We stayed up in Huallcor last night by God's providence not necessarily by our choice.
Yesterday was a full day-- Church in the morning at Divino Redentor, afterward went to Huanja to eat a huge lunch as an invitation from some folks I am getting to know. Poured rain while we sat in the house with a 3X3 opening ( skylight?) in the center of the eating area. Made it down from Huanja by the grace of God. Had two good opportunities to give rides to Huaraz from Huanja for two different sets of folks who were Quechua speakers. Talked all the way down in Quechua. Next ,Scott, Mackenzie and I went to Huallcor to present the video series of Genesis. It had stopped raining but had been raining fiercely before hand. We made it up there without trouble. Showed the video and then prepared to come down the mountain. On our way down I noticed the vehicle was slipping and sliding some. We got down near the down hill portion before a wooden bridge and I decided to walk down to see how it was. It was like walking on ice. I could barely stand up. Decided o stay the night in Huallcor. Fortunately we had anticipated potential problems before going and had sleeping bags with us. Stayed warm the whole night. This morning we checked it out again and decided to wait until 10am then came down. Thankful...We did have opportunity to walk around and great folks in Huallcor and I shared with a man in his 20's from John and Acts some. Gave him a Bible and he asked if I would come back. He lives in Huallcor. Said the Jehova Witnesses had been after him. His name is Mitchell.
By the way, we learned that it is very quiet in the mountains at night. I was awake at 5am after several other times waking up through the night. The roosters were crowing and the folks were already leaving their houses to go to their fields. Walked about some to great the locals in the village and let them know we were there. There seemed to be a sense of joy on many of their faces to know that we did stay in their village. Hmmm...Keep opening up the opportunties, Lord, we thank you for them all.