Canta

We went to Canta on Monday and Tuesday with our pastor from Boynton Beach, Florida, his wife, and 2 more guys. Canta is about 3 hours from Lima way up in the mountains. Fuimos a Canta el lunes y martes con nuestro pastor de Boynton Beach, Florida, su esposa, y 2 mas hombres. Canta es como 3 horas de Lima muy alto en las montanas.

Liam in the streets of Canta. Liam en las calles de Canta.

Kilaine wanted a picture by the "ice cream truck." Kilaine queria una foto del "camion del helado."

This sheep was one of the animals at the hostal we stayed in. His name is Pancho, which is really funny because Ricardo recently renamed Robin Pancho. Este oveja era uno de los animales al hostal donde quedamos. Su nombre es Pancho. Este era bien gracioso porque recien Ricardo puse nuevo nombre a Robin, cual es Pancho.

Pastor Tye, from Boca Raton came along with Pastor George, Lori, and Marcelo from the states. Brian came with us to Canta, too. Pastor Tye, de Boca Raton vino con pastor George, Lori, y Marcelo de los estados unidos. Brian vino con nosotros a Canta, tambien.

Marcelo and Liam hanging out. I think they became good buddies. Marcelo y Liam pasando tiempo. Creo que ellos son chocheras ahora.

Pastor George and Lori still in love after all these years. Pastor George y Lori, todavia tienen mucho amor despues de bastante anos.

Liam heading toward an old Incan bridge. Liam dirigiendo hacia un puente de los Incas.

We rode horses while we were there, which the kids loved. Montamos los caballos durante nuestro tiempo alla, y los ninos les encanto.

The horses took us to a place where we could walk to see a waterfall. Very beautiful. Los caballos nos llevaron a un lugar donde podiamos caminar a una cascada. Muy bonito.

Family picture. Foto familiar

We went up a mountain to see some Incan ruins. That was pretty cool. Subimos una montana a ver unas ruinas de los Incas. Chevere.

This is a Catholic shrine at the top of the mountain. Este es una casa para el estatue de Maria encima la montana.

This is the windy curvy road going to the top of the mountain. Este es el camino a las ruinas. Fue un camino loco!

Kids at school

Kilaine had a little birthday party at school with some cake and goodies last Friday. Kilaine tenia una chiquita fiesta en colegio el viernes pasado con una torta y algunos dulces.

Liam got to come to her class for the party, too. Liam vino a su clase para la fiesta tambien.

Very happy with her classmates. Muy feliz con sus amiguitos en su clase.

El dia del Censo (the day of the Census)

Today there is a census in Peru. Virtually the whole country is shut down for 10 hours from 8am-6pm. We are not allowed to leave the house and nothing is open. The workers are the only people in the streets. It is kind of crazy. But in a way it is good, it forces families to spend a whole day together in the house, kinda like a hurricane in South Florida (but hopefully without the damage) Ha, Ha! Today we made a video of the kids goofing off as we spend the day together.

Angie in India

Angie (a peruvian sent out from Iglesia Cristiana Koinonia) is in India serving as a missionary for 6 months. She is helping out in a home for children. She sent some pictures that I wanted to share with you guys, since many of you know her.

the kids walking to school

Angie with some of the girls.

It is a lot different in India than it is in Peru. There are a lot of changes for Angie, and there is a lot of need for ministry. Pray for her to learn the language and to be able to communicate sometimes without it. Pray for the children in the home, some are orphans and some from the streets. Pray for more workers.

Kilaine turned 6!!!

Kilaine turned 6 last Saturday. We had a little birthday party for her. It was a nice time.

The boys were wrestling in the kids bedroom. Boys will be boys...

Here's all the kids. Rodrigo, Marco, Jean Pierre Ariana, Ana, Kilaine, Liam, & Priscilla

After food, and cake, we went to the park down the street and let the kids get their faces painted. Only the 3 little ones wanted to. I guess the others are "too old for that."

Liam was happy as a lark as spiderman. He ran all around the playground shooting his spiderman web all over the place.

The girls had mascarade masks painted on. They were like little princesses!

Yesterday, I (Tracy) was in Canete and got to help out with the medical mission there. It was pretty cool. I sat with one of the guys from the team and a peruvian nurse and we talked to all the people to see what their ailments were. I was a little nervous about being able to understand the people at first. The nurse guy... ( I don't know what his title his... his name is Toddy) knew a lot of spanish, but not enough to completely understand. So, it was up to me. Yikes!! Robin had the same experience as me the day before (Tuesday) in Santa Rosa de Villa. Anyways, it went pretty good. When I couldn't understand the people, the peruvian nurse would repeat what they had said pretty much word for word, but more slowly and clearly. I learned lots of medical terms, too, way better than studying a chapter in spanish on the same things. There's just nothing like hands on learning! I don't know how many people we saw, there were a lot. The gospel was being shared with each one, and of course, they were being invited to the church. In the evening service, I saw at least one man that I knew had come to the clinic that day. It was a crazy day. I never thought to take pictures, I didn't even bring my camera. I don't think I would have had time to take any, anyways. Maybe I'll be able to snag some from Jaime's blog in a couple of days (hint, hint, Jaime...)

