Peru Picture Diaries #5

Well folks, this is the final edition of the Peru Picture Diaries! Let’s see, where was I? Ok, after the children’s program in Trujillo, we all jumped back on our bus for a night ride back to Lima to begin another children’s program a day later. I had about 9-11 kids in [...]

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Peru Picture Diaries #4

In Peru, big cities are hope – hope of a better job, better education, better living conditions. Because of this, many shanty-towns have sprung up on the outskirts of larger cities like Lima and Trujillo, crowded with people trying to get close to a city and improve their life. Our group had the [...]

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Peru Picture Diaries #3

When we weren’t busy with the children’s program or other ministry opportunities during the day, we were able to fit in a little sightseeing. In Trujillo, we made it to some nearby Inca ruins one day, as well as a trip to the ocean! It was a great time of rest, re-focusing, and [...]

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Peru Picture Diaries #2

During the week of August 6-11, we led an evening children’s program in conjunction with an adult seminar hosted by a local church in Trujillo, a northern coastal city in Peru. It was neat to see how the children and parents responded to the Lord’s working, and there were several neat testimonies by the [...]

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Peru Picture Diaries #1

On our first Saturday after arriving in Peru, we had the opportunity of helping with a church’s outreach for kids in a poorer area of Lima. This was the first ministry activity we did as a group and it went really well. We met up with them in a park where we told [...]

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