Time to Catch Up!

It's been awhile since I've posted anything and there is good reason for that. We finally found a place to live here in lima, and we've been getting settled in. Also a lot has been happening with the church in La Victoria, we've also found a school for Katy and Zechariah to attend.  We have also been exploring other neighborhoods and areas of the city as well.  Josh and I also were able to meet the US Ambassador at a town hall meeting in the US Embassy here in Peru. That was a fun experience.

We decided that for the family it would be best for us to live in a neighborhood called San Borja. There is plenty to do the neighborhood and the ones surrounding it and a lot of things are only a bus or taxi ride away. We can actually walk to a lot of things like the kids school, the park, starbucks, a mall with a huge arcade, etc. Josh can walk to the mission offices, and he can take a buss ride to the church in La Victoria.

Because we are living in another country our dollar can go a lot further. So we were able to find a nice apartment that has a roof top terrace, and a room for guests if anyone ever visits. Right now the area that we will use for guests though is home to a deaconess intern for a few more months.  The area is on the second floor of our apartment and it is sort of separate from the rest of the house. The kids each have there own rooms and they have a bathroom to share. My favorite part is a small but functioning kitchen and my huge red couch.

Our building we are the top left.

In Peru it is common for people to have someone to clean there house and often times that person lives in the house. We do have an area in the house that is reserved for a maid but we do not use it for this purpose.  I actually have a huge metal shelf in the shower in the servants bathroom to use as storage.  But we keep the bathroom open enough so guests can use it when we entertain on the terrace. The room that is meant for the maid to live in is really not that much bigger than a twin bed, we use it as a reading room. Over all we are blessed with and very grateful to have a wonderful place to live.

~~~La Victoria~~~

There have been several events that have happened in the church and school in La Victoria. We have had five services so far in the church and a few events for the school.

Church and School Sign.

Some of the students dancing a folk criollo dance. Click here to see them dance.

The Alter in the new church in La Victoria.

The Church right before our first service.

Job and his son Gabriel playing music at the lunch after our first service.

This is a recent school field trip. We went to a local fountain park for the kids to play in the water. Including 3 staff, the deaconess, and our family we had 79 people show up. What a turn out!!