Home and Thankful

We are all now safely home and thankful for the blessing of serving in Peru.  Our God allowed us to be in ministry with people from different cities, faiths and ages.  All of us together formed what was needed for this trip.  We had clinic in multiple locations, vacation Bible school, a meeting for parents across the different countries (over the Internet), fathers meetings, personal prayer time with moms, music, pizza, fire fighters, tiling, remodeled a room,  etc.  I could go on and on.  Other disciples also shared their little "lunches" and look at HOW MUCH God did..

  Bible story from Matthew 14:

¹³ When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. ¹⁴ When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
¹⁵ As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
¹⁶ Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
¹⁷ “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
¹⁸ “Bring them here to me,” he said. ¹⁹ And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. ²⁰ They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. ²¹ The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

It is amazing what we can do when we trust Christ with what little we have and allow him to use it for his glory.  Dear friend thank you for the ways you have shared your little lunches for Christ and continue to do so. As this mission trip has concluded know that Christ continues to call each of us in new ways to share, love, and be present.
Peace be with you,

Lima Peru at night

10 missionaries are home!

Arriving on Home Shores

So far 10 of our team have made it home: Georgia, Jeremiah, Dwayne, Earilyn, Shelia, Teresa, John, Jessie, Chris, and Darcy.   The remaining are having R&R in Peru before flying home this weekend.  We will let you know as they arrive home and appreciate your prayers for all of us.  We will try and recover from this trip in many ways:
Our Minds - from the many ways we listened, translated, tried new things (tiling)
Our Bodies - from exhaustion, traveling, sitting, standing, lifting, working
Our Hearts- from hearing the cries of God's people,

Thank you for praying with us and continuing to journey with us by listening and extending now grace to us as our healing continues.  Soon very soon God will invite us on a new journey and we must rest to prepare for that opportunity.

Peace be with you,

Home

Chris has made it home and we have 4 more traveling yet today.  Continued prayers as each makes their way home.  Peace be with you!