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Safe in Atlanta!

July 28, 2012
Team Peru made it to Atlanta safe and sound and are currently settling in at the hotel for the night.  We have our largest debrief ever this weekend with over 200 Ambassador (high school) and Passport (college) students arriving back home from 3-8 weeks on the field! Tonight we'll feast on pizza, worship, share stories fro the field, and prepare to head back home. We're enjoying our last night together and will send them all home to you in the morning!

We Made It!

July 24, 2012
We all made it back to Nauta in one piece, safe and sound!  Probably the majority of everyone's stories will come from these past 6 days; we had quite the adventure along the river. Florida, the first village we visited was absolutely beautiful, except for the mosquitoes. The Pastor and the all the children welcomed us and taught us a wonderful Spanish song–something along the lines of flying like an eagle and jumping like a lamb.  I don't know what it all translates out to but we had a great time singing it multiple times a day.  We spent most of the time playing with the kids, and in the evenings we worshiped and shared our stories together in the church.  The church in Florida was very encouraged by our visit and sad to see us go.  They also blessed…

Adios Nauta, Hola River Villages

July 18, 2012
We've had a great past few days of ministry!  We finished up our children's program and now there's about 40 Peruvian children that know to be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power!  We taught them about the Armor of God, David & Goliath, and Joshua and the battle of Jericho.  Saturday night, Patty, Baileigh, and Adam shared their testimonies in the neighboring church and then we all had a chance to pray over the people in the church including the pastor and his family!  It was a wonderful expierience!  Rachel and Adam led worship for our team a couple nights ago and it was so powerful!  This morning we finished our team Bible study over 1 John and next we'll be studying Galatians.  It's been an amazing experience so far an…

4 Days Into Ministry!

July 14, 2012
We are four days into ministry and having a blast! Yesterday was the first day of our kids program, and it was wonderful! From all the boys hanging on Adam to Robin teaching on the armor of God, it was a sight to behold. Thursday was Rachels birthday and she got to experience a real Peruvian birthday by having a raw egg cracked on her head, and we also had a delicious cake. This morning we were led to go visit a woman named Pati. She said she is very unhappy because she is treated poorly in her home by her childs father. She wants to move, but she cant until her son is finished with school. We sat and talked with her and got to know her. We began to encourage her and pray with her and her face lit up. Sierra K. shared some scriptures from the book of Job with her, and everyone else each…

Peru Update!

July 11, 2012
Just talked to both Travis and Robin, the leaders of Team Peru and they had some awesome and exciting news: The team has arrived in Peru and falling in love with the location already! Travis said the view is incredible; jungle forest!  The team is super excited about starting ministry tomorrow, after resting and unpacking today! More updates to come from the team in the next few days! Thank you for your continued support and prayers over these amazing students and leaders! Blessings, Elizabeth Hanisch Ambassador Field Support  

Day 1 and Super Excited!

July 11, 2012
We finally made it Peru!! We arrived yesterday in Iquitos around 1230pm. The students were very tired after the long night of travel, but once we got on the bus to get to Nauta (which took about an hour and a half), their excitment could not be contained! Travis and I had a conversation with Crystal (our ministry contact)and this week we are doing house visits and childrens programs, and next thursday we are going down the river and ministering to 3 different villages!! I asked each of them what their favorite thing on the trip so far is and this is what they said… Rachel– "My favorite part was playing games with the team in the airport, and finally getting here!" Sierra P– "I like getting to know all the people that live and work at our ministry site!" Patty–&q…

Peru Team has arrived!

July 10, 2012
Hey to you friends and family of Team Peru! Just got a call from Travis, one of the incredible team leaders, lettting us know that the team has arrived in country and at their ministry location! Today they have been resting up and preparing for the next 3 weeks! Stay tuned for more updates soon as the team settles in… We are so proud of these amazing studenst and their team leaders and are excited for all that God has for them! Blessings, Elizabeth Hanisch Ambassador Field Support

Peru Team Unites!!!

July 8, 2012
We've had a wonderful time so far!  From dance parties to delicious meals, from worship to super fun morning time, the students are very excited and anxious to be leaving for Peru tomorrow.  We know that God has some super amazing plans for this team and our time in Peru!  We're all discovering what God has to say about us and we're getting along so well!

One Last Travel Day

July 21, 2011
Buenos dias! We are currently finishing up our debrief time and heading to the airport in a few hours to fly to Lima and then back to the states. The last twenty four hours have been a sweet time of fellowship, reflection and of course, tons of fun!! Yesterday we took the students to a surprise trip to a nature preserve/zoo and saw all the animals we didn´t get to see in the wild, like pygmy monkeys, tapirs, capyburas, and my personal favorite, the ocelot. It was super fun! Then we enjoyed one last peruvian lunch, and headed to a traditional artisan market to pick up some last minute souvenirs of our trip. In the evening we had a time of reflection, thanksgiving and prayer, giving God thanks for all he has done in the past three weeks and choosing how we will go home. It was an …

Updates!!!

July 20, 2011
Hello friends and family of our Peruvian warriors! Yesterday we wrapped up our ministry time in Nauta and made the drive to our debrief location of the capitol of the jungle, Iquitos! Everyone was so overjoyed to have a cold shower, real beds, Chinese food for lunch and cereal for dinner. On Monday night our students had a really unique opportunity to meet up with the Real Life Peru team who had just come back from two months up river. After going to English class one last time, our students joined the Real Life team in worship. Dillon had  a great perspective on the whole experience which I will type on his behalf: for one thing the real life team invited us into their worship which was something they really did not have to do. And we were already so thankful that they had invited…

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