We're getting closer...

So much has happened in the last couple weeks and the Four of us are so happy about it all!
 
First, our parents came to College Station to meet Traci and ask whatever questions they had for her or the four of us.  We all got to hear the issues that they were worried about and the things that they are looking forward to hearing about from us.  It is nice to know that they are all so supportive of what we're doing and they're beginning to be nearly as excited about it as we are.  That same day we were called to the front during church with our families and introduced officially as the Lima interns.  Looking out at the crowd, it hit me just how many people are behind us in our mission.  It was awesome to see all the people that are a huge part in making it possible.  We are so thankful that we have such a great group of people at A&M CoC  supporting us!


After we heard all of our parents' questions, we got a chance to ask some ourselves on our Skype date with Wes Yoakum and Stephanie Fletcher!  They are part of the team in Lima and our internship coordinators. Let me tell you that these two are funny! We were laughing even before we started since the daylight savings time change caught us all off guard and they were waiting a full hour before we even noticed. But after some first date like introductions it was smooth sailing. We can't wait to be in Lima working with Wes and Stephanie and the rest of the team!

We have all been so super blessed by the love and support that the rest of you pour on us.  As of now, Taylor, Kyle W, and Jenny are completely done with fundraising, and Kyle G is getting very close to being finished.

To help with the fundraising, Kyle G set up a great profit share last Friday night at Muldoon's (a coffee shop in College Station) and we raised money by getting people to order a "Peru Latte". To help with awareness and to get people to come, both Kyles, Philip Murtaugh, Shelby Anders, and Mace Williamson all performed from 8:00 to 11:00 playing guitar, piano, ukulele, and harmonica and singing! It was a great time for us to get to hang out with Aggies for Christ people, enjoy great music and coffee and let everyone know about what we are doing! (and a great way to make money too) Also, the Davidsons and the Thompsons, two of the families we will be working with in Peru, happened to be in town this weekend and they were able to come to our little concert! Here are some pictures from that night.

The sign letting people know what they should order.

We had some great friends there to support us!!

The Musicians :)

 We also handed out lots of our magnets!

Some of the over 100 Peru Lattes that were sold

Tip Jar - with nuevos soles from Peru (Thanks John Mark!)

We're so excited to get to spend more time with these guys! 

(Thompsons on the left and Davidsons on the right)

Another great thing that happened this weekend was Kelly and Sara Davidson (they are John Mark's parents and Kelly is our college minister) had a breakfast at their house on Saturday morning to celebrate John Mark and Tara being in town. There were lots of people there to just visit and catch up. We had a ton of fun playing with the kids and just getting to know their families better. 

Kyles playing football with the girls

Jenny and her new best friend, Corbin Thompson

Kyle got to be friends with Corbin too :) he was such a sweetheart

We discovered that Kellan Davidson is an amazing baseball player!

And to top off that great weekend, we got to be at the craziest football game ever last night where we BTHO Nebraska!!! Whoop! It was so much fun, but a little bittersweet because it was Jenny and Kyle W's last game as students.

Hope you've enjoyed this long post! Only a few more weeks of school left and then off we go!