Hanging around

Hey guys!
Im not going to be posting as much because we can only use Internet like twice a week. There is free wifi here but that is a team rule so that we are not spending all our extra time online and not with each other. I don't mind the rule too much, it just stinks that i won't be able to update you guys as frequently.
So far we have mostly been hanging out and walking around. We went downtown yesterday and although the bus rides were really long, it was worth it. We saw the presidents house, the biggest cathedral, a wedding happen in that cathedral, we went to the top of the mountain to the lookout with a huge cross and just walked the downtown streets. Sometimes I'm suprised at how much I Spanish I can understand, although it is harder here because of their accent. Like in church today it was hard to pay attention. It might have also been tht I was sitting next to Eli :) and he was being so cute.
The family we live above cooks for us. She is a grand cook and thinks we should all be bigger! Her portions are SO HUGE!! I thought I was going to lose weight on outreach but its looking the opposite.
That's really all I can think of, here are some pictures!

PERU!!

We arrived at the base (an additional floor above the base leaders parents house) at 1:00 am Peru time. Its currently 10 here and we are about to eat breakfast. The plane rides went well! No throwing up this time! :) the second flight we watched Captain America and had plane dinner which was actually pretty good! We are living pretty much outside. It's so cool! I'll have to get used to the sound of car horns all the time but that won't be too hard. It's the prefect weather here! Thank you guys so much for all the prayers! They were definantly heard! Can't wait to update you more!

CURVEBALL!

I havent posted sinse the Mexicans came back because I didnt want to act like nothing was happening when big stuff has been happing that we couldnt share at first because we were not certain. The day the Mexicans came home we had a prayer time at night. The plan was just to hear from God. Whatever He had to tell us we were willing to listen. About an hour in we hadn't heard anything and were ready to leave and that's when He started speaking. Things became crazy and confusing as God showed us that Kenya wasn't what was on our minds. We kept pursuing Him late into the night and had to stop because we were so tired. The next morning before and after lunch we got together and kept seeking Him. He began to show us that we are not going to go to Kenya. Although it was surprising, it makes sense in more ways than one. We all feel peace about this and are really excited about where we are going. God was showing us different places in southern Mexico, Panama and Peru. We are going (probably have gone by the time you get this) November 9-10 to Lima, Peru and from there we are going to Mexico City on the 7th of December. We decided against Panama because plane tickets are more expensive than plane tickets to Kenya!  The cool thing is that we can minister to all the places God was speaking to us in southern Mexico by going to Mexico City. On the 9th and 10th of December the Mexicans celebrate the virgin of Guadalupe. This is a catholic celebration representing the Virgin Mary and people come from far and wide, many walking the whole way on their knees, to receive gifts from her and to thank her for previous gifts. The scary thing is that these gifts happen, it is very demonic. This is an exciting opportunity and I ask that you guys look it up so that you can pray more effectively. So, the reason I didn't blog about it was because I wanted to be certain of everything and not mislead you guys. I am so excited about all of this as is my

team! The only downside is that some of us are leaving Wednesday and others Thursday. This was on account of buying tickets online for cheaper prices and things didn’t work out as planned. I will be flying with the group on Thursday.

I want to emphasize the fact that God has been powerful throughout this whole change. It may seem that we changed plans just because we didn’t have enough money, but that was only the eye opener. God opened our eyes that He had other things planned for us by not sending all the money. If God wouldn’t have shown us differently we would still have headed to the airport even though we didn’t have the sufficient funds. We still don’t know exactly why God had us invest so much into going to Kenya but we know that He has a greater plan and we will follow Him where He leads us, and that is to Peru and Mexico City!!  We now are completely paid off, plane tickets bought and bags packed! Hopefully I’ll be able to keep in touch!
One thing we have done while waiting to leave on outreach was go on a march for peace! It was really cold but really cool! We walked about 3 miles with a whole bunch of other people, I would guess around 500.

I want to apologize for leaving you guys in the dark for a while but I didnt want to mislead you!

Love,

Kelsey Rae Klumpstra

A 'mustached' welcome

So I was misinformed and the mexicans came back today. Yesterday we bought fake mustaches and wore them to pick the rest of our family up from the bus station. Their bus was late and so us 5 Americans sat in the bus station for 2 hours with mustaches on. It was hilarious.

It is so good to have them back! These last few days we have been helping out where we can. We cleaned out the schools closet, helped out with Felixs comedor and cleaned out the office in El Paso. Other than that we are waiting on the Lord to provide the funds we need. I told you guys that we could buy plane tickets but we are waiting and that we still need 20,000 but we found out yesterday that was a mistake. Ty didn't factor in the staff and so we can't even buy plane tickets if we wanted to and thus it brings our total need to 24,000ish. Thanks so much for all your prayers and I ask that you continue to pray for finances and faith.

Not the same.

We got back home to Juarez around 9 last night. It is so different here without our mexicans. However, there is a change of plans. Instead of the mexicans heading straight from Monteray to Africa they will be coming home on Tuesday. The money hasn't been coming in as fast as we were hoping and we feel that we need to be together as a team before we head out. We currently still need $20,000 for the trip. We have enough to buy plane tickets but we want to be able to eat when we get there so we are waiting on the Lord to provide the rest of the money. We are seeking God to see if we need to cut something out of the schedule or if He has something more for us but until He tells us differently we are sticking with what He has given us.
Amarillo was great! It was a good time to relax, meet new people, spread what God is doing and raise funds. I am not sure what this upcoming week will look like at all, Ty is going to talk to us about that in a few hours. I'm guessing it will include a lot of praying and some ideas of fundraising. No matter what happens, it's going to be a crazy week! If you guys could pray for rest, organization, and for the 18 hour bus ride that the mexicans have back on Tuesday that would be great!
Thanks!
Kelsey Rae

SNOW!!

Cadillac Ranch

While here we have done the perfect amount of stuff.
We have talked with a lot of small groups and today's we went to the local college campus, we have had plenty of downtime both together and with our host families, we have gone to the Cadillac Ranch (a crazy farmers form of art) and we have been saturated in prayer.
I love it here!
I miss the Mexicnas!
I cant wait for Kenya!
I am very grateful!
Sorry theres not more but i am very tired!
Love you guys!
#sorrytherearesomanyexclamationmarks!