Not enough words to describe....

Here are some pictures from this year's teacher trip to Peru! We had an incredible time and saw God's faithfulness throughout our entire trip as we traveled, shared the Gospel in two orphanages and several public schools, and spent time with and were mutually encouraged by Scripture Union's school workers and volunteers.

This year's team included: Susan Smith, Jose and Iva Bas, Elizabeth Smit, Christy Seifert, Aimee Powell, and Trish Jackson (me!).

The pictures are not in order, and there is no way to capture all that we saw and all that God did, but we hope that they encourage you to continue to pray for the work that God is doing in the hearts of children in Peru.

This is Alan, the school's worker in Chincha, Peru. He is opening a gift from SLCA that included a bookbag filled with goodies and a picture of the class that prays for him. We got to eat lunch with each of the Lima area workers and their volunteers.

Jose talks with some children during our first school's presentation. Over the course of the week we visited several schools and were able to share the Gospel with the children that we met.

These boys are pretty excited after doing
the "Baile del Pollito"....aka The Chicken Dance!

In between schools and eating, crazy things sometimes happen :)

A typical peruvian meal: chicken, rice, and potatoes.
We were NOT sad to get home to our own food.

Happy to find a little taste of home!

Riding dune buggies in Ica, Peru, just south of Lima.

Here we are sharing our favorite song "Soy Honesto" (I am honest) with the children at the INABIF in Lima. INABIF is a state run orphanage that SU is involved with.

Jose is teaching about Bloom's taxonomy. He did an incredible job of explaining and giving examples of how to get students to use their higher order thinking skills!!!

These children participated in one of our
workshops called "How to tell stories creatively"

Trish teaching!

yay! candy!

Christy, Aimee, and Susan did a skit about honesty in our school's presentation.

On Sunday we got to join the Lima workers for church at Camino de Vida.

One night we went to a show called Las Brisas de Titicaca
We saw many typical dances of Peru and got to do some of our own at the end!

After presenting at this particular school, the "Directora" and her teachers invited us to a snack and we enjoyed a good time of fellowship and sharing. They were very encouraged by the presentation and hopeful to gain more ideas from the weekend's training session.

We got to spend our very last day in Peru at Kawai,
our favorite boy's home, located south of Lima. We worshipped with the boys, Elizabeth and Iva shared the gospel with the boys, and Jose encouraged the older boys to "sigue adelante"- keep moving forward- and to put their eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.

Iva and some of the boys at Kawai

Not so they know us, but that they might know HIM!

Pray for Peru:
- For the workers and volunteers who share the a values curriculum in the public schools
- for the summer camps where these same children hear the Gospel
- for the street boys who live in the 5 SU homes
- for the very difficult task that the house parents have of raising these boys

Our theme for the week:
¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. ²Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:1-2

Peru, again :)

Hello all!!

We made it safely to Peru! I have decided that these next 10 days will be a great opportunity to take a break from the internet, so I am writing to ask for prayer for the rest of our trip....Apart from Him, we can do nothing (Jn. 15:5)....we really covet your prayers.....that our time here would be fruitful and that God´s kingdom would come and His will be done in Lima, Peru! Also that we would be an encouragement to the volunteers who give their time to teach Bible in the schools here.

Our two main goals: Share the Gospel, help equip volunteers to teach the Bible effectively in the public schools.

June 13- Gospel presentation at INABIF Lima (a state run orphanage)
June 14- Church in the AM, and then lunch with UB (union biblica) workers
June 15- AM/PM Gospel presentations in two local schools, lunch and dinner with UB volunteers
June 16- AM/PM Gospel presentations in two local schools, lunch and dinner with UB volunteers
June 17- Professional development workshop for INABIF workers
June 18- AM/PM Two teacher workshops for UB schools volunteers
June 19- Bus to Chincha, Gospel presenation at INABIF Chincha, Bus to Ica
June 20 (my birthday!) - Training with UB volunteers in Ica
June 21- Lead Chapel service at UB boys home in Kawai, return to Lima
June 22- return home