Saying goodbye. . .

This past week has been a week of saying goodbye. We had two wonderful going away parties, one hosted by the Bolton family with all of the Peru Mission team and the other one thrown by our Peruvian friends and with Muyupampa as entertainment of course.

Allen plays with Muyupampa one last time. . .

The ladies we will miss. . .

The men we will miss. . .


Saying goodbye to our babysitter, Karen, and her son Carlitos. . .

Our despedida (going away party) with our Peruvian friends. . .


Abigail dances with Pastor Jaime. . .

Sandi dancing a Peruvian mountain dance one last time. . .

A gift to Allen from Muyupampa. . .

A going away party with the Peru Mission team. . .

Saying goodbye to Lenin and Elvita. . .

Adeline saying goodbye to Hermis. . .

Saying goodbye to Bruno and Briggith. . .


The cake given to us at our Peruvian despedida which says "Regreso Pronto" (return soon). . .

We will miss all of our friends in Peru!!

New downtown church plant in Trujillo!

We are so excited about our new church plant in downtown Trujillo. We had an information meeting last Saturday night and there were at least 80 in attendance. The last two Sunday's we have had services with a great (& eager) core group in attendence. Then on Wednesday, Allen had a meeting for all interested in leading a community/cell group and there was much interest.

We are using our new mission house (Casa San Augustin, also known as the "yellow house") for the new church plant location since it is in a great central location in downtown Trujillo.


There is much to be done and many decisions to be made. Please pray for the future of this church plant, that it would glorify God in this great city!

A day in Clementina

Yesterday we join the IPC medical team in the community of Clementina, a swatter community that our mission has worked with for two years. Our girls were excited about the opportunity to serve and loaded up their pink backpacks with all their coloring books, colors, candy and nail polish and headed out to the desert foothills to join the team. As we arrived, the girls gathered the kids under the shade of one of their new friend's houses and began the fun.


Abigail even translated a little in the pharmacy. . .

When I wasn't translating, I enjoyed going to visit the homes of the children Abigail had made friends with. The front of Kelly's house. . .

The inside of Jacky's house, a little girl Abigail has befriended . . .


Lily's backyard, showing off her camote plants (sweet potatoes). . .


The trioge team (and some extras). . .


The youngest dental patient. . .


Mr. Kenny fixing up folks with eyeglasses. . .


Allen translating and talking with patients. . .
Dr. Hugh Scott, pediatrician, seeing one of many sick children. . .

Thank you Independent Presbytertian Church medical team for a GREAT week, we look forward to being your neighbors!

IPC Memphis Medical Team

We are blessed to have a medical mission team of 27 from Independent Presbyterian Church , Memphis, Tn serving with us this week. They are doing a medical and dental clinic in five different locals in and around Trujillo. The weather is really hot and dusty and most of the clinic work is outside under tents, so these folks are troopers to say the least. They are blessing so many Peruvians everyday physically and spiritually.


Waiting to see the doctor in front of our Arevalo church clinic. . .

The evangelism tent is another way the team is loving on Peruvians. They have Biblical coloring sheets, arts and crafts and are painting finger nails, which the ladies love.


This also happens to be the church that is housing us for our year furlough! We will live in a house located right beside the church and many of the team members have told us they will be our neighbors! The team is keeping up a blog, so click here if you want to check out the latest updates on their week!

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