Fischers in Peru
Church Anniversary in Cauca
I know we're in for a good weekend of travelling when René or Roberto mention a place that can't be found on the map. So it was with Cauca last weekend (27-29 September, 2024). The church there was having its anniversary, and believers from as far away as the Colca Canyon (…
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Supporting the churches of Lojen and Salinas Moche
Up near the shores of Laguna Salinas is a tiny village called Lojen. The IEP (Iglesia Evangelica Peruana) church there isn't really established, and Roberto (Arequipa IEP presbytery elder) was itching to visit the small fellowship with their new building (less than a year old, and…
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Visit to Matazo
The weekend of 23-24 August saw myself and René travel roughly north-east out of Arequipa for about 6 hours. This got us about halfway between Arequipa and Lake Titicaca, to the village of Matazo.Below: The main street of Matazo, with locals hanging around the general store.…
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Workshop in Tarucani
The ETE ('Educación Teológica por Extensión') program has gotten off to a bit of a different start this year. The usual progam organisers/ leaders, Roberto and René, are out of travelling action. Roberto is slowly recovering from an operation he had a couple of months ago. I…
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The gentle subject of huaycos...
If you do a lot of travelling in el campo ('the countryside') here in Peru, you really should be doing it in a 4WD.Above: The mighty Hilux in the Paracas desert, on our way back from the Feb. 2023 SIM 'Spiritual Life Conference' in Lima.Now we Australians are fairly familiar with 4-wheel driving;…
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Workshop in Paquenta
Hot on the heels of the last ETE (Educación Teológica por Extensión) workshop in Chivay, the weekend of 13-15 October saw us in the village of Paquenta. Where is this? Well... it's out the back of Cota Cota, which is out the back of Tisco, which is out the back of Chivay, which is…
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ETE trip to Chivay, Tisco, & Cota Cota
Now that the winter chill is retreating, trips out in the sierra are possible once again. Not even the ETE (Educación Teológica por Extensión) diehards Roberto and René want to do trips during the winter, and the students are certainly happy to stay closer to home. The streams freeze…
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Ten Days in the Cotahuasi Canyon
Many of us will have heard of the Colca Canyon, with its condor viewing experience that draws tourists from all over the world (well, that's assuming you don't have a pandemic happening, or nationwide rioting for that matter). But to the north there is another canyon -- much deeper, wider,…
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Visits to Cota Cota & Pachachaca
We're now into winter here (southern hemisphere), and therefore the coldest months of the year are just ahead of us. The ETE (Educación Teológica por Extensión) directors, René and Roberto, aren't total gluttons for punishment, so the previous two weekends (26-28 May to Cota Cota, and 2-4…
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Day trip to Laguna Salinas
After getting through a rotten bout of gastro (probably 'norovirus', if you're keen you can look it up), we'd had to cancel a trip to Puno, which was a bit of a let-down. So yesterday we thought we'd take a trip up to Laguna Salinas, about 2.5 hours' drive from home on the other side of the…
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Mike and Kerry, along with their daughter Megan, are Australians serving with SIM in the southern Andes of Peru. Their goal is to help provide training and mentoring for church leaders in rural areas.
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