, Angelica, Jose Luis, Celia, Yacina & Omar. (& Oso, their dog ;)
5. Roger, Elisa & Zuli (& their eldest daughter Paula in Lima)
6. Irma Bernable, Gilberto & Estela, Maximo, Lucia, Roy & MariLu
Canlle:
1. Abraham Bernable & Paula Rosado
2. Neli Astumania & Horacio Figueroa
3. Geanina, Miguel, & daughters
Santa Ana:
1. Florinda Fernandez & Jair
2. Victoria Anchivilca & Asuncion Feliciano
3. Gabina Belen & Dario, Juan & Greisi
4. Julio Anchivilca & Bernarda Patrocinio
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Team Lahuaytambo - Week 2
Team Lahuaytambo Report #2
Solomon Grados, Andrea Gave, Danielle Miller
Feb. 7th - 14th
Week 2 - Getting to know Lahuaytambo, Canlle & Santa Ana (a little more :D )
Monday 7th: The Lord blessed us with a slow day, due to Dani being sick, Solomon and Andrea were able to go with Alisson to the fields for a bit and then return to take care of Dani with juice and cookies. We were able to finish our report and spend some time as a team/family...much needed.
Tuesday 8th: We were able to go out to the fields with Mamita Luz. Senora Luz Zavaleta Naupa is one of the ladies on your list of contacts. She just got into town Wednesday night the 2nd and we started a meal-plan with her Thursday the 3rd. So we have been able to spend quite a bit of time with her. She left this Thursday the 10th for Lima for mouth surgery, so up to that point she has joined us in prayer and Bible review.
Wednesday 9th: We visited the Health-Center today and visited with the technician, Angelica Robles and the temporary nurse, Geni Alicia Chaves. We informed them about the team coming May/June and found that the most common problems they encounter are respiratory and vision related. Then we headed out to the fields again and met some new people. We ran into Alisson sherpherding her sheep, we left a Bible with her and encouraged her to read 1 Corinthians 12-14. By the Lord's providence we came across Senora Lina Lacotera de la Cruz. We were able to assist her in the fields and have lunch with her. She has now provided us with meals since Mamita Luz left. This evening we spent time with Mamita Luz teaching her how to make pancakes.
`Thursday 10th: As we walked to the fields today we walked with Senor Gilberto Zavaleta (Sabaleta, I spelled it wrong in the 1st report). Solomon was able to share some of the Word with him. We ate lunch with Senora Lina in her house and later helped her clean the Municipality building. We headed out to the fields again and helped Senor Roy Zabaleta, his wife MariLu, and her mother Lucia harvest potatoes; they were very grateful and gave us a bag to have. During the walk back to town Solomon was able to share the Creation story with Roy.
Friday 11th: We took this morning off to practice our stories to be better prepared to share them. We had lunch with Senora Lina in her house again and Dani shared the Creation story. She thanked us for sharing and headed out the fields. We went out the fields and came across 2 little girls, Yareli & Alexandra and we shared the Creation story with them. They knew the story and told us their mother tells them Bible stories just about every night and sings to them but their father says that God does not exist. Yareli even sang one of the songs for us. Later this evening we were able to talk to the mayor Senor Eusebio Ramirez Bernable. He was receptive, encouraging us but also cautioning us to take it slow and not push the people too hard too fast.
Saturday 12th: We went to Canlle for the 2nd time. We encountered Graciana in the fields, unfortunately they didn't have tools for us to help them so we moved on to another couple nearby. We met a gentlemen Abram Bernable Rosado on our way into town but he encouraged us to go on into the town. In the village we found nurse Geanina and her daughters at the Health Center. We spent a little time with Geanina before she went to prepare lunch but we were able to spend more time with her 3 daughters and share the Creation story as well as the Parable of the Sower. We went back to the couple from earlier, the woman had left but the man, Senor Eugenio Bernable, was still there. We stopped and shared our lunch with him and Andrea shared the Parable of the Sower with him as well. He seemed very attentive and receptive to the story, responding to our questions and participating in our conversation. As we were getting ready to leave Senora Irma Bernable (also on your list of contacts) was passing by herding her sheep back to Lahuaytambo. We joined her and on our way back Dani was able to talk to her quite a bit. She opened up to us and wanted to come visit us later that night to share more, but due to the weather she was unable to come. She really desires to read the Bible, however, her vision is poor and she needs to purchase glasses but does not have the resources yet.
