Yolanda and I did the VBS craft again today- Hot Chilies! It was fun! More fun than yesterday (probably because yesterday was our first day & we didn't really know what to expect). Hot Chilies are a craft made out of celephane and candy and googlie eyes. The children started with a flat piece of celophane and had to wrap it in a way that it was round on the top with a point at the bottom (like a cone). Then you tape it to stay. Then you get to add the candy inside to keep it round (and also to make noise when you shake it) and tie it at the top with a string. After that, you can glue on the eyes and use a marker to draw a mouth & nose, etc. But the eyes kept falling off b/c the glue didn't stick very well to the celophane. Also, the children needed a lot of assistance in making the round shape. And some kids ate their candies before putting them in! That was the first group. After that, we made clear instructions for no one to eat it until later. But the craft took so long that they had no time to be bored & act up. That was great! The blue group (the little ones) never got to make a craft today b/c their leader got mixed up & they went to ride the horses during that time. Oh well.
After VBS we had lunch- papas fritas (french fries) & hamburger patties & salad. It was good!
There is a concern for some of our team members' health & some have gotten sick. Vegas and Jim are doing their best to keep us healthy though and are giving pills for upset stomach & prescribing Powerade to replenish us with nutrients & enzymes or something.
This afternoon, Tanya brought out her hemp & beads & we all started cutting strings so they'd be ready b/c tonight, the mom's & women's groups are meeting (and we thought it would be fun to teach them a new craft that they've never done before).
At about 3:30 or 4, I went to lay down because my stomach was upset & I slept about an hour. Before supper I walked around a little and felt very weak & nausiated. I went to the bathroom & threw up on the floor (just a little). Supper was starting but I went and got Ann and she cleaned it up for me! During the last hour, I cried a little. When you just need to cry, you need to cry! Maybe everything is catching up with me all at once. I do miss home; I probably have culture shock. Tanya gave me a hug & it helped. Vegas also gave me 3 pills & I am to take them every 4 hours. I am supposed to do my testimony tonight for the ladies, but I'm not sure now if I will. I am tired & want to sleep. Is that best for my body or is that Satan wanting to hinder this ministry? In the Bible it says to put your hope in the Lord & you'll renew your strength- you'll run and not grow weary, walk and not faint & as I remember that verse I think to myself, "Am I not trusting in God? Why am I sick, why am I tired?" I just really want to go home, but I really want to be here. In my encouragement book (a little compilation of encouraging notes people in my church wrote to me while I'm here in Peru), that was the exact verse that Carolyn gave me! Wow, God!
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The ladies night was fun. There were many ladies (30 or 40?) and some brought their girls too young toddlers & we all sat & sang songs (Mary Beth, a missionary there from Manitoba, plays guitar) and then we got ready for the hemp-making bracelets and necklaces. It could have gone better b/c it took a long time to get all of the supplies around and then to teach them as a group how to cross and pull the strings. Some groups were like 1/3 done and others were still waiting to start. Many of them ran out of time to finish (esp. if they were making a necklace), but I think they still enjoyed themselves and enjoyed the challenge of learning something new. I made my first bracelet & finished just in time. 
Then, Liz did a devotional with Ann translating on Prov. 31. It was good. I was praying that God would be touching the ladies' hearts. Then, Liz said her testimony & another Peruvian woman said her testimony with Vegas translating. She has had a hard past, quite unloving, so it was powerful to hear and she cried and had to stop at one point. I gave her a big hug after. Thank you Lord for her. She is evidence of your life changing love and power.
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