I hit the ground running ever since I arrived back in Lima on March 31st. Even though my luggage couldn't quite keep up with my pace, I'm thankful that it arrived a couple days later!
Returning home unexpectedly was a challenge. I tried to stay busy, or read a lot, or be productive in some way or another, but it was hard to settle when my heart was still in Peru. Now, I'm going to bed at 9:00 because I know the next day is packed with things to do! I wouldn't have it any other way though. It's good to be needed, and it's satisfying to have work to do.
School is going very well. I'm enjoying life in Lima 100 times more already than I did last year. A lot of minor changes can make a huge difference. I'm so thankful for a PE curriculum this year, the new boy's PE teacher who has been a huge help to me, the chance to be a home room teacher for the senior class, the opportunity I have to disciple the 6th grade girls, and just the familiarity of things this time around.
Health update: I had surgery in early February to remove the remaining cancerous/precancerous cells (melanoma). All went well, but the healing process didn't seem to go fast enough. They sewed me up with internal and external stitches- the external ones were taken out 2 weeks later, and the internal stitches were said to dissolve in 3-5 months. The doctor said he couldn't assure me it was caused by the sun because of the location (left side of my ribs), therefore I don't have to hide from sunlight for the rest of my life. However, I've been painting my body in sunscreen ever since just to be safe. The doctor told me, "There was an angel sitting on your shoulder when you walked in here, because if you had come any later we would be talking about different strategies to treat this thing." Call it what you will, but I know the Lord was watching over me through it all. He is my Protector and my Healer after all :)
Thank you all for you prayers! Together for the kingdom.
"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us" Ephesians 3:20
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