Last weekend was a great experience as we headed to Chosica - a small town about an hour east of Lima. The IMB has a nice camp/retreat facility near Chosica and it's like a small oasis in a desert land. The pictures you see are different views from within the camp. Outside of the walls is a hot, dry, dusty town.
The folks at the Retreat - IMB folks from Lima, the folks I've been training with for the past couple of weeks, and another small group who just arrived - experienced a great time, culminating with a commissioning prayer and blessing at the end of our time together.
Everyone is scrambling today - Monday - to pack and get their affairs in order before departing to the villages. Several of the groups will not have any ability to communicate from within their remote villages for the two-month stay. My group is fortunate to be staying in a small town where phones and the internet are readily available - we'll also have hot water from what I hear.. Bonus!
The first team left this morning on a 15 hour trip heading south and into the mountians. Please keep all of the teams in your prayers (listed below) for their safe travel - arriving and returning - while on mission. Most will be on our way by tomorrow (Tuesday).
Since I am one of the scrambling packers, I will say goodbye for now. The next blog will be from the town of Matucana - once I find a reliable internet connection. Also, I'll be blogging from my phone, so expect some odd looking posts - I still have not figured out all of the tricks to doing this!
I also want to say how much your comments on the blog mean to me - I love reading them. I know you are praying for all of us here and we all are very grateful for your support.. there's nothing like the knowledge that your prayers are behind us! I am told that some of you at church have tried to send me e-mail, but I have not received anything - check with my Mom to get the correct address. Updates coming soon...
Mission Teams for prayer:
1. Kristen, Mayra, Clay
2. Claudia, Cristen, Ryan G.
3. Martin, Greg, Brittne
4. Solomon, Jess, Tiffany
5. Rob, Chris, Josh
6. Steve, Ryan N.
Greg
Hi Greg,
ReplyDeleteJim and I are enjoying your updates on your journey in Peru. We want you to know that Wrightsboro is praying for you and all of your team members as you enter the sparcely populated ares of the country. May God bless you all.
Greg;
ReplyDeleteThanks for the posts and your work in Matucana. I sent the blog site address to my church, First Baptist Church of New Port Ricehy, FL. We are the partnering church for REAPSouth in Matucana. We have many people praying for your efforts there. You will really enjoy working with Martin - he was a real blessing to us. May God bless you and keep you safe!
Dennis & Cheryl Brown
Hi Greg,
ReplyDeleteI hope you're well and having the time of your life. Donnie Gore and I have helping Walt with RA's in your absence. As you may know, the boys are working on their pinewood derby cars for the upcoming race in March. Walt has created some great looking cars. I don't know if they'll be fast but I hope at least one of them will win for best looking.
The furnishings committee for the FLC has been busy as well. Our kitchen design was lacking in some areas. The committee has been meeting with a kitchen designer that is helping us get our kitchen plans more user and health code friendly.
Take care. We'll be praying for you.
Jeff Taylor