Hola de Bethany en Cochabamba, Bolivia!
Well, it is now our second day on the soil of South America. It has been so incredible! We are staying at this amazing place called Union Bautista Boliviana. We all have our own beds, nice warm showers, and the food is amazing. I have never eaten so well, or eaten so much.
Last night Dan, Darryl, and their three kids all came to the Baptist Center and had dinner with us. We also gave them a little preview of our puppet show. The kids really liked it. We also gave the kids each a lunch box filled with candy from the United States. They were really excited! Most of us went to bed around 8:30 last night. That is 5:30pm back home. It was so nice. We got up and had a morning devotional with some worship and had a great breakfast.
This morning Dan and Darryl gave our team some expectations and guidelines for our trip. We also met the director for the Compassion projects in the Cochabamba area, and he gave us a quick run down of what will happen at the different sights. Everyone here is so friendly. It has been really fun to practice some of the Spanish that we know.
Dan and Darryl then walked with us around downtown Cochabamba and showed us where a bank was located, and a really good coffee shop. We then stopped at an ice cream shop called, Globos and had the most incredible sundaes.
We have a little down time and then we are heading to the South side of Cochabamba, which is the poorest part of town. There we are going to meet college students and show them our puppet show and hopefully help them learn how to do it. It is going to be a great experience to see how and where people our age live in different parts of the world.
This morning, during our devotional, we read out of Romans 12:1-8. Those verses were great for us to hear at this point of our trip. The scriptures reference to the different spiritual gifts that people have. It was great to be reminded that each person on our team has a specific gift that God has given them, and that we can be excited to get to use each one of those in a special and unique way.
So far no one has gotten sick, and we would love to keep it that way. Please keep praying for the safety of our team. We will be doing some shopping, going to a futbol game, and hiking a 1,000ft butte. So we will definitely be needing your prayer. Thank you so much to all of you who have supported us in so many ways. You are truly a blessing to us, and by extension we can hopefully be a blessing to the people here. Thank you for helping to make a difference for the people living in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Blessings,
Bethany Jennings
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