Peru-Less than a Week

I have been getting more and more excited as the Peru trip approaches.  When a trip first becomes a possibility I always think about all the things that will be good for me or that I will like on the trip.  In this instance, as I have been getting closer I have been thinking about what will be good for others.  For some in our group it will be a pretty big adventure having not traveled much, for others it will be a chance to see a place they have heard about for decades but have never seen.  It will mean some renewing of relationships for those who lived in Peru before, and they get to show some of the rest of us the sites.  "See here is where I first ate fish head soup".  We get to experience a ton of memories and stories (after all Ken Comfort will be along)
    For the folks we are about to visit we are guests who get to witness another milestone.  50 years of successful outreach, church planting and discipleship.   What I want more than anything is for our F(f)riends of Peru to feel as if we are peers, not missionaries-though there will be appreciation for those folks, or the benefactors, or anything that takes away from the truth of their very capable leadership.
     Pray that we will be a great encouragement and that we will keep our eyes and ears open for what God is saying to us.  Keep us humble and help us listen well. 

Off to Peru

In just a couple of weeks a group from NWYM will be off to visit Peru.  The event is a 50th anniversary.  That is how long the Peru Yearly Meeting has been inexistence.  Some former missionaries,  interested participants and I will get a three week view of Peru and a bit of Bolivia.

For me this is going to be interesting.  I was last in Bolivia and Peru in 1984 the summer between my junior and senior years of high school.  I am not sure I remember enough to notice what will be different.  But I am excited to see what Peru is like in the 21st Century.  I am also excited to worship and celebrate alongside our Peruvian Friends.

My hope is that a few(if not all) of the travelers will write a bit on the blog here.  We leave October 6th.  Join us here and follow our travels.

Shawn