February has been and gone.

Well after the flurry of posts about our team in January we have been some what absent on the blog front. So here is a quick update on February:
Daniel, Allison's boyfriend came to visit for a month in January and became her fiancé after a trek in the Colca Canyon. They are planning to get married at the beginning of September back in Oklahoma.
Sandra Medina came back from the UK and started to work with Lili in our in-house nursery school and joined our ministry team. It is great to have another person to help out with the discipleship. Here she is with Lili: We finally managed to buy a new (to us) car off some missionary friends, which was a relief to us to not have to travel around by public transport anymore with two little ones and Anna feeling sick due to another pregnancy. Yep, we are expecting another child in August this year! Belly already beginning to bulge.
Unfortunately, 5 days after receiving the car, before we managed to get the car fully insured, we were 'temporarily relieved' of our electrical parts, including the car computer and electric window panels whilst sitting about 20m away. I say temporarily as we got the chance to buy the parts back at a bill of US$2500. Rather frustrating as you can imagine and one of those things which we find difficult to get our heads around as non-Peruvians, used to a justice system that is more effective!
Andrew Peck, known to us as 'Peck' (or Pecky if Daniel's friend Jakob is around!) also arrived in February to stay for just under 6 months. He was a member of the team from Luton we had last July and has come to try out the missionary life for a bit longer. He is learning Spanish and getting involved with the young people in our local area. He is another fun addition to our household and changes his haircut every week!

Alpha started with some teenagers and adults (two separate groups) from our local community mid-February, with a good sized group attending each session. Here was the first week with the teenagers:
Daniel and Joel are both growing up and Joel is speaking more each day. They were both very excited by the ebay parcel from Grandma Jean containing various sets of pjamas amongst other clothing. Here is Buzz and 'Ice Age' strutting their stuff:
Chloe, Anna's sister, was also part of the full house in February, and celebrated the big 20 with us. We went for a buffet italian lunch, followed by a traditional Peruvian birthday party in the evening, which would not have been complete without the obligatory party games, including musical chairs! Who says party games are just for kids?!
We also managed a quick 3 day break to an all-inclusive resort in Lima with Chloe at the beginning of her stay. Here are some photos...





And finally, living so close the beach, we have managed a few trips to the sand. Particularly memorable was the day Mark decided he wanted to dig a hole big enough for him to stand up in. (Why not dig to Australia, I say.) He didn't get that far, but the boys certainly had fun. I'm not sure if Ronald enjoyed his trip as much...!