Improvements at Arevelo church

A team from Penn. is here now making us a new parking space in front of the Arevelo church where we attend as a family. They are mainly university students, here for two weeks. Rebekah went with me one day to help out, digging up sand and rock.
The clinic has two new interns here now, Daniel Johnston from Jackson, MS and Lydia Rice from Tupelo, MS. They are a big help and are working hard with us in the Wichanzao clinic. Here are some photos.

Fundraiser for Rocio Milagritos

 

Today the family of Milagritos had a "pollada" or grilled chicken sale. For 6 soles you buy your ticket, and they deliver your food for you, a portion of chicken, some potatoes, and beets with lettuce. They sold 200 tickets!
Pictured are Milagritos her sister, and our nurse Cinthia. Keep praying for her as she battles cancer.
And remember to give to our clinic patient fund!

Medical campaings!

 
It's been a busy past few weeks, with a lot going on down here,
Teams coming and going, and much fun visiting with them and ministering the
gospel at the same time. This photo was of a medical campaign in Cajamarca,
I was translating for Dr. Glover, and this nice couple came in, she was
shoeless and only had the use of one eye, and he was doing poorly himself, but they
were nice, and so grateful for the care they received..
Our friends from Kosciusko came and worked, and just yesterday the folks from TPC in
Tuscaloosa left after a week of medical work here in Trujillo, so today I can relax
some and prepare for all the follow up and catch up at the clinic...

Jacob is 12

 
 
Last Friday was Jacob's birthday, and on Saturday we took he and his friends to play paintball,
then came back to our house for pizza, cake and some gifts. And we added to our family a week earlier
by acquiring a kitten, mainly in hopes that one day he can deal with our rat family that lives in our sewage drains, and occasionaly enters our house to munch on our sofa. Jacob named him Levi, in honor of the Levis t shirt Caleb was wearing that day.
Switching subjects, Rocio Milagritos, the girl with cancer, has started her chemo and the oncologist gave her a fairly good prognosis. She has ovarian germ cell cancer, and has just finished her first cycle of treatment.

more shots

 
 
 
Us with Jack Vasquez, our friend and guide, in the treehouse, and later at a waterfall..

Moyobamba

 
Susan and I took a little holiday last week, visiting some friends in Moyobamba. Here we are enjoying our jungle river tour breakfast of eggs and patacones, (fried bananas), before canoeing up the river to check out the wildlife.
Also here is Alida, mother of Lenin and Ludvig, two brothers very much involved with the mission. We saw waterfalls, hot springs, cold springs, a lots of green, a drastic change from Trujillo. Thanks to Agnes and Kelly for keeping the kids.

happy b'day Lulu!

 
Last Sunday, while at the Bakers for team lunch, we celebrated
Lauren's 4th birthday...she is doing well,
surrounded by her friends