Category Archives: Life and Culture

Humbled by Hospitality – Part 1

It has been our intention all along to begin inviting Peruvians that we meet over for dinner and to create opportunities for developing relationships.  Well, after seven months we’ve had Bible studies in our home and times when we’ve hung out and talked with Peruvians that we have met, but we hadn’t yet had a [...]

Visitors, the Beach, Fishing

After my last post the week got much better.  We had visitors come and stay with us from Arequipa, Peru’s next biggest city.  Kyle and Larissa Smith are missionaries there and their intern, Rachel, came to town with them.  They had to take care of some paper work.  The Smiths have Shaye, who is three [...]

Rough Day

Yesterday I was just not feeling too well most of the day, but wasn’t sure why.  When I picked the boys up from school at noon, we had to make a run to the grocery store.  Did you know that it’s a bad idea to take your kids to the store with you when they [...]

Unique Reflections of Us.

I remember once, when I was really still very young, maybe 5 or 6, we were all in our car driving somewhere through Texas or Oklahoma and I was watching an endless supply of  telephone polls and rows of crops streaming by when I asked, “How many rabbits do you think are in that field?” [...]