Grace Days!!!!

It has been a good bit of time since the last post but it doesnt seem like it. Time has been clicking by at a high rate. Alot has happened since I left for ecuador. I was in ecuador for about 10 days, which was such a great time. What a country also, it is beautiful, I am definatly trying to get back there. My brother, ryan day and ben munson arrived the day i got back. Actually exactly 4 hours after i got off the bus from ecuador which was a total of 42 hrs. on the bus. Being on a bus that long is interesting to the body. It really is not as bad as it seems. The man i was sitting next too was continuing on to Santiago Chile which is another 2 days. No thank you, 42 is good enough for me. So we had the boys with us for 7 days. We had a good mix of church time, evangelism, raps, hanging out, goofing off, playing hoops, hitting the beach, having p.stan show us around the city, hitting some good all you can eat peruvian restaraunts (other then one night that ryan and ben would like to forgot, and bens experience with beach seafood which you would think would be fresh. Nope..), and hanging at the airport for 5 hours playing cards into the wee hours of the morning. It was such a good time. Great being with my bro, I loved it. Ryan Day is a great man of God, it was great having him down here. He taught class monday night which was awesome on the book of Philemon. It was good having munson also, he was preaching it up also, letting it rip, he did an awesome job. Visits are allways blessings.. Thanks Boys!!!
Ecuador was a great time with P. mike stevens, and the crew with P. Ray from Carlisle. what a group of people. It was great spending a good portion of time with them getting to know them. We were in Guayaquil for about 4 days or so being with the church, teens, eduardo (my favorite ecuadorian) and also sucking down some of the finest highly potent double espressos, loved them. We had great time being together at eduardos house, he and his wife are the hosts of all hosts. Especially because of Anna making the greatest juice on the face of the plantet "tomato of the tree", such sweet nector. I could probably kill myself on this stuff because i cant stop drinking the stuff. Perfect combination of thickness, bursting flavor, and refreshability. Basically everything you look for in a juice. I have been looking for it everywhere down here in lima but no luck. Mabey someday i will find it down here.
Great teens there in p. mike's church. Stambo and I had a Saturday afternoon session with them where we talked about having convictions. How your parents hand them down to you but mabey we have no understanding why we have them but then God giving you understanding in them. How we all have libertys but with no wisdom are liberties turn from foolshness into sin. Great time with them. They were tuned into what we were saying. We had fun with them. We are planning on having a teen weekend with our teens here in lima with the teens from Ecuador. It would be about a 20 hr. trip to hook up with them so we are praying when for it to happen..
From guayaquil we travled up through the Ecuadorian mountains into one of the coolest places I have ever been. Mabey my Favorite spot where i have been in the world. P. mike rented a bus for all of us. Team peru, p. mike and the carlisle crew hit the road taking an amazing ride through the beatiful jungle highlands of ecuador. It was sweet!!! It was about an 8 hr. trip. We arrived in this beautiful little town settled in the mountains. Everywhere you looked were high peaks with blue skies. Tripled teered waterfalls, hot springs, rivers, and an active volcano that over looked the town. It was some what of a tourist spot so you had many options for things to do. We all stayed at this sweet lodge just on the outside of town. The lodging was 2 room cabins that over looked the valley, with little front porches, perfect for chilling. The few days I was there i got up with the sun to get in as much as i could. It was a fantastic place to be in the moring, with the sun coming up over the beautiful mountains, the fresh air, and the cool weather, I could definatly get use to it. It was awesome to be there at that time in the morning, with no one but me, the word and God.
The first day we got there it was later in the afternoon so we just hung out around the lodge and relaxed after a few full days at p. mike's church and the 8 hr. bus ride. I ventured around the property which was cool, and to my enjoyment I discovered they had an awesome looking single seated sauna boxes with little cold water baths next to them. The whole sauna situation turned out to be mabey best sauna experience ever. These things were tourterously hot, but with the cold water baths it made you feel amazing! I could have lived in there. The first day i did it, i probably did the whole routine that they have planned out 3 times in a row. I couldnt stop. I probably lossed a few pounds, seriously, and was so dehydrated, but it was so worth it. My skin was like i was a new born babe. I of course passed out hard after. Woke up to discover no water in my body. I could barley blink my eyes they were sealed shut. I needed a solid diet of a few gallons of agua all night. By the next morning i was ready for it again. I loved it....
