The Georges in Peru
Look! A Nebraska fan!
This morning I took Juan (not his real name), a brother from our church that had his left leg amputated three years ago, to the hospital to decide if we need to amputate his right leg for non-healing wounds due to his bad circulation. A friend's sister is in charge of the government-insured…
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Would you like me to clean your house for you?
I must admit that I don't keep the house as clean as it used to be while Amy was alive. Part of the reason is that it's just hard to get it all done sometimes. Another reason is that we had a woman come and clean twice a week before, but since I don't want to be alone in the house with…
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Olympic Fever
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…
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What'll that cost?
Life has settled down a bit, so I've been fixing and repairing things that have gone neglected (including my hair!). How much do you think these things cost a gringo (white foreigner) in Arequipa, Peru? Scroll down for answers! 1. Replacing a segment of tailpipe that…
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Eye Campaign
Most years in July, Medical Ministries International (MMI), an organization I partner with several times a year, has an eye campaign. Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and zillions of helpers come to Peru and we operate on cataracts, get people prescription and reading glasses and pull foreign…
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Smoke 'em out!
Last night at church, while the pastor was preaching, smoke started entering the sanctuary. One of the negatives about a church that still doesn't have 4 walls is that cold air (It's winter here. Okay. Cool air.) and smoke come right in. Several started breathing through…
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National Pastime
Happy Independence Day to my American compatriots! Today I experienced another first: Baseball in Peru! Scott Wade, a fellow missionary, is on a baseball team here and they had a game today. Actually, baseball is very uncommon here, and a lot of foreigners (USA, Colombia,…
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Memorial Plaque
Today I went back to the sign-maker for the nth time (did you know 'nth' is a Scrabble word without vowels?) and thrilled to find him in the shop working. Not only that, he said the plaque was finished! He crawled up a narrow ladder to the storage area upstairs and I could hear him…
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Did you hear the one about the cobbler...
They say humor doesn't translate well between cultures. When you consider the different environments that people live in it is understandable that people from different cultures find different things entertaining. There is an old joke about a man that took his shoes to the cobbler to be…
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Today one of the local pastors and his wife were patients. When they arrived, he asked, "How are your wife and kids?" I was a bit surprised that he hadn't heard and probably made him feel bad for asking by my surprised look and terse answer that Amy had died of cancer. But I went…
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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.