Team, Calvary Chapel In the City, Boston

Calvary Chapel In the City, Boston came to minister with us for a few days. We had a blessed time together. We went into the center of the city to evangelize and pass out invitations, we went to minister to children in Los Pollitos, we did an outreach in a public school and we surfed the sand dunes in La Huacachina.


Tracy preparing goody bags for the kids in the school.


The team performing a puppet show in the public school.


We sang some songs and got the kids to do all the motions, even the bigger kids were participating.


The kids listened intently as the team shared a teaching about the ascension of Christ.


We performed a drama about sharing.


And finally we made a craft with the kids in their classrooms. We had an awesome time ministering in the public school system and we praise the Lord that we were able to share with the kids and plant seeds that the Lord will water in His timing.

Steve and Cassys last days

The church said goodbye to Cassy. Of course they fell in love with Cassy. Her and her dad Steve were here for one last Thursday night Bible study. We had some cake and soda and celebrated with a little saddness. Thanks Cassy for all your love and for being a godly example to all the young girls.

Earthquake Anniversary protests

Today as I was traveling back from Lima to Ica, I encountered a closed interstate in the small town of Pisco. Pisco was the epicenter of the 2007 earthquake (8.0) and the residents feel like the government hasn't done enough. Today is the 2 year anniversary of the earthquake so the people decided to protest by burning tires in the street and by blocking the only road leading to Ica from Lima. Hundreds of protesters gathered on either side of a bridge on the interstate so that no one could pass by. I arrived on the scene just as the blockade began. The police had yet to arrive. I knew from missions training and a little common since never to go into a gathered crowd that is protesting. I immediately turned around and found a safe place to park about 2 miles from all the activity. Soon the national police arrived with their machine guns and gas bombs and of course riot shields. Kinda movie like, unless you live in a country that this happens often. We waited about 2 1/2 hours, myself and several hundred other travelers some in buses and others in cars, as the police patiently allowed the people to protest. When the protesters began to leave and a few stubborn ones stayed behind blocking the road, the police decided to move in and free the interstate to let all the traffic pass. One lady was hurt in the police overtake and only a few cars were damaged in the whole protest, which is pretty good. There are usually a few burnt cars and beaten people when large groups come together to protest. Thankfully the Lord protected me and gave me wisdom to turn around, one truck tried to pass through in the early stages of the protest and it was damaged by the protesters.

Pray for the Peruvians, especially those that are still suffering effects of the earthquake after two long years. Also pray for the national Police that they would continue to handle these situations with the respect and dignity that they showed today.

This is out at the court by my house.


When Triad was here, we did an outreach at Los Pollitos. There were about 80-100 kids that day. They painted faces, shared and did balloon animals.

We went to La Huacachina with Denise, Alan, Cassy and the group from Triad and from Boynton. This is from the top of the big dune by the oasis. It's a challenging climb!!

We went to Las Islas Ballestas with Denise, Alan, and Cassy. Here's Nala the Chola

In Canete. They had a lot of fun painting the kids' faces.

We went out in the park in front of my house and did some outreach to the neighborhood kids. We did the lollipop drama, painted faces, made balloon animals, sidewalk chalk, blew bubbles... it was a lot of fun. Mario, Elisabet, Martin, Carlos and some kids from the church all came out to help and have some fun.

Cassy has been here for 5 weeks. She's been such a blessing to us. She's leaving with her dad on Saturday.

Kilaine is our regular evangelist. She gets really excited to hand out tracts and invitations to the church. She helps us translate when the teams are here. It won't be long before she can start doing some of the dramas.

Here's the regular children's ministry. These are most of the kids I have every time. One is missing this day. We have the kids up to 7 years old. 9 and up sit in the adult Bible study.

Cassy painted a verse on the back of the church wall for us.

We were able to purchase a car about 5 weeks ago. Thank you to everyone who prayed with us about this and to many of you who donated towards it. It truly is a huge blessing living 4 hours from Lima. It's been a huge help. Thank you, Lord!!!

Cassy also painted the children's room. Steve, Robin and the kids helped out, too. It looks awesome!! It's so fun and clean and it looks so much bigger now. Good job, Cassy!

We went to see the Nasca lines with Steve and Cassy. It's about 2 hours to the south. We went up in a prop plane to see them.

Here's the astronaut. The lines are a mystery. There are a lot of drawings in the ground that have been there for a very long time, maybe more than 1000 years. There's drawings of a monkey, spider, whale, hummingbird, tree, hands, lots of lines and trapezoids. It's really amazing. One of the largest trapezoids is over 18 miles long! It makes me wonder why these ancient cultures did these drawings and how. Maybe they were worshipping the stars or something. It makes me very glad to have the Bible and to know the God of the universe. I want to worship the creator, not the creation.