The Georges in Peru
Four-legged Turkey
Yesterday, we invited our missionary team to our home for Thanksgiving Dinner. It was our first time as a couple to host a big dinner and our marriage survived. It must have looked tenuous for a moment as one missionary even asked us how we dealt with conflict as she watched us work…
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Architect for building
This summer, Medical Ministries International of Peru bought a property to build a clinic for their physical therapy, optical and dental ministries. I sit on their board of directors. Before we can build the clinic, we need to design one that will have room for everything we desire and…
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Women's Retreat
Many of you have been praying for the women's retreat that Mary Beth organized and directed yesterday and the day before. She chose the date because it is a holiday and several women assured her that it wouldn't hurt the turn out. But a few days before the event, the woman in charge of…
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Chess club at church
Last Saturday, we started a chess club at our church. I had some nice flyers printed up that we handed out at the nearby high school that invited the kids to come. The time was listed as between 3 and 4 pm. Only three youth came during the advertised hour, but another five came…
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Spartan Obstacle Course Clinic
In the past, I've wanted to enter an obstacle course race, but there has never been one that fit my schedule. Since they are growing in popularity in Peru I might get my chance, but for now I'll just have medical campaigns. Today we had a medical campaign in a poor part of Arequipa.…
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I now know whom not to vote for!
On Tuesdays, I have a bible study downtown, so I drive our truck about a mile to the bus stop and take the bus to my bible study. When I returned I looked in my rear-view mirror to see that someone had stuck election paraphernalia for the mayoral elections on October 7th on the back window!…
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Tonight, during church, the pastor had just started his sermon when we heard a loud, incessant banging against a steel door. I looked backward half expecting to see that someone had somehow locked himself in the bathroom. Nope. Was someone banging on the church door? Nope.…
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30 pray-ers in less than 24 hours!
Last night, Mary Beth asked if people would be willing to commit to pray for 30 different women who are invited to attend the women's retreat that Mary Beth is directing at the end of October. In less than 24 hours, 30 people emailed us agreeing to do so. Most wrote that they felt it…
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If you can't stand the Heat, get out of the Kitchen
In Peru, most people with gas stoves buy propane in small tanks that they connect to them. One has to buy a full tank every so often (every 3 weeks, since we bake a lot) necessitating unhooking the old tank and connecting the new. When I've mentioned to people that most homes in the USA…
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Where are we supposed to swim to?
For the first time in my recent memory I shut off my phone without being on a plane. You might protest, "Wait! You just went on your honeymoon. You're telling me that you left your phone on then?" Actually, yes, since the kids were being tour guides around Peru for 18…
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About Us
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.
What are we doing?
The Georges are church planting in Punta de Bombón, a town about about 6000 people on the coast of Peru.