Princeton Bible Church - Peru Trip - Day 1

Well, the morning started off rather interestingly.  Dee, Brooke, Josh and I decided to go jogging around 8:00, and just about the time we finished running, I received a call from Curtis.  One of our team members had forgotten their passport!  Obviously this is not something that we had not encountered before (especially since I did the same thing back in 2010!).  Curtis and Grace ended up taking a later flight, but God worked it out for them to make it to Atlanta before the Lima flight.

Harrison, Morgan, Sarah and Ali were all ready to leave our home at 11:00, and we headed for the airport.  After a quick stop at Subway, we arrived at the airport a little after 1.  I dropped the group off and went and parked the car (level four, right out the door - a little rhyme to help me remember where I parked).  Anyway, by 2:00 we were at E12 and visiting with the rest of the team.  By 2:30, Curtis and Grace had joined us all and we did brief introductions, a quick overview of the week, and then hung out and waited for the final flight into Lima.

The rest of the day was uneventful as we arrived on time - loaded up shortly after - and headed for the hotel.  By 2:00 AM local time most of the team was sleeping (or at least quietly tucked into their rooms). 

Tomorrow we will be heading out for breakfast around 7:45, so we have a rather short night tonight.

Church tomorrow and then prep time to get ready for the week.

Thought for the day:  this isn't fair because it is actually a thought I had earlier this week, but I hadn't recorded it and we talked about it again today. We saw hundreds of people today - each with their own distinct characteristics - some short, some tall, some fat, some skinny, some curly hair, some straight hair, some brown eyes, some blue...  the amazing thought for today is that every one of these people originated with Adam and Eve.  What an amazing feet that from the genetics of 2 people all of the variations we experience today were created.

What does this tell me about our God?  Only that thousands of years ago he put in the first Adam and his wife the genetic code that was able to create billions of different people - each with their own personal characteristics.  He thought this thing through well before time began - and made no mistakes when He did it. 

That being the case, what will I experience today that He cannot handle?  That He has not already thought through?  That He is not "creative" enough to deal with?  I think I can rest easy in the hands of a mighty and loving God who is that powerful.