Sunday 13th: This day we went to Santa Ana. On our way we came across two women, Senora Luz Ramirez and Senora Ricarda they informed us that the village meeting was going to last from 8am-12 and 1-5pm. As we walked through the village we met Senora Victoria Anchivilca Feliciano she was very kind and allowed us into her house for lunch. Her husband and her uncle were there as well Senor Asuncion Anchivilca Zavaleta and Eleonorio Fernandez Feliciano. As she shared her food with us we shared our stewed Guinea Pig with them. They told us about the meeting and about how they live in Santa Ana, different than Lahuaytambo. When the men went back to the meeting we were able to talk with Victoria and share about our faith, she was a little hesitant but she gave us a prayer request about her vision, her eye needs surgery. However, she was still very friendly. After returning to Lahuaytambo we made some good contacts as Solomon helped to take down and move a mobile shack. We are prayerfully planning on accompanying them in the fields this upcoming week.
Monday 14th: We have taken the day off to fast and diligently seek and spend time with God with these 3 objective in mind: 1.That God will provide us with spiritual and physical strength to complete our last few weeks strong. 2.That the people here will be open to God, his Word, and the Biblical stories. 3.That the Word of God will compel them and that it will remain in their hearts and lives. Would you also be praying for these 3 requests.
LAHUAYTAMBO Prayer Requests:
Please be praying that the Lord will divinely direct us to know when, how and whom with to spend our time.
*** "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." - James 1:17 ***
Solomon Grados, Andrea Gave, Danielle Miller
Feb. 7th - 14th
Week 2 - Getting to know Lahuaytambo, Canlle & Santa Ana (a little more :D )
Monday 7th: The Lord blessed us with a slow day, due to Dani being sick, Solomon and Andrea were able to go with Alisson to the fields for a bit and then return to take care of Dani with juice and cookies. We were able to finish our report and spend some time as a team/family...much needed.
Tuesday 8th: We were able to go out to the fields with Mamita Luz. Senora Luz Zavaleta Naupa is one of the ladies on your list of contacts. She just got into town Wednesday night the 2nd and we started a meal-plan with her Thursday the 3rd. So we have been able to spend quite a bit of time with her. She left this Thursday the 10th for Lima for mouth surgery, so up to that point she has joined us in prayer and Bible review.
Wednesday 9th: We visited the Health-Center today and visited with the technician, Angelica Robles and the temporary nurse, Geni Alicia Chaves. We informed them about the team coming May/June and found that the most common problems they encounter are respiratory and vision related. Then we headed out to the fields again and met some new people. We ran into Alisson sherpherding her sheep, we left a Bible with her and encouraged her to read 1 Corinthians 12-14. By the Lord's providence we came across Senora Lina Lacotera de la Cruz. We were able to assist her in the fields and have lunch with her. She has now provided us with meals since Mamita Luz left. This evening we spent time with Mamita Luz teaching her how to make pancakes.
`Thursday 10th: As we walked to the fields today we walked with Senor Gilberto Zavaleta (Sabaleta, I spelled it wrong in the 1st report). Solomon was able to share some of the Word with him. We ate lunch with Senora Lina in her house and later helped her clean the Municipality building. We headed out to the fields again and helped Senor Roy Zabaleta, his wife MariLu, and her mother Lucia harvest potatoes; they were very grateful and gave us a bag to have. During the walk back to town Solomon was able to share the Creation story with Roy.
