From Iquitos Peru!

Hola mis amigos,

Well I have been in Iquitos for about 24 hours no and it has been great! The airports and planes were good but sometimes difficult to get around, as I probably looked like some random girl acting like a chicken with her head cut off. A man literally told me to go right in a line and I took a left..haha..sorry mom, I may need to relearn my directions. :) I sat by a very nice Japanese lady on my eight hour flight. We communicated very well through hand signs and lots of laughter. Finally after flying over the ocean, Andes, and parts of the rainforest I arrived in Iquitos Peru where Bethany, her husband, daughter, niece, and friend were awaiting me.

I really enjoy Bethany and her family and friends as we have been tooling around town together! Suprisingly it has rained quite a bit here but also has been quite humid. We´ve been traveling around via motocars which is quite the site to see when you get a whole bunch of them in one place! Thankfully Jamie (a family friend) is a very good driver. Yet he´s been doing it for a while! God has begun teaching me what it´s like to be on the otherside where I am the one who sticks out like a sore thumb and how it´s okay to be that person. It´s uncomfortable as I just want to know their culture and language and participate fully as they do. Then again I¨ve only been here for one day so hopefully next week will become more like home. Today I read from Isaiah 6 where he says, ¨Here am I. Send me!¨ I can so relate as I don´t know what´s happening tomorrow, the rest of the summer, or even later on tonight, but Lord here I am, and I know he will use me in some way. Until next time, blessings and I pray that you´re all doing well! -Jess