T minus 3 weeks

Three weeks until we're moving away from Charlotte! It seems so soon and so far away a la vez (at the same time... but doesn't it sound better in Spanish?). We're running out of furniture after our Craigs List extravaganza. No more white sofa, blue rug, coffee table, white bookshelf, desk, desk chair, end tables .... and a lot of other stuff. Here are the before and after pictures of our living room. In fact, most of the stuff in the "new" living room is spoken for, too-- the couch, chair, bookshelves.... We're planning on holding on to our bed, thank goodness. Otherwise I'd be getting cozy on the floor soon.

I can't explain how awesome it has been to meet with people and talk about Peru. Our financial support is continuing to come in easily, and people are coming out of the woodwork with fun practical ways to support us as well. Here are some examples.

Bob gave us a guitar to use in the Puerto Supe Community Center to teach new musicians to play and raise up leaders for musical worship.
Dad got rid of (most of) a lifetime of stuff and is offering us his storage unit.
Jiljane bought us the Alpha course materials in Spanish.
Randy, with his self-proclaimed mail fetish, has offered to take over our mail.
And I think someone is putting together a First Aid kit for us.

One funny news bit. On Google Analytics, I can see all kinds of interesting statistics about this blog- how many people see it each day, whether they're direct hits or what site refers them, how long they spend reading it, etc. Most fascinating to me is what countries they live in! People from the following places have read about our mission: