Category Archives: Life and Culture

The New Seat Belt Nazi

August 31, 2010 – 9:52 pm

In 1983 I was four years old.  You may not know this, but right around this time citizens of the USA  started pushing for laws requiring that drivers and passengers wear seat belts to save lives and increase safety on the roads.  About every five minutes there were commercials on TV that showed what happened [...]

By Stacy | Also posted in Everything Derek, Everything Jakob, Parenting, The Newest News | Comments (4)

Medical Campaign in Paradise

August 17, 2010 – 10:20 am

As I mentioned before, we recently had our first ever medical campaign here in Lima.  We invited groups down from our supporting churches back in The States and had a fantastic response. We focused our efforts in a community in a part of Lima called Villa Maria del Triunfo and more specifically in an area [...]

By Wes | Also posted in Mission South America, Peru, Spiritual Thoughts, Video | Comments (0)

Is it really August already?

August 8, 2010 – 11:10 pm

So… Seeing as how it’s been precisely forever since we’ve posted anything around here, we’ve got a lot to catch up on. Maybe the most noteworthy news item of late is that we had our first of hopefully many medical campaigns this July. This deserves and will get it’s own post in the next day [...]

By Wes | Also posted in Everything Derek, Everything Jakob, Mission South America, Peru, The Newest News | Comments (0)

Derek is 2 and July 4th in Peru!

July 6, 2010 – 11:36 pm

Derek turned 2 on Saturday and we had a great celebration with friends here!  Along with his birthday we celebrated July 4th and tried to make it feel like summer as much as possible.  Derek woke up pretty unhappy from his nap and cried the first hour or so of the party and wouldn’t stop [...]

By Stacy | Also posted in Everything Derek, Parenting, Peru, The Newest News | Comments (2)