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JANUARY 2014

KA RA S E RVI NG I N PE RU

A WALK IN THE PARK LAST SATURDAY AND SITTING IN THE COURTYARD WAITING FOR CLASS!

Off to a great start...

Hola from Peru, Spanish is coming along, although I feel that my English is getting It has been a great 3 weeks so far here in Arequipa. I have nally worse! I have 7 more weeks here, and I am praying that I will settled into my home and have be able to communicate easily become good friends with the other students I live with. I have and effectively by then. I am enjoying my time here to focus now nished my third week at on the language, but I am ready the language school, and my for Cajamarca! I have had many fun experiences here including going to the local market, walking to the mall, exploring around the Plaza, eating at Chilis, getting my Peru cell number, nding the post ofce, cramming onto the buses, and so much more! I am adapting to the Peruvian life!

PRACTICE CLASS

MY BUS TO AND FROM SCHOOL

THE LIVING ROOM IN MY HOUSE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT ON THIS JOURNEY!

much better at praying in Spanish! It is a refreshing time in I love the language school I am the middle of the week. Every attending. Each day, I have a Sunday, I go to church with the practice and a grammar class. For family I live with here. Many of now, it is just my teacher and I in the other students attend this my classes, so that has been church as well. I am surprised at nice. I am learning a lot of verbs how much of the service I am and vocabulary which has greatly able to understand, but that is helped in my understanding of just reassurance that I am the language. I am able to speak progressing in the language. quite a bit, but I still have to think about what I want to say Home and how to say it. I am looking I live with a Peruvian Christian forward to the day when I can family and I am beginning to feel just speak without thinking so at home here. The parents are so hard! hospitable and always checking

School

PICTURES!

WAITING F O R TH E B US AFTER SCHOOL

to make sure we are all ok. I live here with 3 other students from Each Wednesday night, I go to a England, Norway, and Scotland. womens Bible study with people Every need I could possibly have from the church and other is met here. We have people that students. This has been so helpful cook 3 meals a day for us, clean both for my spiritual growth as our rooms each day, and do our well as for my language learning. laundry. It is truly a blessing. I am We spend about 2 hours singing, thankful for the time I have here praying and studying the Word. to put all of my effort into We go around and each pray learning the language. before we start, and I am getting

Bible Study/Church

EXPLORING THE MA RK ET

PRAYER REQUESTS:
* Pray for a quick and smooth process of obtaining my resident visa. I will have to make several trips to Lima to complete this. * Pray for great progress to be made in my language skills. Pray for increased understanding as well as confidence to speak as much as possible without worrying about making mistakes. * Pray for my continued spiritual growth. I have had to depend on God here more than ever before for simple everyday tasks. This has allowed me to draw closer to Him, and I do not want that to fade.

MY FAVO RITE MEAL HERE SO FAR!

THE MARKET ON S ATURDAY M ORN ING

PICTURES FROM LIFE IN AREQUIPA

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING AND PRAYING FOR ME WHILE I AM ON THIS JOURNEY OF FAITH. I HAVE BEEN AMAZED TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY THE WAY GOD PROVIDES FOR MY EVERY NEED. I AM SO BLESSED TO BE HERE IN PERU PREPARING FOR THE WORK HE HAS CALLED ME TO IN CAJAMARCA. I KNOW HE HAS GREAT PLANS THERE. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING BECAUSE THIS JOURNEY HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. FOLLOW ALONG AT KARAWILKERSON.BLOGSPOT.COM.