Another day of amazement because of the number of possibilities of how I could be woken up here in Cocabamba, Bolivia in the mornings. I was woken up an half an hour early by people cutting the hedges and doing yard work. I guess it is better than over sleeping like I did yesterday. After getting up, I immediately got ready for my day and to go to church. Then I went downstairs to have breakfast which I finally was able to have two cups of water because they finally bought water yesterday. Also, I had a piece of bread and I tried a little bit of milk, but it tasted like cream so I did not have any more. When I finished breakfast, I had some time to relax before going out to church. It was then time for me to catch a truffi and then a micro to get to church. I thought I arrived at church at what would be considered on time for Bolivian time, but I was still early so I had to wait a few minutes. While waiting I worried a little bit about whether or not Omar would remember my guitar after the mix up on Wednesday and I forgot to ask last night. So I said a little prayer and told God that I would leave it in His hands. After going in a greeting Father Walter, it was not long until the other musicians arrived so I was able to help bring in guitars. Next, I tuned my guitar and then help set up for the service. We then warmed up by playing a song and then we prayed before we got started. As the service opened with a familiar song of Come Now is the Time to Worship, I felt that this Sunday was different from the others. Today, I really felt that I was fully immersed in worship and that I was spiritually filled by the service. Even though I have been able to understand the whole service for a while now; I really felt the presence of the Holy Spirit today. Father Pepe who is bilingual gave the sermon today and it was awesome, he took the Gospel of Matthew in which it talked about bearing fruit and tied it in with our study in Romans. I was able to play all the songs with very minimal mistakes and was able to do most of the congregational responses from memory. Also, once I knew the chords for the song, I was able to sing most of the songs from memory as well. After the service, the leader of music Omar even said that I did well today. Then I helped pack the car with the music equipment. Bob and Meg returned from their trip and it was good to see them again and catch up with them. Also, I was able to spend some time with the Parkers which was good since they have a week left before they go back to England. They have also been really welcoming towards me and I am glad that God has blessed me by putting them in my life. There was good news that the church now has a property of its own. They need to clean it up first and then they will begin the building process. Another piece of news is that there will be voting here on August the tenth which means everything is closed down and nobody is allowed to congregate. This also means that service was moved to Saturday and this will be my last service at La Trinidad. After everyone had left the church, I went back to Shawnee’s to drop off the music equipment and then we went to my favorite place, Buffalo’s. On the way into Buffalo’s, I talked with Shawnee about setting up a meeting to talk about saying good-bye and just talking with her about youth ministry. So Wednesday I will go early to worship practice and have a discussion with Shawnee. I think that I tried as many different types of meat as I could and tried a different variety of sides as well. Also, today I shared a pitcher of apple juice with Omar and Paula. The juice was good and very sweet. Then I had my favorite dessert of dulce tres leche. During lunch, Shawnee mentioned the fact that especially after the lesson I did last night that I am a part of their lives now and that a picture should be taken. I hope to talk about getting some pictures at my meeting on Wednesday as well. Since we were all stuffed from lunch, they dropped me off at my house and I decided to relax the rest of the afternoon. However, in the back of my mind I have the desire to finish the second interview I have done since I am almost finished. Upon returning to the house I observed that a lot of yard work had been done. Also, the unoccupied room was all clean and the bed was made which makes me think that a new student might be moving in soon. I noticed also that I was really thirsty so I made sure to fill a bottle of water and almost drank it all immediately. I think it was because the juice was so sweet at lunch and I drank a lot of it even though it did not quench my thirst. As it ended up, I did relax until it was time for dinner. Before dinner, Quique came to ask me if I wanted to play soccer with him later tonight, but I told him that I thought that I had plans to go to the movies with some friends from church. However, I never received a phone call from them so those plans did not work out. I am sure that God had a purpose for the plans not to work out. For dinner I had rice with carrots, tomatoes, and onions, along with a potato and an egg. While I was eating dinner, Susana came and talked to be about going to work tomorrow and I said I would be doing the same. After dinner, I did decide to finish the school work that I had. I was able to finish my work so I then relaxed for part of the night. Then I used the internet before getting ready for bed. Next, I did my night time devotion to thank God for an awesome two days, took a shower, and went to bed looking forward to working at Casa de Nazeret tomorrow.
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