New Place

Well, when we left for Christmas vacation, we were going to be working in Aguaytia, starting two churches there. Well, many things fell through, such as a place to rent. We had a nice "apartment" with it's own bathroom, but I got sick one week and we didn't go to Aguaytia, so the Senora rented the apartment to someone else. Because of this, we were going to have to rent a room in a local hospedaje or motel. Now, a hospedaje turistico is a nice place to stay for about 25 soles a night...but, we weren't going to be staying in a hospedaje turistico...we would be staying in a regular hospedaje...that means community bathroom and shower, sharing a twin size bed whose mattress looks good til you sit on it and sink to the bottom side, maybe a table and stool, maybe a window, which is actually a minus, and no room to stand once you have your bags in there. I think you are probably getting the picture, and this is for s/. 15.00 a night. So, that may not seem like a lot, but for us, it is, and multiply that by 6 nights a week (coming out to s/. 90.00) plus our food money and passage money, it was going to pretty expensive on a missionary budget. So, when we came back from Christmas break, we were told we wouldn't be going to Aguaytia anymore. I really liked Aguaytia, but I didn't like the fact that we were going to be there for 6 days a week two hours away from everyone...what if we needed help or one of us got sick...we only knew a few people, and yes I am sure they would have helped us if we needed it, but it would still be difficult. So when we were told that we would be going to communities here in Pucallpa, I was only sad because we do have some contacts in Aguaytia; some new Christians. I don't know what is going to happen with them, but we are passing their information along to Pastor Dario. So, now we have just started over in Tushmo...San Pablo de Tushmo, but the actual community is Jhon Hocking Weeks, and Jhon is pronounced like John in English. But I like the way Tushmo sounds...We have one contact there who had been attending one of the other Nazarene churches, but it is so far away. She is helping us find contacts and a place to have services. One big challenge is going to be the fact that there is no electricity, water, or sewer in most of Jhon Hocking Weeks. I only have one thing to say about that...YUCK!