Manolo and Nelsi

This weekend Jenny, the boys and I had the wonderful privilege of visiting with Manolo and Nelsi this weekend.  Manolo and Nelsi are our good friends from Chiquian.  From bull fights to killing and eating guinea pigs to Nelsi’s river baptism, we have shared much together.  This weekend, they came and stayed Saturday night with [...]

You Gotta Read This!!!

As a missionary in Lima, Peru, I am charged with the job of starting the “REAP” strategy of church planting amongst micro groups of people here in Lima.   Basically the idea is to partner Baptist Churches in the US with areas in Lima that have very little gospel presence.  Because the strategy is new [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

prayer update

Jenny and I are continuing to do well and stay busy here in Lima.  There is so much to do, so much lostness, so much poverty that it is easy to feel helpless.  And, in fairness, apart from the power of Christ, we are very much helpless.  But, praise God, there is hope and peace [...]

Cross Cultural Embarrassment

Last night I walked down to Plaza Vea to pick up a couple of “school supplies” for Caleb. I usually do the “after dark” walking when something is needed. The needed item last night- “panty medias”- yep, panty hose (apparently for some school craft for Caleb’s class.

Never having bought hose in any country, I was [...]

Christ and Culture

One of the questions that a missionary (and a Christian for that matter) must ask himself regularly is “how am I relating my faith in Christ to the culture around me?”  This question is more complicated for me now as a missionary in a major city where I can choose to live “like a american” [...]

Why we need REAP?

REAP?  Rapid Entry, Advance Plan.  But what is that?
I suppose the best way to explain REAP as a strategy is to begin with why it is needed.  Getting a missionary to the field is no easy task.  Within the IMB, career missionaries must have seminary education.  That takes time and money.  The “process” of application [...]

REAPSouth information is coming

As time and internet connection permit, I will begin to post more information about what REAPSouth does and what we will be doing in Lima.  I know many of you are interested.

The Changes Continue

Recently Jenny has been blogging much more consistently than me- I hope you  have been reading over there about all that has been going on.  I hope to get this blog back on track again soon.  Here are a couple of updates for you:

We are moving this weekend to a temporary apartment.  In April, we [...]