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Hola! Wow, I can’t even begin to explain to you how amazing it feels to be typing on a laptop right now. Being unplugged has been pretty tough, but definitely worth it. I have been very focused on the task at hand… lol.

This trip has been unbelievable so far. The things I’ve seen have changed my perspective on how I live my life, and more is yet to come. Tomorrow we head to the community in the garbage dump here in Trujillo.

This morning we woke up at 7 for breaky, and had devotionals after. Jaccy lead the devotion today, yay good job jaccy! Everybody go read Isaiah 41: 9-10! After deviotionals we went to the construction site. In the morning I made bricks, it’s a very dirty job. We make the bricks out of a mixture of sand, dirt and water, which I happily mixed together by jumping around in it in my bare feet. Zoey helped of course. At about 12:30 we washed up and went to lunch at the church. We ate chicken, rice and potatoes. Surprising... haha, no, its not actually surprising. That is what we have everyday, and its always super delicious. Thanks to the locals at the churches for cooking us lunch and dinner everyday! When we went back to the site after lunch I levelled sand with pansy and the T-Bay boys. We found a sheep skull. It was gross.

We had…. Chicken, rice and potatoes for dinner, and then we came back to Helping Hands (the name of the guest house) for a worship session on the rooftop. Soooooo much fun.

I’ve been having an amaizng time so far and have made so many new friends from the mission peru team. I miss everyone, especially my mommy and daddy and KB. Thank-you to all the people who supported us so that we could come on this trip, it truly has been life changing. Can’t wait to see you all!

Lots of love,

Melissa Van Andel

P.S. Love you mom, good luck tomorrow, were all praying for you! I miss you tons.

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On Thursday, August 11, 2011, Joyce said:

So happy to hear from you Mel. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow and hearing all about your trip!!!

On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, KB said:

LOVE YOU MEL! We have much to speak about!!!!

On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, oma said:

Hi Melissa, sounds like you are having a very good time. Love you lots. Give the beautiful Peruvian children a special hug from me! Oma

On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Nancy Sinclair said:

Melissa - we saw the pictures of all of you mixing the mud with your feet. I noticed some of it was on your face - you obviously know about mud packs! Bunch of us got together with your mom and Max last night - good times. Glad you are experiencing so much and meeting new friends. God be with you.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Ken Van Andel said:

HI Meliisa! When you come home, we will have a big dinner of chicken, rice and potatoes!! :).

Love you. Can't wait to hear more of your stories.

Love,

Dad

On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Karen Sutch said:

Praying for you all as you head out to the city dump tomorrow. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be to see the children and families that work and live in the dump. I pray that you touch the lives of these people and that they see God's Love through all of your good works. Really missing those T-Bay boys and girls. Please say hello to Davis, and let him know we are so proud of him.

Mission Peru

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