Friday 11th: We took this morning off to practice our stories to be better prepared to share them. We had lunch with Senora Lina in her house again and Dani shared the Creation story. She thanked us for sharing and headed out the fields. We went out the fields and came across 2 little girls, Yareli & Alexandra and we shared the Creation story with them. They knew the story and told us their mother tells them Bible stories just about every night and sings to them but their father says that God does not exist. Yareli even sang one of the songs for us. Later this evening we were able to talk to the mayor Senor Eusebio Ramirez Bernable. He was receptive, encouraging us but also cautioning us to take it slow and not push the people too hard too fast.
Saturday 12th: We went to Canlle for the 2nd time. We encountered Graciana in the fields, unfortunately they didn't have tools for us to help them so we moved on to another couple nearby. We met a gentlemen Abram Bernable Rosado on our way into town but he encouraged us to go on into the town. In the village we found nurse Geanina and her daughters at the Health Center. We spent a little time with Geanina before she went to prepare lunch but we were able to spend more time with her 3 daughters and share the Creation story as well as the Parable of the Sower. We went back to the couple from earlier, the woman had left but the man, Senor Eugenio Bernable, was still there. We stopped and shared our lunch with him and Andrea shared the Parable of the Sower with him as well. He seemed very attentive and receptive to the story, responding to our questions and participating in our conversation. As we were getting ready to leave Senora Irma Bernable (also on your list of contacts) was passing by herding her sheep back to Lahuaytambo. We joined her and on our way back Dani was able to talk to her quite a bit. She opened up to us and wanted to come visit us later that night to share more, but due to the weather she was unable to come. She really desires to read the Bible, however, her vision is poor and she needs to purchase glasses but does not have the resources yet.
Sunday 13th: This day we went to Santa Ana. On our way we came across two women, Senora Luz Ramirez and Senora Ricarda they informed us that the village meeting was going to last from 8am-12 and 1-5pm. As we walked through the village we met Senora Victoria Anchivilca Feliciano she was very kind and allowed us into her house for lunch. Her husband and her uncle were there as well Senor Asuncion Anchivilca Zavaleta and Eleonorio Fernandez Feliciano. As she shared her food with us we shared our stewed Guinea Pig with them. They told us about the meeting and about how they live in Santa Ana, different than Lahuaytambo. When the men went back to the meeting we were able to talk with Victoria and share about our faith, she was a little hesitant but she gave us a prayer request about her vision, her eye needs surgery. However, she was still very friendly. After returning to Lahuaytambo we made some good contacts as Solomon helped to take down and move a mobile shack. We are prayerfully planning on accompanying them in the fields this upcoming week.
Monday 14th: We have taken the day off to fast and diligently seek and spend time with God with these 3 objective in mind: 1.That God will provide us with spiritual and physical strength to complete our last few weeks strong. 2.That the people here will be open to God, his Word, and the Biblical stories. 3.That the Word of God will compel them and that it will remain in their hearts and lives. Would you also be praying for these 3 requests.
LAHUAYTAMBO Prayer Requests:
Please be praying that the Lord will divinely direct us to know when, how and whom with to spend our time.
*** "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." - James 1:17 ***
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Team Lahuaytambo - Week 1
Team Lahuaytambo Report #1
Solomon Grados, Andrea Gave, Danielle Miller
Jan. 29th - Feb. 4th
Week 1 - Getting to know Lahuaytambo
In order to get to know the village of Lahuaytambo the first few days we prayer-walked throughout the streets, conversing with those we came across. After asking several questions about the village's customs, their weekly routine and their family life, we quickly found that their lives revolve around their fields, animals, and religious festivals. We decided in order to get to know them better we would have to go to the fields where they spend the majority of their day.The people work in the fields from 9am-5pm, unless it rains; rainy season begins late December and ends early April.
