Peru Project

“Why do you want to go to Peru”, he asked.  “Selfishly, I want to go because I know that if I do , I will know my Jesus better…that He wil reveal more of Himself to me and I can not get enough of Him”, I answered.  He never fails.  What did I see in Peru?  I saw my Jesus.  I saw the majesty of my King on the beach each morning as the waves crashed along the shore.  I saw His love in the endless smiles and hugs from His children.  I saw His mercy as Peruvian women fed the hungry in the comedor.  I saw His humility in the heart of our leaders.  I felt His Spirit as the body of Christ from diferent parts of the world, who spoke different languages, came together to worship the Living God.  I saw His sacrifice as those who had given everything…gave more.  I felt His radiance in the warmth of His people.  I saw His provision in the progress at Hannah’s Hope and Home.  I saw His suffering in the eyes of the needy.  I saw my King in Peru and He is beautiful! ~Rebecca

There is so much I could  share.  Today was really amazing.  We  were in Manuel Scorca Park to do Vacation Bible school.  We were walking through the village and inviting kids to come and we rounded a corner and there was a dog on a very high roof top growling like I have never heard a dog growl.  It was as if it really wanted to jump down and chew us in half.  It is the only time  on  the trip I have been uncomfortable.  I kept  my head down and kept moving.

The kids are full of smiles, hugs and laughter.  I played red light, green light with a group of 7-8 kids.  At the  end they would all run into me and hug me.  We did it  over and over again.  It takes so little to bring them joy. The team did a great job with the story of creation and the kids listen with intent.  The fact that we have many teams coming into the area really allows us to make an impact eternally with the kids and families. 

We also served at a comodore.  It is a soup kitchen the government sponsors food for those that are in greatest need.  We delivered baby clothes to Nancy.  She is 8 months pregnant and has 3 other children.  When we gave her the clothes and prayed for her tears began to well up in her eyes as she thanked us.  It is very humbling but so good to be able to help someone in such despair.  Finally Joe Larson, Jeff Hart and I played what we called Peruvian X Box.  It is taking a small tire and rolling it along the  road.  The kids run with it and try and kick it or keep it going with their hands.  I can still see the smiles and have images burned  into my heart and mind that I will never forget.  The joy I have experienced here is impossible to put into words. 

Pray for the children of Peru.  Pray specifically for the children of Chilca Peru and for God’s continued blessing on Child Reach as they continue to be the hands and feet of Jesus in this region. 

Terry Hyer

This week has been an incredible experience already!  I have been blessed to experience my passion for children in a different way this week.  I have had many encounters with children that just want to wrap their arms around and share their beautiful smile.  The smiles of these kids bear so much encouragement.  Their desire and gratefulness for love from others is incredible!  I have enjoyed to see Jesus in the smiles of these kids.  Just a glimpse of the blessings from our God!

I have also learned that going on a mission project is not just about serving others, but also about the mission work God has done in the hearts of those that serve.  Thank you for your prayers!

At the Preschool!

-Savannah Hazelrigg

Seeking and finding the face of GOD can be and mean alot of things. For me its a great game of hide and seek with our maker. This trip has been such a refreshing expierience, something that god has done for me that is beyond the word of blessing. When you see god in the faces of our brothers, sisters and children here in Peru, and when you expierience the flowing rivers of peace and joy that bring such happiness to my soul I’m eternally thankful! All i can say is come, come see, come be, come expierience! Thank you CRM!!

Me speaking to the kids about Jesus at VBS.

today i saw the lord in a old mans eyes. We started the day off with worship on the beach across from our hostal. then we took off to hannahs home, when we arrived we started on our work on pablitos wall that he wanted us too demolish.(Pablito is hannahs home next door neighbor) as we were working on the wall and starting to tear it down i noticed something,nobody was complaining, in fact all of us were insisting on doing each others work. As we started finishing up on the wall we started digging a 3 ft deep hole and was about 11ft long and we took our break for lunch shortly after we started. Pablito was there watching us and as we started heading out we all wanted to pray over so I led the prayer over pablito and the most amzing thig happened after we closed our prayer pablito said thank you a kissed his hand and pointed it toward god. This was ther moment that i realized that im not here just for the beautiful children but to just assist everybody in this wonderful community and it almost broughts a tear out of my eye. This also made me realize that we need more volunteers in our communities and be less self-concided. As we finished up leveling out the dirt Pablito handed all of us a granada and told us to eat it and this was a very delicious fruit that we eaten. This was his gift to us for our hard work at his home.

I can see our lords love more than ever before.

Sterling Schneidewind