Sunday, August 30, 2009

"New House"

Here are some pics from my new house that we moved into about two weeks ago!


Here is a shot of the house:



Here is shot of the living room:

Here is a shot of my bed - I had to raise it up to make space for storing stuff:

Entertainment and clothes....

Monday, August 24, 2009

"New" Bike!

Hey all...a common past time among missionaries here is to ride across the country on dirt bikes - and to have a decent dirt bike costs a little bit of money! BUT, the other day I was greatly blessed with an opportunity to purchase a used Honda 350 from a friend here who is a pilot and now I am the owner of a motorcycle!! - Another reason for you to PRAY!!! haa haa

Friday, August 21, 2009

Opportunity for Prayer...

Hey all - I want to share with you what the Lord has lead me to do and how he is making it happen. Most of you know that I am the missions pastor of Mil Palmeras here in Pucallpa, Peru. But over the last year the Lord has put on my heart the growth and discipleship of the men in our church... and as of last week my job was changed/add to be the mens pastor for our church. That means I am responsible for the spiritual growth and discipleship for the men in the church...a hefty responsibility.

Please pray for me...I find it funny that God has put in this position as a single - and most men are married with kids to be the one in their lives as a model and leader. Pray that I would be a Christ-like example and that the men will learn all the God has for them to learn...to go out and be fishers of men themselves.

The pic below is from a recent outing lima where we ate at chilis...next to me is Pastor Julio and around the table are some of the guys....

Monday, August 17, 2009

Time for an update...

Wow, sorry all...who have been reading my blog...I didn't realize that it had been over two months since my last post! I'll try to make it up in the next coming days. Many of you know that I went to Arequipa (a city in southern Peru) for part of June and almost all of July for language study. It was a great time of seeing the staff there again and also time to relax a bit as the past year was full speed ahead.

My time in the classroom was good - though I was introduced to a grammar structure that we do not have in English called subjunctive. The problem is I have spoken Spanish for four years or at least attempted to and have not thought in this tense....it is somewhere between present and future. Anyhow...I have my work cut out for me as I try to unlearn what I have learned/used and apply the subjunctive to my sentences. My teachers were great - below is a pic of them. Karen was my grammar teacher and Edgar was my conversation teacher.


The city of Arequipa is surrounded by three volcanoes. Chichani (dormant), Misti (active), Pichu Pichu (extinct - blew it self up!). If you are in Arequipa and looking East....Chichani is first, then Misti and then Pichu Pichu is in the southern part of the city. Misti is about 19,500ft and by the looks of the base of Pichu Pichu - they say that it would have been the tallest mountain/volcano in the world at about 30,000 ft.


Below is the volcano Chichani on the NE side of Arequipa...

Below is the volcano Misiti which is about 15 miles due east of Arequipa at 19,100 ft...

And this is Pichu Pichu, Southeast of Arequipa, which at one time probably stood close to 30,000 ft...


Marshall