Mission – Ministry – Life
We are in Arequipa for language school, but part of learning a language is growing to understand the culture. So we have used our free time to do a bit of sightseeing around the city. Arequipa grew into a city soon after the Spanish invaded and is now Peru’s second city. It combines history, culture,... Continue Reading →
Last Sunday was census day in Peru. This involves everyone staying at home, broadly under curfew, until your house has been visited by the census collectors and your details taken. For us Brits it seems an odd way of doing it, an opinion shared by our Peruvian hosts in Arequipa, but everyone just seemed to... Continue Reading →
Hi! This is Lori writing – my first ever time writing a blog post. I’m sure it won’t be my last. In my couple of weeks here in Nauta I have discovered some things about myself that I hadn’t thought of as being problematic. I am really uncomfortable using matches. In the UK this isn’t... Continue Reading →
Experience doesn’t prepare you for the sensory assault that Nauta provides. The noise, heat, rain, sun and chaos of this bustling port on the banks of the soon to be Amazon river. We have been here many times before but somehow this time is different. Maybe it’s that we are not just here for two... Continue Reading →
So, after 11 years I’ve taken my final service as Senior Minister of PBC. It still feels a bit odd to say ‘I was the Senior Minister’ but we had a great send off last weekend. Leaving inevitably makes one nostalgic; and after more than a decade I ponder what impact I’ve had. I hope... Continue Reading →
“Are you excited to be going” is the question we’re asked most often. Four weeks today we will have arrived in Iquitos, to start the next chapter of our lives. Truth is we are excited, but it is well wrapped up in some other things. Packing. We are living in a world of mess, boxes... Continue Reading →
It’s now two months until I (Neil) stand down as Senior Minister of PBC and we start our work in Peru. Up to now that has seemed like a long way off, but it’s getting really close. For the last couple of months there have been things in church life that I’ve been handing over,... Continue Reading →
We've made a video to explain what we are going to be up to in Peru. I'm not sure we've mastered the slick editing yet, but it gives a reasonable idea of where we are going. Enjoy
We've written our first prayer letter. Well, it's not so much a prayer letter as a short explanation of what we are going to do in Peru and some of the practicalities we need to work through between now and then. Prayer letter April 2017 If you follow this blog you will get all the... Continue Reading →
I have been learning Spanish for a couple of years now. At first it was a side interest rather than necessity but here are 10 things which have helped. Duolingo This easy app was the first thing I used. It’s free and slowly builds vocabulary for a range of situations. Because you learn by trial... Continue Reading →
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