Author Archives: Lee

What do Peruvians think?

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 [...]

The Lord’s Prayer: In its purest sense

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.

A Picture-Book Story of Peru

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 [...]

Peruvian Dance

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 [...]

Blessings

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. [...]

Happy New Year!

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 [...]

Yes, it really does happen…

We recently heard about a very humbling experience here in language school. One of those experiences that will be told for years as veteran missionaries share their language woes, and their “joys” of learning a new language, with those just entering ministry on a foreign field. In simpler terms, the brief story I’m [...]

Things You’ll Want to Know about Peru

Here are some odd facts to ‘wet-your-whistle’ when it comes to Peru. I think you’ll see why Peru continues to hold its place of mystic and wonder for us. It might just be that you’ll have to come visit to find out for yourself…

Top 10 in No Particular Order

- The potato originated in [...]

The Old Mountain

One of the most famous points of interest in Peru is the mystical “Machu Picchu.” In fact, this ’sitio famoso’ has very recently been recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. As you can imagine, this distinction will serve as a huge boost in the Peruvian tourist economy. [...]

Te pedimos ayuda!

Dear Friends,
For all you regulars out there, and new comers for that matter!, we ask you to pray for our team as God’s been heating things up recently regarding fund-raising. A few of us have been blessed with budding relationships and serious conversations regarding future partnership for the work in Peru. Praise [...]