What a great week!

Friday, The Georgia group left to go back home.  During their devotionals, they discussed how they can continue their work back at home.  It is amazing on how God works on every volunteers heart...I know, speaking from experience.


We went to a few new places this week - well one's Justin and I had never been to.  We went to a special needs school - we saw some familiar faces - children from the special needs home (Santa Dortea). 


We had a great time. Justin and I even translated for the volunteers!!!!

They painted Faces

This is Angel Guevara...He has Cerebral Palsy and can sit up on his own.  His mother carries him back and forth to school each day.  They can not afford a wheel chair for him  We pray that God will provide a wheel chair so his mother can rest her arms for a short while. 

The group also went to Yanacancha Porcon Bajo which is about a 3 hour drive.  They held a clinic in one of the churches there.  The members of the church were not afraid to step up and help out.  What an experience!

Sunday, was our second day to have Children's Church.  We had 35 children show up...10 more kids!  God is good!  The Georgia group also held a clinic at the Monte Sion clinic, down the road from the church.  Justin and I recruited 4 teens from the church to come and help out.  Their job was to inform people who enter the clinic about the Monte Sion Church and the hours.  They also mentioned that we had a children's program.  Well, God continues to show us how wonderful he is.  More people - new people - came to church today!  An attendance increase that was desperately needed.  

Raquel, her sister, and Vivi helped out

We did a play on Genesis - God created the world and we should take care of it.

Playing ball with the children

Again, what a wonderful week.  Today was a great closure or more like a START to our week.  God is good.

Welcome Georgia Group!

Saturday arrived 18 volunteers from Hartwell, Georgia. They are going to hold medical clinics at needed locations - Porcon, Yanacancha, Special Needs School, and at the Monte Sion Clinic.

One thing is for sure, this group is on fire!  Some awesome experiences that show God's work is:


Justin and I have been developing a relationship with a store owner named Warren.  He is English speaking so it has been easier for us.  We have been sending volunteers to their store - mainly because it is my favorite store but mostly because God kept drawing us to do so.  Well, the seed has been planted because a volunteer heard the Holy Spirit and responded!  He started talking to Warren about Church and Christ.  The volunteer told us that Warren has been reading the Bible and even quoted scriptures but wasn't attending Church.That day was a good day because it showed me that we all need to take the time to talk about the Word to everyone - even the people who work in the stores.  God opens doors - we just need to walk through them.


Justin and I have been here for almost 3 months but long enough to see where we need to help.  During Service there is no where for the children to go to.  Therefore, Justin and I started our first children's church this Sunday.  It was exciting and stressful.  Exciting because we were getting to work with the children and stressful because we didn't know where we were going to start and how it was going to end.  But overall, we spoke about the salvation braclet colors, gave them coloring sheets and read them the story about Zacchaeus, and they created crosses.  Vivianna was our translator to 24 children and some of the Georgia volunteers came with us to help.  I can not wait until next Sunday...wonder what God has in store for us and how many MORE children attend.

After the Sunday Church Service, the group asked us how come there isn't a sign outside the Church.  Well, the old one got old and there was no money to replace it with a newer and up-to-date one.  Just that second, God spoke and someone walked through...we are now pricing new signs.  One big one above the Church door and another with Lights beside the street.  Now, anyone who comes by knows that this is a church, a baptist church and when they can come.  What is awesome is that just a few days before, Justin and I have already been asking how can we get a sign...our prayers have been answered!


The group traveled to the Aldea Orphanage.  The Doctors did a medical exam and a few teeth were pulled by the Dentist.  After that they gave everyone ice cream.  For those of you who know Edwin and Luis, they both had 4 cones and licked the container dry!  Ummm, muy rico!

Some Peruvian Fun!

The girls and I had a "girl spa day".  We were able to get our nails painted and hair cut for a whopping $16.00.  What a deal!

We took a trip to Cumbe Mayo one afternoon.  Cumbe Mayo is about 12 miles outside of Cajamarca.  The elevation is 11,000 feet and you can feel it!  It is 5 miles of Incan ruins - aqueduct.  There is also lot of rock cavings (Petroglyphs) which is awesome to see!  We had a great time exploring God's country.

We were lucky to bring a lot of our games this trip.  One is the girl's Wii.  They really never played it much until we moved here.  Their favorite game is the Just Dance for Kids.  They love dancing to the music and seeing who scores the highest.  Viviana also gets into it.  This is a great family fun game!

We were visited by a good friend of ours named Gerald Johnson.  He works in South America - specifically Chile.  He was able to fly into Cajamarca and visit us for a few days.  Gerald stayed in the Laguna Seca Hotel  in the Banos Del Inca.  The Laguna Seca has hot mineral water, a small petting zoo, horse back riding and more!  We all enjoyed visiting with the animals.  The girls even had the opportunity to swim in Gerald's bathtub to enjoy the natural hot water!

Living in Peru always keeps us on our toes.  You never know what you will see!  One thing is for sure, the person whom lives in this home must watch out for their step!

Prayer in Monte Sion

This Sunday, members and guests met after service for a day of fasting and praying.  Pastor Helmer announced that the church is in need of growth.  The church group decided to meet, pray and fast the entire day.  Justin and I were so grateful that we are here and can be a part of it.  It was amazing!  We have never fasted nor prayed in the church for the entire day.  You could feel the holy spirit working.  
We met with the Pastor tonight and he asked us for help within the church.  We are going to gather our ideas and resources and then bring them to the church body. 


Pray that we continue to be help to the church.  Pray that the church people is open to our new/fresh ideas.  Pray that we are able to get more resources (bibles, bible school materials, etc) to help the church and school.