Nuestro Camino Por Bolivia: Cold Showers and Elevators

30 December 2011

Cold Showers and Elevators

Today, two days before we leave Cochabamba, Drew showed me there is hot water in the shower.....I've been taking cold showers for nearly three weeks. Bummer.

Yesterday, I had the privilege of going up an elevator with two children aged 4 and 8 for the first time in their lives. It was a wonderful experience. The kids were so excited, and so filled with the magic of an elevator they could hardly contain themselves.

Lesson for today: don't take elevators or hot showers for granted!

1 comment:

Emily said...: I didn't figure out that my host family's shower could do hot water until like 2 months into HNGR either!!

(Of course... it was like cold-water-with-pressure or hot-water-no-pressure, so it was still a trade-off. And I got shocked either way. Man I miss Bolivian showers... um...)

So loving following along with your adventures! So glad you're there!; January 4, 2012 at 7:23 PM

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Isaiah 58:6-11 (The Bible)

Camino (def): n. way, path
Caminar: v. to walk

Él es la Roca, sus obras son perfectas, y todos sus caminos son justos. Dios es fiel; no practica la injusticia. Él es recto y justo. Deuteronomio 32:3-5

Por tanto, imiten a Dios, como hijos muy amados, y caminen en una vida de amor, así como Cristo nos amó y se entregó por nosotros como ofrenda y sacrificio fragante para Dios.
Efesios 5:1-2

Por eso, de la manera que recibieron a Cristo Jesús como Señor, caminen ahora en él,7 arraigados y edificados en él, confirmados en la fe como se les enseñó, y llenos de gratitud. Colosenses 2:6-7