Bushmead Team Week 1 Part 1

Well we had 3 amazing weeks with the 5 young guys from Christchurch, Bushmead, Luton. Dale (the leader), Peck, Colin, Stuart and Vicky were all amazing, and have really left an impact here in Peru. In addition to this we had the incredible Dan and Jude who helped us so much and massively impacted our lives here in Peru.The team arrived on Friday 18^th June and left us on the 12^th July to go on holiday. Dan and Jude arrived the 11^th May and left us on the 9^th July. Please come back soon!!!Dan and Jude watching the England USA game

The team outside the Presidential Palace

The first day (Saturday) was a light day acclimatising and getting to know our neighbourhood and a brief talk on what we were doing, and what was expected of them. Sunday we introduced them to the Oikos Sunday service and also went for lunch at Pardo’s chicken, the most exclusive rotisserie chicken restaurant near us, which was a definite highlight to the junk food loving guys from Luton.

Jaime and Belen with the team, outside their shanty town house.

We finished the day by having a small service in the evening in English, after the team visiting Pacifico de Villa for the first time, and meeting the wonderful family of Belen and Jaime.

The kids lining up to sing to us in Ventanilla.

Monday was a hard day in Ventanilla where Alfredo asked us if we could move the sand that is falling down and damaging the border fence behind the school. We spent a good few hours doing this and must have moved over 30 tonnes according to Peck our resident builder.

The highlight of Tuesday must have been the visit to the chickens in the market (Peck having a strong adverse reaction to them, although he was fine with the pig’s head!) and our weekly mums and tots group, which was our last session before the retreat on the Saturday.Not quite KFC!

Bushmead Team Week 3

We will be updating stories on our time with the team very soon.Meanwhile please enjoy our week 3 video of the Bushmead team.





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What the Bushmead team have been up to...

The last couple of weeks have been very busy with a team of 5 young adults from Christchurch, Bushmead, Luton, staying with us, as well as Dan and Jude. Here are a couple of videos of what they have been up to...
WEEK 1:


WEEK 2:

Daniel sings in Shibipo

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We have just got back from the jungle. Will post some more photos in a bit, but here is a taster video from visiting one of the Shipibo communities on Wednesday. The children are singing 'Jesus loves each one of us' in their native Shipibo language. Daniel and Joel both loved playing with the children there.

WE LOVE YOU DADDY!

HAPPY FATHERS' DAY, DADDY!
WE LOVE YOU!
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US!

So much to say (do) so little time!

Life has been very busy but productive in the last month. Dan and Jude Greenfield arrived on the scene just over a month ago and they have been great at getting stuck in and helping out with the craziness that is our lives!! One of the main busy-nesses this month has been lots of building work going on, ready for a team from Luton who are arriving tonight. Mauro, GianCarlo and Walter have been working flat out over the last month to get a balcony and room built, which will be ready (although not quite completed!) for the team tonight. Today's jobs include putting in the electricity points and a door! Nothing like Peruvian timing!
The boys are doing really well, and still managing to get up to lots of mischief. Yesterday, whilst rescuing Joel from the painting going on upstairs, Daniel was inspired and took to painting the television screen with bright blue paint. Later Joel decided to toast plastic beads in our toaster. Another antic from Joel can be seen below!! Nursery time with Lili (above) and Elizabeth (below) and Daniel and Joel's friends, Illiary, Jessica, Jacob and Derek.
Joel found the sudocreme before we found him!

Mothering Sunday and Oikos

Life is great here in Chorrillos, Lima. We are really busy, as well as being really happy, at what is going on in our lives as a family and also our ministry. The family are healthy as well as the extended family. Anna commented to me that she has cooked for at least 10 people every day this week. Our church is called Oikos, which is a Greek word from the Bible which means family, house, household or extended family, and I suppose you could stretch this to meaning community as well. Our house certainly feels like community and extended family at the moment. It is a real blessing to be able to share life with so many people that pass through our house, are working with us, or just pop in to our house, whether it is for discipleship (formal or informal), or any other query, at any point of the day. We certainly seem to have a full table at lunch time most days. Good we bought a big table!

The photo frames the mums have made in the mums and tots group

As part of Oikos we have a small service on a Sunday, started on Easter Day. We are slowly growing, and on Mother's Day (Peruvian Mother's Day that is) we had 20 adults and more than 14 kids. (It is always harder to count how many kids there are due to them constantly moving about!).

Walter cooking the cake to celebrate Mother's Day

This was a really special day, as many of the mums had received little or nothing from their children, and it was great to able to encourage them, and we also have a few males starting to come along, as well as young adults, which is our current prayer. Everyone stayed for cake, the majority for lunch, and we finally had a 'quiet' house at 4.30pm!! We then went out as a family (Daddy, Mummy, adopted aunt Lili, and sons Daniel and Joel) to Larco Mar a place we sometimes go on special occasions and had a afternoon snack and juice.

Daniel however got a temperature, and wasn't very happy, hence the massive smile!
It was a great day, and has been a great month.
2010 is looking and feeling great.