Enjoying our time

Bill, my nephew, is here with us in Lima and we’re having a great time visiting with him! We’ve worked by putting desks together for the boys, we’ve been in one ministry area and last night we went to the mall and had dinner and ice cream.

Tomorrow we are hosting a 4th of July party so we should be busy tonight and tomorrow.

Back Safely From Nazca

Jenny, the boys and I got home from Nazca yesterday about supper time and are glad to be in our home and in our beds- even the boys must have been glad to be home as they slept in until 7:20am, unheard of in our family!  This morning, the boys are playing as hard as they can in the back yard and Jenny and I are attempting to catch up on the mass of emails that awaited us.

Tomorrow night my nephew Bill is arriving to visit with us from the United States.  In honesty, I’m excited to have him as a ministry partner- many of the places we will go this week are best visited in pairs.  He is going to stay with us a week.

We also will be hosting the 4th of July gathering for the IMB’s missionaries serving here in Peru.  I don’t know yet just how many to expect, but it should be really fun.  I look forward to giving my new grill a good workout .

Okay, this is a bad picture, but it is more impressive in person. These lines, known as the "tree", were formed in the desert some 2000 years ago. The "tree" is upside down in the photo.

Jenny just loves Latin American tourism . From the top, one can see "the tree" and "the hand".

Here we are walking up to one of the "free" vantage points of the lines. The 2 metal towers cost us 67 cents and $1.33 respectively for our family.

Thanks for praying

My dad came through the catherization fine. He had another put in… his fifth(?) so far. My mom said the doctor was hopeful that this would help give him some relief and help with his energy level.

This weekend, we as a family are going to Nazca, Peru, for a training event for our Summer missionaries. I’ll try and write about it when I get back. (Unless the hotel there has internet, which I’m doubting).

Again, thanks for praying for my Dad.

Just Spoke with My Dad

My dad will go in for his heart cath later this morning, probably about 9:30am EST. When I spoke with him this morning, he sounded weak but positive about the doctors ability to find and correct the situation. From his previous cath in January, they believe they already know where the problem area is.

Thanks for praying for him.

Please Pray for my Dad

My dad went into the hospital today and will be having another heart cath tomorrow. Please pray for him. I’ll post the details when I can.

I taught my English Bible study tonight and it went well.

Paul’s prayer for the Colossians…

Paul’s prayer for the Colossians… is also my prayer for myself and my fellow Christian brothers and sisters.

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.  (Col 1:9-14 ESV)

Take a moment and read through this prayer.  May God grant it in my heart.  And in yours.

A perfect Father’s Day

Breakfast at church followed by a wonderful time worshipping in singing and prayer and the ministry of the Word.

Lunch at Pardo’s with our good friends the Holemans

A FAMILY NAP!!!!!!!!!  (yep, all 5 of us slept- I don’t think the baby counts for this one just yet)  :)

Talking to our dad’s via skype so the boys got to visit with both granddads yesterday.

That sums it up- a perfect Father’s day.

Guess who?

Guess who’s gonna have another baby?

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You guessed it, Jenny is expecting our 4th!

Artwork by Caleb

WARNING… POST FOR GRANDPARENTS AHEAD! 

Jenny had a doctor’s appointment this morning so I did a portion of the homeschooling in her absence.  After we were finished, all three boys did some coloring and drawing.  I thought these couple by Caleb were especially good.

This is the first one he completed.

... and the encore.

Also, please pray for my English Bible Study tonight.  Thanks.

Potential “Adoption Area”

Here are a couple of pictures that we took in San Juan de Miraflores in Pamplona Alta, La Nueva Rinconada.  My home church, Union Grove Baptist Church, is praying about adopting the area to begin ministry and, by the grace of God, to plant strong, healthy churches.  Please pray for the people living in this area.  There are very few Christians in the area.

A part of the proposed area. Very few Christians live here.

The school at the top of the picture is a catholic run, public school with the money donated by a jewish donor.