In an effort to build relationships with the Peruvian people, we have started playing fútbol (a.k.a. soccer) with a group on Monday nights. It has been really fun and it has allowed us to catch a glimpse of the importance of fútbol in Peruvian culture. Every night of the week, one can find [...]
The former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, has been the source of much controversy for many years now. Here’s the short version of the story… when Fujimori, the son of Japonese immigrants, was elected president, Peru was in a state of turmoil. The country was being ravaged by the terrorist group known as The Shining [...]
One of our goals during this initial phase of being “new” foreign missionaries is to explore, learn about, and get to know the city of Lima. The more we learn about Lima, the more we appreciate it and the more we can learn about connecting to it’s population. Although most tourists when [...]
With the Davidsons already in Lima, and the rest of us in various stages of still working to get there, I think it has left the rest of us wondering and imagining life in Lima all the more. If you were to try to explain one day in the life of a major city that [...]
1 Chr. 16:34 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Psa. 75:1 - We give thanks to you, O God,
we give thanks, for your Name is near;
men tell of your wonderful deeds.
Psa. 105:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among [...]
Most of you may not realize it, but today is a very big day for our team. Today, in many ways, is the realization of dreams, plans, hard work and many many prayers over the last 4 years. Right now, as I type this, the Davidsons are sitting in an airplane somewhere high [...]
We’ve been told for months that it never rains here after November 15th. Well… the 15th came and went and the rains just kept coming. But, finally, in the last week or so the rains have called it quits and the sun has been shining. The weather has been phenomenal.
Our time here [...]
This is what our team has been experiencing since last Thursday, September 4th. Please be praying for the Fletchers. Stephanie scheduled an ultrasound last Thursday to check on the baby in her womb. She was almost 18 weeks pregnant and had an uneasy feeling that something was not right. To their [...]
When I was in college I was required to take a course called Engineering Economics. This class, along with many others like Thermodynamics and Differential Equations, has proven quite useless in my new career as a missionary.
However, the economics of moving to another country… being paid in one currency and spending in another is [...]
The landscape of Peru is on of the most extreme in the world… going from rainforest to high mountains to arid desert. It’s the Andes slicing down the middle of Peru that cause the striking changes. And, it’s the collision of two major techtonic plates that have made the mountains. Because of [...]