This morning I went for a run with Paul Turner, the Peru director for Latin Link. We run together every 4-6 weeks, usually a longer run. My foot has been hurting since the end of January, but finally seems to be healing up. I ran 3.5 km on Thursday and it felt good, so we ran 10 km today. We are both signed up for the Lima marathon on May 19th. Our runs are a great time of fellowship and a time to share ideas. This picture was taken after last year's marathon in Lima.
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.