The next morning the girls ventured out into the town with me, willis and stambo hanging back taking it easy. (I was really waiting for that sauna to open). The girls came back minuets later telling us that they had rented 4 wheelers in town. That's all i needed to hear, the sauna can wait. I ended renting this sweet dun buggie. Me , rachel and age took them through the mountains then took them off onto this little trail. Going up the mountain was cool for the sights but coming down the mountain on the trail and rode was a rush. It was so good, thank God he covered us, we were crazy on these things. We then returned them but i didnt have enough. So when we dropped them off i noticed across the street another rentel shop with this 250, 350 dirt bikes. I was all over it. So for the next 2 days i dirt biked all over the place. The next day all of us rented scooters and dirt bikes for the day and took them all over the place. Me, stambo, and rachel pointed in a direciton and just rode for 2 straight hours through the mountains. It was amazing, so much fun. Waterfalls, all over the place. We had waterfalls that actually were dumping onto the road and then leading into the river below us. Winding roads, dark, dark tunnels through the mountains. We drove so far that we actually ended up in "Shell" which is the same town where Jim Elliot and Nate Saint where years ago. The air strip that i guess they built is still there. The houses exactly like the ones in the book still standing, it was a cool surprise. After 2 hours we pulled a u turn and headed back to enjoy the same ride again. I rode my bike up to the minuet I had to return it. A few hours before we had to bring them back, me and stambo discovered that right next to our lodge was this awesome dirt bike track. We were a little cautious at first, him on his four wheeler and me on my dirt bike but after a couple laps around the track we built our confidence and starting catching air, then some more air to the point I was loving it and screaming so much in the air i figured i had to call it quits before i kill myself. Dirt biking on a track like that is unbelivable fun. Me and Stambo were loving it. Next time we go up there that is the first place we are going.
We did have a couple injuries up there vehichle related. One of the kids from carlisle bit it on his 4 wheeler going of a jump. Stambo was watching him and he said he was doing great until he hit this one jump going off the jump from the wrong angle. So he hit it with the jump sending him straight up into the air then straight back down. Stambo said he just saw him go straight up then disappear to then see a cloud of dust just fly up into the air. Then a few sec. later the 4 wheeler cruising into the woods with out the kid on it.. Big James was ok. Thank God he is 6'6 260, he could take it. He was banged up but ok.. Age also dumped on her scooter going through one of the tunnels. The tunnels were so darked that if you didnt have lights on your bike you couldnt see anything. So Age was going through and while in the tunnel tried to find her lights but couldnt while once in the tunnel. So she hit something and spilled. She was a little banged and is still healing but survived. The crazy thing about this place is that they rent out there bikes to anybody. You dont have to show proof of anything. You just throw them 30 bucks then next thing you know your cruising down the street on 350 dirt bike. It is a little crazy but if you like riding its amazing... But other then that we were all ok. It was so much fun. I cant wait to go back....
The word was awesome up there. P. Ray is a loaded ggwo weapon. he preached every day fresh words from God. Very refreshing, and life giving. P. Mike had all the men share. Monday night Willis , Stambo and I preached, it was alot of fun. Willis preached an awesome one on taking risks in life. Faith risks. He sayed that people come to the end of there life and there one regret is that they played it safe. How God wants us to step out in faith, out of our comfort zones, and live above what we can by his grace. Great Word!!!! Then on wednesday night at around 11 pm my and the banged up Age hopped on a bus out of town leaving everyone else behind who were continuing on up to Quito for a few days. I had to get back to meet my bro and Age had to get back to recoop from the scooter slide. We left Wed. night and arrived in Lima friday afternoon at 5.00. Yes my brain and body was mush but thank God after a quick shower and nap I was refreshed and ready to pick up my Bro, Ryan, and Ben...
There is really alot to say about what is going on down here. The Church is Flaming, the Bible School also. I have to say that the Bible classes have been such a joy for me. We are teaching in 2 hr. slots and they have been annointed, fresh, and so much fun to be partaking in. I know that people are recieving but in one way i dont even care if anyone is listening because i have enjoyed them myself so much. Stambo's class has been aweosme, P. Lajos, and P. Stan's just the same. We are all provoked in the calling that God has for all of us, and for the men and women in the church. It is happening down here in South America only because of the Grace of God.... This is Gods abudant Life and it is amazing to be partaking it.... The theme in my class has been so far the "Holy Spirit" with a sub point of "Possesing you Possesions", it has been rich. We are believers that are and want to continue "Possesing" what has been freely given to us. It is there for us, we just have to accept it as though it is....
Great Days, Thank you Jesus!!! Great messages from the Euro Con that we just listened too and also the messages back home have been of the charts. Annointed and on time. Thanks to Dad, and P. Scibelli.. Thanks for the prayers and please continue in them, we are all effected by the words of brothers and sisters around the world praying for each other in the Spirit... God Bless,
Jay...

Smithers and Jedge

Hey smithers and Jedge, hopefully you get this sometime... I was trying to write you an email but realized i didn't have it... I just wanted to tell you guys thanks for everything you have done and are doing. You two have been huge for whats going on down here.. Really thanks for everything, I am so blessed by God with the family he has given me..Love you guys...

Me, willis, age, and jules are jumping on a bus in 3 hrs. for a 24hr. bus ride up the coast of peru into ecaudor. P. Stan , stambo and rachel are meeting us up there. We will all be up there for 7 days for a conference with P. mike stevens and the carlisle crew that is coming down from the states with P. Ray.... Looking forward to it, we are expecting a great annointed time...
It has been an amazing time down here, really... Bible college has been on fire. God has been fitting his words in the teachers lips to preach with authority. Putting firery messages in our hearts so we can let it rip... It is so much fun... We have some faithful disciples that are experiencing the same thing. Continue praying... Thank you!!!


Jay