20

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 9 from Stacey Staudinger

A Fashion Show as a Model for the Church

I didn’t expect a fashion show would be part of our time in Peru, nor did I expect it would have so many lessons as I sat down alongside the runway. However, the example of a body of faith we have seen in Iglesia del Nazareno Negritos all week was put forward into a perfect illustration of what God designed the church to be.

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19

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 8 from Pastor Jason

I don't know where to begin. The people of Negritos are the most amazingly loving and welcoming people I have every known. Their community is simply beautiful. Over the last week I had the privilege of being with them for the third time. Each time I come back I fall a little more in love with them, their culture, and their town. It's the reason I keep going back and hope to in the future.

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18

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 7 from Amanda Staudinger

This was my second trip to Negritos Peru.  I was so thankful that I was able to attend and worship once again with the friends I had made previously, having come before I knew what to expect.  You will be hugged and kissed by every person you meet, you will see extreme poverty, but you will also see great joy in the people.

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17

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 6 from Mike Lewis

Tonight I was asked to do a “blog’ about today’s events. As I felt that this was the most exciting and eventful day of this whole trip, I was honored. My only question to pastor Jeremy was “what is a blog”? Since I have never done one before and I don’t do social media, he had to explain it to me. Now I know, so here goes:

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16

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 5 from Bob, Nate and Caitlyn Collins

It has been different this time traveling to Negritos.  Coming with Nate and Caitlyn has made me see things through a different lens than my first time.  It is a tremendous joy to be with them as they experience Negritos.  I am amazed by their great attitudes, proud of their willingness to jump all-in to any situation and deeply thankful to be with them on this journey.  I will forever remember this time with them.

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15

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 4 from Emma Lyon

Today I went to the house of Juliana and little Jeremy and painted it for them. I’ve painted on a canvas before. I imagined the house was a big canvas for me.

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13

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 3 from Elizabeth Bennett

Today we went to help the youth from the church to paint houses for some of the people in the community. 

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13

Jul

Peru 2016 Day 1 & 2 from Pastor Jeremy

Travel, travel, travel...These first two days have been such an amazing whirlwind! Monday started out for Emma and me at 5:30am, after a late night of packing and double checking our packing, so we could be at the airport to meet the rest of our team at 7:15am.

After a three hour flight to Atlanta, a couple hour lay-over, a six hour flight to Lima, immigration, customs, and a quick drive to our first hotel we got to bed after 19 hours of travel.

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