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.