THE NEWS of LATE
Lots to say about the ‘goings-on’ here in Peru…seriously, things have been going 100 miles a minute and we love it. To keep from being long-winded, here’s the info in a to-the-point format:
~ The church body continues to grow numerically and, much more important, spiritually. Regular weekly Bible-studies are nurturing [...]
It simply doesn’t get any better than this….
Another wonderful time celebrating our shared faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Food. Singing. The word of the Lord. Two wonderful friends baptized. Praise be to God for a simply wonderful day.
For those of you that may be checking our [...]
“You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – Anonymous
Calling ALL friends and family back in the USA! We are desperately in need of your help for a blanket drive! Peru is creeping into winter and it is getting chilly. Our friends in Villa Maria who live [...]
Well, some great things continue to happen here in Peru! God should be praised for that as we are constantly reminded of our inability to “make things happen” on our own. Seriously…never has it been more obvious. We work hard. Stay busy. Love on people. Serve. But, its just the truth [...]
The longer we’re here the more apparent it becomes that we don’t have the perfect answer to this question. In fact, I suspect it will be years before we have any real chance of speaking intelligently on this subject. However, we do have a start. We know more (much, much more) than [...]
Here it is straight from “the mouths of babes.” Can’t help but wonder what Christ himself thinks each time he hears this precious child mouth the prayer he taught us all to pray.
Often times a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, maybe they’re worth even more as we attempt through our website to introduce you to a whole new country, culture and people. I thought I’d show you a few “views” of Lima and the rest of Peru in an effort to [...]
To better introduce you to the finer points of Peruvian culture, below you’ll find a video of one of the numerous native dances of Peru. The title of the video is “Tijeras” or ’scissors.’ I’m certain you’ll know why when you see it. Hope you enjoy…
By the way….Mark is already considered an [...]
Probably, very few would call a heart surgery a blessing. Relief? Yes. Life-changing? Yes. Grateful its over? No doubt. But, again, blessing doesn’t immediately come to mind when you think of handing your 3 year old over to somebody ready to take her back to a surgical suite. [...]
One of us has celebrated 31 of these. Others of us have celebrated a few less. Put that in perspective for a moment…
Through these ‘new years’ we’ve seen:
A cold war
Economic highs and lows
A presidential assassination attempt
3 Middle Eastern wars
A dividing-wall come down
We’ve been shaped by a few social revolutions (fads if you will):
Tight-rolled [...]