Conima Here we come!

Smile it has been a little while since the last post, our church, FBC Willow Park, has voted and decided to take on the Conima partnership :) This blog however will not continue as we are no longer just a Vision Team. I will update one more time and let y'all know what the new Blog will be for all future teams. I will also see if I can migrate all of these posts over to the new blog. Thank you all again for all of your prayers and support!

-Justin Lee
Peru TEAM member :)

Ummm

It seems that alot of my text didn't make it with the pictures when I uploaded posts to the BlogSpot Server... I have gone back and added the text in, please re read all of these.

See y'all tomorrow at the Missions Banquet!

We are home! Well close enough... At DFW!!!

We are home! Looking forward to seeing everyone this Wednesday at the Missions Banquet we will be ready with a full report of the trip. Please bring questions!

Desayuno en Miami

After our long flight from Lima, we arrived in Miami around 5:40 am. There we went through immigration and through Customs mostly without any hitches...

Then we walked a long way towards our gate for our flight to DFW, then realized that our stomachs were rumbling so we headed to Versailles for breakfast... not realizing that we were not yet done using spanish to communicate... haha

¡Ya hemos llegada por Los Estados Unidos!

Landed in Miami!!

At Lima waiting for our flight to Miami

In Lima for a short 6 hour layover :)

We met one of Jon's friends from Morocco there and had some more autentico peruvian food, Pizza and wings for Jon and I and a Pork/chicken sandwhich for Abuelito Miles, haha so maybe we were done with Peruvian food... then we chatted with Jeremy, Jon's friend, and got some last minute things in the airport like coffee and Starbucks.

Saludos de Peru

Today was especially special. We went to 2 different community church
services. The first was in a small community por el otro lado del
montaña. This service was all in Aymara with the exception of a few
songs in Spanish. We got to share a couple songs (thanks for the
impromtou song translating abuelito) it was a blessing. After the
service was over we had 'Dinner on the Ground' (see above photo). We
had all kinds of things to eat: foot stomp potatoes, freeze dried
potatoes, and many more interesting things... See above and below
pictures.

After the Aymaran service we headed back to Huancané for a short nap then dinner with the Gradys. After dinner we went to another indigenous church service led by Hermano Reuben, this one was all in Spanish John Grady and I tagged teamed interpreting this service. We also got to share a couple songs here in this service as well. Some more things happened but we will share them with y'all at the Missions Banquet ;)

Greetings from Moho, Conima, Huancané!

¡Saludos de su Vision Team!

It has been a few days since I was last able to post, so I am going to catch you up on what has been going on down here in Peru.

As you know from our schedule we left Huancané on Wednesday, arrived in Moho then checked in at our 'hotel'. I say 'hotel' because it wasn't like any hotel that I have ever stayed in. I will explain to you more about that later. We then ate lunch(sopa de minestrone, chicarrones de trucha, y papas fritas) then headed out to Conima. There we headed up to the Mirador and prayed over the city.

Despues de esto, we head down to the square and met a local teacher and talked with him a bit. Then headed back to Moho. There we ate la cena de rotisserie chicken and more papas fritas. After we ate our food we headed back to the hotel and had a pow wow, with coffee, hot chocolate, and tea.

Thursday we woke early, the sun rises at 430am here, and headed back out to Conima with glasses, gloves, an kid packs in tow. We went into a store and spoke with the shop keeper, definately a person of peace, we gave them glasses and then asked them about the schools. The shop keeper's eyes lit up and ran to a school where her husband works. We ran after her and got to the school. At the school we spoke with the headmaster and we were able to hand out reading glasses to the professors and regalitas to the children. Then Jon, Miles, and myself went out to play with the children while John shared the gospel with the teachers. Jon and I played futból with the kids, alot harder than you might think 13,000 feet above sea level haha. We were invited to stay for lunch, arroz con hava, during lunch John continued his discussion with the headmaster and another school employee shared the gospel with them. We now have a great place of contact with that school. Despues de esto, we headed out into the street and compartir mas of the regalas to people in the street. Headed back to Moho, climbed a mountain, and ate some KFC... well no it was more indigenous flavor but had fried chicken as a segundo al sopa de patas pollos. Then headed back to hotel for another pow wow and devotional time.

Friday we woke up and then walked around Moho for a while.

After this we went out for a little side trip and ate some chicken, beef, sausage, trout, and alpaca... Yes alpaca. It was actually very tasty!

We arrived back in Huancané this afternoon. Tomorrow we are going to 2 church services. Will update with pictures tomorrow.

