I can tell that olympic fever has struck here in Arequipa: It's amazing how many more people I see out running when I go for my morning runs! I rarely see any other runners, but one morning this week I saw 5 or 6! We've enjoyed watching the olympics, but it's frustrating when you hear about an amazing event and when you click on the link you get this:
The life of a suffering missionary. I used to be we couldn't watch the olympics at all so I won't complain!
We are Allen and Mary Beth George from Nebraska and Manitoba respectively. Allen has been serving in Peru with SIM since 2000 when he arrived with his late wife, Amy. Mary Beth has been serving in Peru since 2005. Sarah & Zach are both in their medical residencies in Chicago (Sarah in emergency medicine and Zach in family medicine). Ben is working for Ahlstrom-Munksjö in Taylorville, Illinois. Mia is in her 2nd year studying physical therapy at Loma Linda U. in California. Paul works as a programmer at Epic in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Georges are church planting in Punta de Bombón, a town about about 6000 people on the coast of Peru.