Medical Ministry

Today and yesterday in Santa Rosa de villa (some of you know it as Puente Piedra) we had a group of doctors come from Orlando. They were an awesome blessing to the people there. In total we were able to help approx. 340 people over two days. Our God is so good. Our plan was for about 80 people each day, but the Lord had a different plan and provided everything we needed. Above is the group of doctors and the people from Koinonia that helped to make this a smooth 2 days.
Above the people wait. Here you can also see the building in Santa Rosa de villa that we started building 2 1/2 years ago, we are praying for the Lord's provision to complete the building.

This is the clinic. We hung curtians inside the church to create 4 seperate rooms. We also had people outside to take names and share the gospel with each person first. Then after they were taken to another table outside to take blood pressure and ask about their aches and pains. After this they would each visit the doctor, who would prescribe the medicine. Then to the next part where we would give them the medicine they needed. We had a great time and it was awesome to see the people of Santa Rosa de villa serve the other people of their neighborhood.

May Christ name be glorified in all that we do and say. Many seeds were planted in the last two days, please pray with us that these seeds can continue to be watered and begin to grow.

Tomorrow the medical group will be in Canete ministering with Jaime and the church there.

Robin

Kilaine lost her tooth!

That's right, you guessed it, Kilaine lost her first tooth. She lost it a couple of weeks ago, I just didn't get any pictures up until now. We wanted to save it, at least for a little while, but she ate it! It fell out while she was eating some bread for breakfast. Ha!

Silly faces at breakfast time...

Liam fell asleep one day looking at a book. I think he wasn't feeling well. But, he sure is sweet when he's sleeping!! (all the time, actually!)

A trip to the zoo

Today we went to the zoo for Marco's 11th birthday. We had a nice time hanging out with Brian and Betty and their kids and another family from the church Ricardo and Pilar and their kids.

Our family photo in the zoo.


Liam excited to see real zebras.

The kids looking a more animals.

Liam gets up close with the monkey. I think there is some resemblance. They both have red hair, like bananas, like climbing on anything and like to swing from ropes and trees.

Kilaine waters the herb garden.

"Want some of my ice cream?" Liam always shares, everything.

Fui a Canta (I went to Canta)

Yesterday, I (robin) went to Canta. Canta is a small village in the mountains about 9000 feet above sea level. I want with Pastor Brian, Betty(his wife), Marco (their son), and a couple from Orlando (Frank and Joyce) who were visiting. We had a nice time visiting. We are praying for the Lord's will in having a retreat center in Canta. Please pray with us for this, the city is very peaceful and only about 2.5 hours from Lima (about 3 hours by bus).


This is Canta from a distance

This a bridge built by the Inka's. It is outside of the main city, where we would love to have land to build a retreat center.

This is a view of the mountains surrounding the city, making Canta a very peaceful and beautiful place to reflect on the Lord and His majesty.

This is Betty and Marco standing in front of a water fall. You can take horses to the waterfalls. Canta is a great place to get away and relax. We had a nice trip. We only stayed for the afternoon.

Robin

To clear up a little confusion about Angie...

Angie went to Germany for a couple weeks in missions training. Then, she will be going to India for 6 months to serve as a missionary there. There is a connection and a contact. There was an mk that grew up in Peru then served in India for a number of years that now lives in Germany and his church just happens to be called Koinonia... There's more info on Brian's blog, because if you are confused, it's because I am, too. I got all my info in spanish, and sometimes things go awry in my brain. Anyways, here's Brian's blog. www.iglesiacristianakoinonia.blogspot.com

We love you Angie! We miss you! Always thinking of you!

Cusi, Another visit

Last Thursday I (robin) went to Cusi with a small group of guys (Jaime, Americo, Kervin and Jaime). Our purpose was to bring food, clothing and blankets to the people, to share the gospel another time and to access the need for help. If the Lord wills we may take a small group of people to Cusi to work in demolition of the school building that was destroyed. It needs to be torn down completely and rebuilt.



The path to Cusi is very narrow and dangerous. Thankfully the Lord provided for the rental of a 4 x 4 for this trip.

This is the village of Cusi. There is not a lot in Cusi and all the houses look the same. It is a very small town.

When we arrived we had an impromtu meeting with the town officials to share with them what why we came and to find out how to help them. During this time we also arranged for a town gathering for the preaching of the gospel.

This is the school that need to be torn down and rebuilt.

This is a make shift school that the people of the town put together until they can rebuild the other school.

This is Pastor Jaime studying in his office for the message in the evening.

Pray for the people of this village, they are hard to the gospel. In the evening when Pastor Jaime shared about 25 came to listen, but the people were not very receptive. They need Christ more than they need another blanket or bag of rice. Lord help us to have discernment in there things. Where, when, why, what and how to help those in need.

Robin