Thanks for praying

I wanted to give you a quick update on my trip today.  I came down and was stopped by the police twice.  But get this- the first time was because they needed me to jumpstart their battery.  The second time was a guy happened to be a friend of Manolo’s Dad.  And remember that Manolo [...]

prayer request for Lima Trip

Tomorrow I will be heading to Lima “for good”. Manolo is going to visit his brother there and he will ride with me. Pray we have safe travel.
Also, please pray for me to have no “encounters” with the police. After being stopped today, I learned that the paper verifying my plates were [...]

A House Divided

Yesterday I left Jenny and the boys in Lima and I came back to Chiquian. Not only is our family apart, but so is everything we own. Some stuff is with Jenny at the Mission House, some other stuff is over at our friends, the Holemans, and the rest is here with me [...]

Wow!

Jan 17.  Drive to Lima.
Jan 17-20.  Prayer retreat with Mountain/Jungle missionaries
Jan 20.  Drove to Lima.  Hunted a place to sleep tonight.  Found one.  Hunted a future apartment.  Found none. 
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We are here in Lima at the mission guest house.  Our REAP South Team has worked hard so we could stay here.  Tomorrow, we are [...]

Detour Ahead

After a TON of prayer and a number of conversations with various people in leadership over us, there are some changes to our current and future ministry plans.  In this post, I will explain the changes with a few details.  In the future Jenny and I can share more details.
Due to various circumstances, it is [...]

The Challenge of Poverty

Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.  (Luke 6:20, ESV)

As Jenny and I continue our ministry here in Peru and look toward our ministry in Bolivia, a common thread runs deeply throughout both people groups… poverty.  Because I don’t know the particulars of how life will be in Santa [...]

Gotta Love It!

I preached this past Sunday morning at church.  Guess when I found out about it?  That would be 5 minutes before I began preaching!  Gotta love it!

Mira mis musculos!

A couple of days ago, all five of us went down to the plaza so the boys could run around a bit and expell some energy.  We planned to play a few minutes and buy each of the boys an Inca Kola on the way back.  When we got there, there were already a bunch [...]

Exposed!

Okay, so this morning Elijah exposed a design flaw in our house- toddler style!  
So that you understand our house, let me just remind you- our house has two courtyards in it connected by a hallway.  All of the rooms of the house have doors that open up to this outside area.  When raining, we [...]