Monday through Thursday we went to the fields and found someone different to assist and get to know each day. Thursday the school principal was in town to supervise the installation of the internet antena. So after helping in the fields,we made a trip over to meet her and inform her about the team coming in May/June. She remembered the last team and seemed very receptive to the possibility of having the team help with teaching English again. Friday we hiked to Santa Ana. The population is smaller but the customs are exactly like Lahauytambo. Saturday we descended to the even smaller village of Canlle; smaller but exactly the same as the previous two.
LAHUAYTAMBO
Here is a list of the people in Lahuaytambo we have gotten to know a little:
Robert and Alison Sabaleta Duran - We have had a few Bible Studies in their store & Alison is currently staying with us for 3 days while Robert is out of town.
Isabel Rosa Paculia (Rosa) - We helped her in the field, she was very thankful just to have our company.
Jose Luis - Helped us get a good price with the Hostal, later we helped he and his family in the fields
Celia - his wife, Yomar & Jesina - his children
Dani Torres - We got to help her seed her field, pray, and share some food with her and her son Arnold
Antonia Bernable - Helped her take her cow up the mountain, she shared food with us and we shared some with her.
Angela - The director of the school
Gilberto & Estela Sabaleta - Own a store, upon purchasing some goods they invited us in and we got to know them and pray with them! (Ground-breaking encounter!Praise God)
SANTA ANA
God allowed us to run into a family that was just leaving their house; the father was on his way out to the fields and the mother was on her way to the water canal to wash clothes. We got the opportunity to help her out and later come back to her house where she invited us in to eat our lunch that we had brought with us. We shared not only our food with her and her 2 children but also a little about our faith. She shared with us a lot of information about the village and its customs. When we left her house we prayer-walked the village and came across 2 men who greeted us warmly; they seemed very interested in getting to know who these foreigners were.
Contacts:
Gabina Bellen - The mother we helped do laundry
Dario Rosado - The father
Greisi - Their 7yr-old daughter
Juan - Their baby boy
Marta - Their 10yr-old daughter
CANLLE
Before we even reach the village we were welcomed by a kind lady Paula Rosada who was taking her cows to her field. She informed us that most of the villagers would be out in their fields. We went on into the village just to see if we could find anyone. We did come across a woman, Graciana Pumayauli de la Cruz. Graciana is a believer, she was born and raised in Canlle but because her family lives in Lima and also the lack of Christian churches in the area, she now travels back and forth between the two, spending the majority of her time in Canlle. Her daughter Irma Rosada was there with her but lives in Lima. As we were walking through the village we came across 2 little girls playing the plaza near the Health Center. Their mother runs the Health Center and we were able to talk to her for a while. She told us that there are about 50 families total in the village and she showed us a drawing of the village layout. Then we returned to the field to share our lunch with Señora Rosada and to help her harvest her potatoes. To show her appreciation for our help, she gave us a small bag of potatoes.
Contacts:
Paula Rosada - Woman in the fields
Graciana Pumayauli de la Cruz - Christian woman usually in Lima
Irma Rosada - Her daughter
Alitalia Geanina Julian Flores - Head of Health Center
Miguel - her husband
Nichole 7, Sandra 6, & Andrea 4 - her daughters
PRAYER REQUESTS:
TEAM:
1. HEALTH: Spiritually and Physically-
Spiritual: That we would be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's guidance.
Physical: That God will heal each of our small illnesses and strengthen us, to adapt to the physical demand of the daily labor. (The cold weather)
2. We ask that you would be praying for the villages, their animals and crops, and also for the individuals we have listed. Perhaps you can pick 2 families to be praying for each day.
3. That we as a team would burn with a desire for the Word of God & that it would be changing our lives daily.
Solomon Grados, Andrea Gave, Danielle Miller
Jan. 29th - Feb. 4th
Week 1 - Getting to know Lahuaytambo
In order to get to know the village of Lahuaytambo the first few days we prayer-walked throughout the streets, conversing with those we came across. After asking several questions about the village's customs, their weekly routine and their family life, we quickly found that their lives revolve around their fields, animals, and religious festivals. We decided in order to get to know them better we would have to go to the fields where they spend the majority of their day.The people work in the fields from 9am-5pm, unless it rains; rainy season begins late December and ends early April.