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Lake Titicaca! Beautiful!

Desayuno con Los Gradys

Early morning... The sun rises at 430 am and goes down at 5pm.

We are getting ready to head to Moho and Conima.

Llegada en Huancané

We are here!! Sitting down to have lunch with the Grady's. Mmm

Hemos llegada en Lima, Peru

Made it to Lima! We had some Peruvian pizza and coffee from Papa Johns
and Starbucks. Haha. Our next flight leaves at 5:55am (that's 4:55
your time) then a day of settling and rest. We have decided to keep a
close eye on Abuelito Miles as he seems to get lost easily... Smile...
Just Kidding.

Hslwhfmeuedvx dncbxiwiee x zm.
Xjfrkxk. HHS x
Dk (that is jon's inspired musing at 3:22 am)

Abuelito Miles asks for prayer as he works with the two "youngin's"
haha.

Lol

Please continue to pray for us as we continue our 24 hours of
traveling. Almost there!

¡Hasta el tiempo proximo!
¡Dios bendigate!

Waiting...

Miami

¡Ya llegada por Miami! Ahora esperamos a salir al Lima.

Arrived in Miami. Now awaiting departure to Lima.

At DFW waiting for flight

All checked in and ready to board to Miami. Having some in depth
discussions in the airport.

Prayer Meeting

Our prayer team met this morning praying over our trip.

Pray along with us:

-That the Aymara people will come to Christand churches will be
started in each village.
-Safety for us as we travel
-Safety for our families while we are gone.
-Blessings for the Gradys as they host and prepare for our visit
-Wisdom for the church whether we should commit to this ministry
-Wisdom and discernment for the team members as we seek God's will and
direction.

Soon to Leave!

Alright we are now down to counting on less than one hand! T-Minus 4 days until we leave! So excited as I am sure that you guys are looking forward to hearing how the trip went. My suggestion is to go ahead and get your passport ready to go, before you hear about the trip! :)

Just as a reminder we will be posting as much as possible, meaning anytime that I have access to internet via WIFI or other means :)

Please feel free to comment and leave any questions that you might have. We will try to answer them either via the blog or the Missions Banquet on November 11.


Here is a copy of our schedule:
(I added some pronunciation guides for those Gringos that are reading this... smile)
Monday : Leave DFW Airport 11:25am
Tuesday : Arrive in Juliaca(hoo lee ah cah), Peru at 8:40 am; travel to Huancane(ooh ahn cahn eh), Peru stay for the night
Wednesday: Travel to Moho, Head to Conima
Thursday: Spend day in Conima, Sleep in Moho
Friday: Spend day in Conima, return to Huancane for the night
Saturday: Visit Community Church in morning, visit Huancane Church in the evening
Sunday: Explore Huancane Market, Travel to Juliaca for lunch; Fly out @ 3:25pm
Monday: Arrive DFW @ 11:05am

The trip is less than 5 days away and the Peru Vision Team, pictured to the right, are working on the final preparations for the trip. We will be flying out of DFW airport at 11:25am on the 2nd day of November 2009.

Tenemos menos de 5 días hasta saliéremos al Perú y el Peru Vision Team, al derecho, están haciendo los preparaciones finales para el viaje. Embarcamos el aeroplano hasta 11:25 por la mañana en lunes el 2 de Noviembre 2009.

Gracias para tus oraciones. Voy a publicar mas informacion muy tan pronto. Una cosa que publicaré es la agenda del viaje... Sin embargo, nosotros nos gustan tus oraciones.

Thank you for your prayers. I will be posting more information very soon. One thing that is to come is our itinerary. Without any doubt we truly appreciate your prayers!

Getting Ready to Leave

In less than two weeks, 02 November 2009, 11:25 am, Mile Philips, Jon Ratzlaff, and Justin Lee will be leaving, on a jet plane... (any songs pop into mind?), heading towards Conima, Peru. We will update this blog as much as possible and keep everyone informed as to what our progress is and also with what is going on.

Please pray for us as we prepare mentally, physically, gastronomically(guinea pig anyone?), and spiritually for what we will encounter while on our trek towards the highest navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca. The purpose of this journey is to observe and experience first hand the culture and lifestyle of the Aymara people and report back to the church.

¡Muchas gracias para tus oraciones y peticiones! We appreciate your prayers and your support!

¡Que te vaya bien!

Check back here frequently for updates from the FBC Willow Park: Peru Vision Team.