Mostly Pictures--That's all ya'll care about anyways!

WARNING!: to those of you who do not like long posts (i will not mention names--johnny!) you will not want to read this! it ended up being longer than i had planned. But there are some really fun pictures...so do as you wish!

The following are pictures of the past several days. Beginning with our trip on Saturday to the Waterfall.

On Saturday we went to a Waterfall. It was 3 and 1/2 hours away by car. The roads were bumpier than anything i have ever experienced in my entire life. i'm talking MAJOR holes in the road and instead of being made out of gravel the roads were made out of like BOULDERS...it was insane. The above picture was our first stop. This construction worker lady was all decked out in orange. She decided if she had to wear it she was going to make it look good. She had on orange earrings and a sparkly orange belt. She was also steady eating her breakfast (notice the leaf she is holding filled with something). Cars were lined up behind us for quite a ways, but no worries b/c there was plenty to be bought and eaten on the side of the road. Everyone unloaded out of their cars and the vendors got very excited at the sight of so may cutomers.

This is Dena buying tamales from one of the roadside vendors! She is all about getting the food sold on the side of the road! I garantee you she did not pay the original price offered her by the lady--she is quite the bargainer!

Here is all the cars lined up on our return trip. This is just as everyone was hopping back into their vehicles.
Here is the waterfall. It is known as the bride's veil. We had lots of fun swimming and sitting under the waterfall. Sadly, however, I did not get much of a tan.
This would be my first experience with the squatty potties in Peru. Regardless of what that sign says, there was NOTHING "hygenic" about that experience. The little plastic gave you "un poquito" (a little) privacy, but no worries because the smell scared away any curious onlookers!
Autumn and I bundled up during our Asheninka lesson (We have been studying Asheninka every afternoon at 3 o'clock-- so far I'm not very good; Autumn is the language expert between us). The temperature at that moment was 75 degrees F. Haha! We were seriously COLD! The wind blew our dry erase board over and spilled my Orange Fanta (which you can see on my clothes in the following picture). The temperature was in the 70s for two days and it was VERY refreshing--it felt like football weather!! (Hotty Toddy!)
Here you see Jetta (the McAnally's dog) with her sweater on as well. You also see the wet spots on my clothes from spilled Fanta. Jetta sleeps with me several nights a week-- please do not tell Gus, he will be jealous!
Here is the beloved plumber who brought HOT water to our lovely casa! That is our shower wall torn to pieces before it was retiled and after he put the pipes in. After I took this picture he shut the door---ooops, maybe he's a little camera shy! Elbert told me I should ask before i take photos! but Elbert, that eliminates all the candid shots!
This is one of the fruit and vegtable markets in town. Notice the truck coming down the narrow road! I would hardly call this road one-way, but somehow Peruvians are capable of driving trucks, motortaxis, cars, and fruit-stands down this ally all at once! These people are amazing!
This is at a restaurant--i forget the name, where we can get roasted chicken. This is the chickens roasting--obviously! mmmmm, good stuff. that was my supper last night (well, actually mine was fried last night!)

And finally my bed! That would be an OLE MISS blanket! Go Rebels!! Ya'll made me proud on Sunday as I listened to the game on the internet.

My first trip out to the Asheninka communities is on September 12th. That is 6 days from today. We will visit three different communities during a two week period. I have been given the responsibility of sharing my testimony (in Spanish, of course), teaching 1 story to the adults, and 1 or 2 stories to the children at each of the 3 communities. Please pray for my Spanish ability and that hearts will be open to God's truth. Also pray as I prepare these stories over the next several days that I will know what words to use. Pray that my nerves will be calm and that my STOMACH will be calm as well. This is what I have dreamed about and I want to take the truth to these people with joy and not with aprehension or nervousness! Please pray for boldness!