Saturday, July 30, 2011

Back "Home"

We´ve been back for over a week. How wonderful it´s been to see our families! We´re enjoying our time with them.
What has been difficult is our mutual feeling of strangeness. We feel foreign in our own home culture! It´s something I have a hard time explaining.
How could what was once normal now feel uncomfortable?
Why is it difficult to get back into routines we´ve had for years after only months out of the country?
Like I said, I can´t explain it. We just need to figure out how what we´ve learned in Peru fits into our lives here. 

We´d love to catch up with you, so if you´re in the area please feel free to call or email any of us to hang out in person.  We´ll look forward to it!
Meanwhile, we ask that you keep Nuestras Semillas and the church in Tacna in prayer. We may have finished our mission there, but the churches continue with ministry every day. They need unity, wisdom, love, perseverence, and resources.
Thank you!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Hope Christian Church came for two weeks,
 bringing with them their own version of Operation Christmas Child,
only this Christmas took place in July!

The kids were so excited!

Ejail approves of his new toys and school supplies.
Edu fits in his new shirt!




And Laura just kept painting...

Matthew 9:37-38
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.  Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

 The childrens' room in the New Jerusalem church

The Parable of the Lost Sheep in New Jerusalem



 
The last few days were really special for us.
We enjoyed time with our Peruvian friends, family, and church.
Stephanie with her Peruvian family,
Talia, Rodrigo, Sandra, Vidal

Ana and Laura with their family,
Jessica, Luna, Tio Victor, Tia Adelaida, Alejandra, and Christian 

like family: Judith and Tia Maria