Open House!

2:50 PM



One year later, we finally had settled in to our first place!  Of course, we wanted to have an open house so all could come and see our new place.  How we wish that many of you, our dear friends and family members could have come from the States to see our new home.  But seeing how you just couldn't make it, (perhaps it was a little too far to drive?? ;))  we thought we'd do a little blog post so you could feel like you were here!

We thoroughly enjoyed hosting many of our team families, as well as one of our Peruvian families on our special night! 

 Pictured below are the Alvites family.  We have loved getting to know this sweet Peruvian family.  They have been a huge blessing to us.  They've taught us many things about the culture here, and even showed us around town.  If we need anything, they usually have an answer and are more than ready to help!


From Left to right: Alexandra, Carlos, Dan, me, Lucas, and Anita

Having both English and Spanish speaking people, we laughed and joked all night in 2 languages!  It was a blast!  The couch game was perfect to play, because it really doesn't matter in which language you play it! We also enjoyed round robin around the ping pong table, and ended the night off with Mofia!  Having an open house was a blast!  I'm thinking we should do it more often... I'll just have to think of a new excuse for our next party :) 

Por Que Peru?

7:35 AM




Yesterday, we got to go out with a Peruvian family!  I was super excited from the moment I heard that they wanted to take us out!  We spent the whole day with them; went to the Zoo, downtown Lima, and all over town. While we were driving around, we talked and talked, and my mind raced in Spanish as fast as it could to understand what all 4 of the family members were telling me.
   In the middle of one of our conversations, Alexandra (17) asked me, "Y Por Que Peru?" "Por que vinieron a Peru?" "Why Peru, why did you come to Peru?" We had been telling them about our team, and how God placed us all together, and laid a burden on all of our hearts to go to the mission field.  But why Peru?  What was so special about Peru? 




 I know there are a million reasons why, but the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Porque Dios te ama." "Because God loves YOU."  Her mom looked at me from the front seat of the car and said with a huge smile on her face, "What a great answer."  Then Alexandra asked, "Por que Lima?"  Which is our city. Then, "Por que Chorillos." Which is our district.  "Porque Villa Marina?"  Which is the urbanizacion. (What's the English word? Help!)  What she was in essence asking was, "Why our city? There are many other cities in Peru.  "Why Chorillos?"  There are 36 districts in the city of Lima.  Why Villa Marina? Which is an area in the district of Chorillos.  Chorillos is big, with many other areas in it.  But God brought us right to their neighborhood, so that one Sunday evening when her Mom and Dad walked down the street to buy bread, they could hear a group of white American Christians singing about a Savior, walk in the building and get saved.  That night, Alexandra's mom told one of our team ladies, "We walked in to see what was happening here, and we're leaving changed people." God did a miracle for their family.  He loved them SO much, that he sent us here to Peru and right to their neighborhood to tell them that He died for their sins, so that they could have hope of eternal life.  What a loving God! 

A Thousand Words

10:01 PM


 One of my favorite thing about being here in Peru, is the people's eagerness to receive a simple piece of paper like a tract.  Almost every person to whom I give one says a hearty, "Thank you!" and many of them read them right away, or read them as soon as they can.  The Peruvian people are hungry for the Gospel!  


 They say a picture is worth a thousand words... Here are a few pictures from our weekend!



 Preacher was invited to preach at a teen service across town, so Dan and I and three of our teens went with him! 
At our first teen activity

Preacher with some of the teens and men


The people we LOVE! 
This morning at church we had 66 in attendance!  Today we saw 12 people saved here at Iglesia Bautista Internacional!  

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