Monday through Thursday we went to the fields and found someone different to assist and get to know each day. Thursday the school principal was in town to supervise the installation of the internet antena. So after helping in the fields,we made a trip over to meet her and inform her about the team coming in May/June. She remembered the last team and seemed very receptive to the possibility of having the team help with teaching English again. Friday we hiked to Santa Ana. The population is smaller but the customs are exactly like Lahauytambo. Saturday we descended to the even smaller village of Canlle; smaller but exactly the same as the previous two.
LAHUAYTAMBO
Here is a list of the people in Lahuaytambo we have gotten to know a little:
Robert and Alison Sabaleta Duran - We have had a few Bible Studies in their store & Alison is currently staying with us for 3 days while Robert is out of town.
Isabel Rosa Paculia (Rosa) - We helped her in the field, she was very thankful just to have our company.
Jose Luis - Helped us get a good price with the Hostal, later we helped he and his family in the fields
Celia - his wife, Yomar & Jesina - his children
Dani Torres - We got to help her seed her field, pray, and share some food with her and her son Arnold
Antonia Bernable - Helped her take her cow up the mountain, she shared food with us and we shared some with her.
Angela - The director of the school
Gilberto & Estela Sabaleta - Own a store, upon purchasing some goods they invited us in and we got to know them and pray with them! (Ground-breaking encounter!Praise God)
SANTA ANA
God allowed us to run into a family that was just leaving their house; the father was on his way out to the fields and the mother was on her way to the water canal to wash clothes. We got the opportunity to help her out and later come back to her house where she invited us in to eat our lunch that we had brought with us. We shared not only our food with her and her 2 children but also a little about our faith. She shared with us a lot of information about the village and its customs. When we left her house we prayer-walked the village and came across 2 men who greeted us warmly; they seemed very interested in getting to know who these foreigners were.
Contacts:
Gabina Bellen - The mother we helped do laundry
Dario Rosado - The father
Greisi - Their 7yr-old daughter
Juan - Their baby boy
Marta - Their 10yr-old daughter
CANLLE
Before we even reach the village we were welcomed by a kind lady Paula Rosada who was taking her cows to her field. She informed us that most of the villagers would be out in their fields. We went on into the village just to see if we could find anyone. We did come across a woman, Graciana Pumayauli de la Cruz. Graciana is a believer, she was born and raised in Canlle but because her family lives in Lima and also the lack of Christian churches in the area, she now travels back and forth between the two, spending the majority of her time in Canlle. Her daughter Irma Rosada was there with her but lives in Lima. As we were walking through the village we came across 2 little girls playing the plaza near the Health Center. Their mother runs the Health Center and we were able to talk to her for a while. She told us that there are about 50 families total in the village and she showed us a drawing of the village layout. Then we returned to the field to share our lunch with Señora Rosada and to help her harvest her potatoes. To show her appreciation for our help, she gave us a small bag of potatoes.
Contacts:
Paula Rosada - Woman in the fields
Graciana Pumayauli de la Cruz - Christian woman usually in Lima
Irma Rosada - Her daughter
Alitalia Geanina Julian Flores - Head of Health Center
Miguel - her husband
Nichole 7, Sandra 6, & Andrea 4 - her daughters
PRAYER REQUESTS:
TEAM:
1. HEALTH: Spiritually and Physically-
Spiritual: That we would be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's guidance.
Physical: That God will heal each of our small illnesses and strengthen us, to adapt to the physical demand of the daily labor. (The cold weather)
2. We ask that you would be praying for the villages, their animals and crops, and also for the individuals we have listed. Perhaps you can pick 2 families to be praying for each day.
3. That we as a team would burn with a desire for the Word of God & that it would be changing our lives daily.
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