* 90% of people in Peru belong to the Roman Catholic religion. * The literacy rate in Peru is 90.9% which is impressive for a country with so much poverty. * Peru was the homeland of the Inca Empire until…

Today is the last day we are in Arequipa before we go to Lima for a day of sight seeing and then to our respective homes.  Our time in Peru has been rewarding, productice, challenging and lots and lots of…

We dropped your family and friends at the airport about an hour ago. They leave as early as 9:30 tonight and as late as 3:15 tomorrow morning.  Two of the eleven on the team have a 12 hour layover in…

The group all arrived safely late last night, slept in a nice hotel, and came over to our home for breakfast.  They and Robert are debriefing before leaving, remembering the good times and experiences of their last eight days.  Now…

My brother and I have been seeing the Lord work in so many ways here in Arequipa. As our first international missions trip, we did not know what to expect. We held a VBS for the kids in a poor…

The group experienced their first church service at Iglesia Shaloam, Arequipa, last night.  They met together and planned out the total service in only 2 hours.  Lizzy greeted the congregation and introduced the team and MCed the service.  Michela and Chrissy…

If I had to choose one word to describe Pastor Estich it would be amazing.  I watch him day in and day out love his community, his people, all of us unconditionally.  His compassion is exciting, I am in awe…

We went today (Wednesday) to the open-air market in downtown Arequipa where we were handing out invitations to the church and talking to people about the Lord.  We handed one to a lady who kind of tossed it aside saying, "I…

Here's the group after a morning of evangelizing in a large market then walking a few blocks to Arequipa's Plaza de Armas.  I will add more pictures to the photo link tomorrow. The team in front of the building for…