Your Change Can Bring Change

Read more about how saving your change -- hopefully a $1 a day -- can bring change to the lives of the people of Peru!

Your Change Can Bring Change

And please remember to pray for our visa process.  We have an interview tomorrow morning at 9 am in Lima.

A Moment Captured

Our cell group went last Saturday to help build a house for a young lady that has aged out of a local orphanage.




Me and Alyn (pronounced just like Alleen). My namesake! :-)

Location:Prolongacion Fatima,Victor Larco Herrera,Peru

Mothers and Fathers

The photos of Mother's and Father's day in Cristo Rey is a stark reminder of how we need to reach out to the men in our community and draw more fathers into the church to be a godly leader in their families and the church. We are so thankful for the men and Fathers in our congregation and pray for those we are ministering to!

And the Madness Begins!

Well, short-term team season is here!  I LOVE short-term teams, but this season is my craziest time of year. Thanks be to God, I actually get energized by the work and the people that come and visit.  I leave this Thursday, the 7th and will be picking up Auburn Avenue in Lima.  From that point on, I will be hosting teams for 30 straight days until July 7th.  After a break, we'll have another team and then another break and another team.  So after this initial rush, the pace is much more laid back.  Please be in prayer for my time management and stamina during this time.  

We just finished our first team of the season.  This year I will be posting photos during the week on my FaceBook page and then blogging on the Peru Mission website.  So, to keep up with my work and what the Lord will be doing these next few months, check out the Short Term Team Blog or like my FaceBook page.  Since we have already had one short term team, I'll give you a sneak peek here.  One of the things this team did was give fluoride treatments in a loca school.  It is fluoride on cotton that the kids put in their mouth and hold it there for 2 minutes.  It tastes like strawberry and is not really bad (yes, I've personally tried it!).  But as the photo shows. . .some liked it and others not so much.

Good Friday and Easter Services

We had a wonderful Easter celebration, with Good Friday services, a vigil on Saturday night with our cell group and then a glorious resurrection celebration on Sunday!  We also celebrated 2 years at Cristo Rey on Sunday.  Praise the Lord for how He continues to shine and pour His grace on us!

Good Friday Service

Esdras and Hermes lead our prayer vigil 

Prayer Vigil in Santa Maria

Sunrise Service with Cristo Rey in a local park

Sunrise Service

Celebrating 2 years at Cristo Rey!

Easter morning service at Cristo Rey

Maundy Thursday

We had a wonderful Maundy Thursday service at Cristo Rey. A full house with 92 in attendance.



We enjoyed a meal together and reflected upon the Lord's last supper with his disciples. Pastor Allen Smith shared God's word. After hearing of the last supper, we too celebrated the Lord's Supper to end our time together.

It was a great time of fellowship among the church family. Below is a photo of some of our church members.




And fellowship with visitors and new friends. Below is a photo of Hermes' boss and family. We were glad to welcome them to Cristo Rey.



The kids had been to camp with Twin Lakes in January. They were at our wedding in March. The wife told me seeing our community at the wedding peaked her interest to know even more about us. The kids were saying they want to come back on Sundays. Pray that the Lord would work in their lives and give Hermes and me the words and deeds to minister well to them.

A Moment Captured

Inauguration of the Clinic in Parque Industrial

IPC Memphis

We just finished a great week with IPC Memphis. They worked all week having medical campaigns in neighborhoods and churches near our clinic in Wichanzao. We also visited the orphanage our last day and were able to love on the kids there as well as provide dental and medical care. It was a great week with friends from home and many Peruvians were served. These dear saints were the hands and feet of Jesus as they mirrored his ministry all week long.

To see my photos and updates, check out my Facebook page here. Thank you IPC from Memphis, TN for sharing your love of Christ with the people of Peru for a week! We are so grateful for your service.

Church in Lima after an all night flight Saturday night.

Dental clinic in Clementina

Medical Clinic in Clementina

Precious children of Clementina

Triage in Arevalo

We had a great time with the youth of Arevalo and Wichanzao!

Visiting the nursing home in Trujillo

What it is all really about . . . sharing God's love -- this time through prayer.

A Moment Captured

Saturday Night Fun. Addressing Invitations.

RUF VA Tech

The day Twin Lakes left, we welcomed RUF Va Tech to Peru. It was a joy to receive this group and its RUF pastor, Andy Wood. Andy visited us on a vision trip back in 2010 and it was great to see him again as well as welcome his students and two church members from Grace Covenant Church in Blacksburg, Va. This group was able to put the finishing touches on the clinic in Parque Industrial. They not only put a sidewalk in front of the church, but also wired the clinic for electricity, installed the water pump, and hung doors on the bathroom. Thanks to the hard work of this group we look forward to having the inauguration in just a few weeks and will start seeing patients one day a week. You may read a more personal perspective on our website.

Starting to make cement. . . mixing sand and rock.

Still mixing, but with the dry cement added this time.

This team also did some electrical wiring for the building.

Added a much needed sidewalk.

Pouring cement (after hours of preparing it).

Enjoying an afternoon at the local archeological site.

Twin Lakes Peru

It has been a busy 2012 already! This year started with a focus on the children. We hosted the 4th annual Twin Lakes Peru Summer Camp. Over 150 children learned about the gospel through the story of Daniel. Each day they enjoyed traditional summer camp activities that were started with a devotional to reinforce the lessons taught each day in the general assembly time. We are so thankful to First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS and Twin Lakes as well as Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA and Point Pleasant Camp. These two groups worked long, hot days to bring the gospel to the children of Peru. To read more about there trips, check out this more in-depth article on our website. 

Orientation on Sunday before camp.

Learning new silly songs for camp!

Interesting visitor during devotionals Day 1.

The pool is a big hit even for the small kids who stay in the kiddie pool.

Camp had a few interesting visitors each day!

Debriefing after day 1.

Fun during morning assembly.

Peruvian and American staff enjoy a farewell party.