Happy Father's Day! and trip to San Ricardo

Happy Father’s Day from Peru!!! And special wishes to our dads—Curt Sr., Eric, John D., John B, Harry T., Curt Jr, and Bill Reigle.

What an awesome day! We started by worshiping with fellow Christians in a Spanish speaking church—and although we could understand little—we were blessed by smiles, hand shakes, beautiful music and prayer. It was a privilege to worship alongside our Peruvian brothers and sisters in Christ.

On the way to visit San Ricardo, we enjoyed a bountiful lunch buffet featuring a wide variety of local specialties—it was a treat, even though most of us passed on the dishes with fried chicken blood and beef intestines.

San Ricardo (from Rhonda’s rookie perspective) - there are no words to describe what I saw here today. The faces of these 100+ precious children lit up when our bus pulled in. They crowded around greeting us with smiles and hugs…many remembering some of the group from last year, calling out “Maggie, Maggie”…amazing. But we were told today that the Sunrise CRC team is the only group that spends a whole week with these kids during the year, and they look forward to our visit.

(From Kay)—I was totally humbled when the kids greeted me with hugs and kisses—just like we greet our families. The highlight for me today was when 13 year old Jose tried to teach me Spanish—he was my constant companion the rest of the afternoon. A perfect way to warm a grandma’s heart.

Ironically, we had a Chinese dinner tonight on the ocean front—delicious!!! We ended our second day with devotions, sharing, prayer (and lots of laughs).

We would appreciate your prayers for Francisco Javier—a two month old baby boy at Reina de la Paz who doesn’t appear to be thriving. He’s gained only a couple of pounds since birth and according to his mother he doesn’t take food well.

Thanks for your support and prayers. We are encouraged by all your posts on the blog. Keep in touch. Until tomorrow…….