Happy New Year to you all. We had a nice little barbeque with Ricky (our host) and a father and son, Rick & Matt, here from Wisconsin to lead a short term mission trip for their … Read more about Happy New Year
Begging on Christmas
Peru has a high rate of people below the poverty range: 52% (under $58/month) and extreme poverty of 19% (under $32/month). One-fourth of children under five are malnourished. Many … Read more about Begging on Christmas
Christmas Packages
Our daughters wanted us to have a few small things from them for our first Christmas away from home, so they each sent us a package. We told them not to send checks or anything valuable and … Read more about Christmas Packages
Children in the Work Force
Elsa is twelve. She hasn’t seen her mother for 1 ½ years. Her 19 year old sister works as a maid in a home in Lima and her 16 year old brother is away from home going to … Read more about Children in the Work Force
A Peruvian Boy Named Jesus
Childhood was delayed for a Peruvian boy named Jesus. His mother worked all the time and left him to fend for himself on the streets. A gang of boys would taunt him and began to … Read more about A Peruvian Boy Named Jesus
A Christmas Fiesta
Yesterday the ChildReach Ministry mission group and the 3 Cooleys put on a Christmas fiesta for them. We came around lunch time to just hang out with them. Then around 3:00 we … Read more about A Christmas Fiesta
December 9
We joined Terri and his wife Brenda as they prepared for their mission trip group to come. We took a taxi to their hotel and called a man who was coming with his VW van for them to use for … Read more about December 9
December 8
Poverty is common in Peru. Many people come from the highlands to the cities along the desert coast to find work. They live in shanty towns--some with no electricity or … Read more about December 8
11/21/06
Today Ricky brought us to the American Embassy and we had to go through a metal detector and show our passports twice to be able to speak to an American administrator. The embassy was large … Read more about 11/21/06
