Nazca

Our team has made it to Nazca. The most difficult part of the very long journey is now complete for this trip. The very long journey to see the people of Cabana come to know Christ and His love is still just beginning. Our two teams have witnessed God opening some new doors in the village. Your prayers have helped accomplish this! We will arrive in Lima this evening and then fly home late tomorrow night. Our sons have been incredible in many, many ways. It has been a great blessing to see how God has used them for His glory.

Just a reminder that the Peru team is traveling home today. Please keep them in your prayers during the next 24 hours. The trip is long, winding and hard.

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God is so good...

We have already experienced God's provisions as we have made the journey here to Cabana. Our trip could not have been any easier - well a helicopter would help here. It was a very different experience arriving in a large minivan instead of on the combi. We have made arrangements for the same driver to bring us back to Nazca on Tuesday. God has basically given us an extra day here in Cabana because of the time that we arrived yesterday.

All of the team did great during the bus ride. Our sons have been incredible. We did not hear a single complaint from them since we left Ocala. Once we arrived here in Cabana we realized early on that God is going to use the boys to build bridges into the lives of the people here. The boys have already begun to make friendships with other boys, too. Last night they sat at a table with a Peruvian boy and spoke to him through one of our interpreters. It was awesome to see them interact!

Today we will meet with our friend Luisa who was baptized in 2009. We will meet this evening with Irene who agreed to let us come to her restaurant and have a Bible study. Please pray for us as we seek to communicate with them about what it means to have a relationship with Jesus.

Cabana has a new mayor. We are excited to meet with him tomorrow. We have already developed a relationship with his family. Romer is his son and he was one of the first boys that we met when we arrived in 2008.

Thanks for your encouragement and more importantly your prayers. Please pray that God puts us in the paths of the people that he wants us to meet this week.

If you see our families - hug on them and let them know that their boys miss them!

Cabana!

The team made it safely to Cabana this afternoon.  What an answer to prayer! We (the moms) were a little nervous about the Combi ride up the mountain from Puquio to Cabana.  However, they found a minivan to take the whole team instead of the Combi. Yay! The same driver might even be able to pick them up for the return trip.

Word from the team is that everyone is doing great.  Stay tuned!

Our team is doing great here in Lima. We have been meeting today with our International Mission Board missionaries, interpreters and debriefing our mission team that has been on the field since last week.

Larry and David did a tremendous job here in Peru. They have met several new people in Cabana and setup some appointments for us in the village. 

We begin our bus journey tonight at 9:45PM which is about 3 hours later than what we had anticipated. We will arrive in Puquio around 8AM. Please pray that we get a connecting ride to our village very soon after we arrive because we will still have about 4 hours of travel left to enjoy. Those 4 hours will be the longest of the journey.

We are very encouraged by what we have learned today about God's activity in Cabana. May He use our lives to further His work - for His glory.

Kevin

Arrived in Peru

Team 1 and Team 2 met up in Lima last night.  We just heard from them this morning and they are all doing well.  They have met up with our missionary contact, Michael Weaver in Lima. It was so great to hear their voices!

And they are off!

Peru Today!

For the past 9 days, David and Larry have been in Peru. They have been reestablishing contacts, tracking down information and encouraging the handful of believers in Cabana. Today, we send a team of 8 to meet with them in Lima tomorrow. David and Larry will journey home late tomorrow night and this team of 8 will head to Cabana to continue the work.

Please pray for these men that have gone already and those going today. Please also remember their families here in Ocala. Here is a pic of David & Larry. When possible, the team leaving today will post to this blog. Please leave them a comment to encourage them. We will do our best to post the comments as soon as we can.