The Georges in Peru
Horse Camp
Nehemiah, one of the counsellors (you can tell Mary Beth is writing this post as she uses the Canadian-preferred double 'l'!) at Equestrian Camp this year, regaled his campers with stories of how he had grown up without parents, started working at 6 years old and joined the gangs in Lima. He…
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We just came for a haircut and my kids vanished!
Today was the fourth day of our VBS. When it was done, I went to the doorway to hand out fliers inviting the parents to come tomorrow for the finale. A mom was waiting at the door wondering if her son was there and I had to coax her to go into the church and look. She found her…
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We asked people to pray for 40 kids to come to our church's VBS that started today. I had 10 in my class, Mariela had 12 in her class and Elizabeth had 13 in her class. That's 35. Julio announced in our meeting that there were 5 toddlers present too, to put us at 40, but I think…
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VBS starts tomorrow
Tomorrow, Vacation Bible School (VBS) begins at our little church. Our theme is 'Galactic Observers' and the church members have worked hard decorating the church for the event as you can see in the picture. I think everyone is pretty excited about the event and last night we had the…
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As long as I'm married by the end of the day, it was a successful wedding.
"You haven't written much in your blog lately!" Let's just say, "I've been busy." I won't bore you with details of the busy time leading up to the wedding, but instead tell you about the event.Friday morning the 29th, I woke up at 6 am for the big day. 'Woke up' isn't…
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I want to get baptized!
This weekend was the annual women's retreat out at camp. Mary Beth was the director of the event and she did a great job, especially with dealing with some changes because two helpers couldn't come at the last minute. 32 women came to the event along with seven women who helped lead the…
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A new record!
I marvel at pastors of megachurches that preach several times per day. Sometimes when I have to preach twice in one day during the second service I pause and wonder, 'Did I already say that, or did I only say that during the first service?' I'd definitely lose track if I had to preach 4…
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Alejandro
My 84-year-old friend, Alejandro, died Thursday. We met at church 7 years ago, but I still had the honor of leading him to Christ about 5 years ago when we were talking one day and he told me how scared he was of dying. He had been in the hospital on and off for the last 3 months with…
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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.