The Georges in Peru
Church Faena
Today our church had a faena. A faena is a work day and today the job was to carry a load of bricks from the street down into the church property where we are going to build a wall. Five tons of bricks left on the street. What if someone steals them? Wasn't a problem. …
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Will Operate for Food
One of the benefits of starting to see more patients again is my diminishing food bill. I don't charge my patients, but many bring food to show their gratitude. I've gotten chickens, guinea pigs, huge sacks of corn and potatoes and lots of fruit. Once a patient brought some…
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Mia's Foot
Sunday, Mia got injured while going down a zip line at the home of some other missionaries. Her pain made me think that she could have fractured her navicular bone in the foot, so yesterday we went and got an X-ray and sure enough, there is a little chip broken off of her navicular bone.…
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The Return of Gross Medical Pictures!! Hooray!!
When I took on the role of SIM Peru director in 2010 many lamented that the number of gross medical stories and pictures plummeted. I can't guarantee the same number or shock value of the photos, but you can expect to see more interesting stuff! We'll start with an easy one: Today…
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Can we meet twice a week?
I've written about Santiago before. We've been meeting for bible study for a couple of years now. We only met once this year before Amy started deteriorating, when we put our meetings on hold. I called him this morning to see when he'd like to meet. "Today! At 1 pm!"…
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Four Teenagers!!
As of today, I am the very proud father of four teenagers! Actually, we found the ages 11 and 12 much more difficult than the teen years, which have generally been a breeze. Happy Birthday, Paul!!
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Community Service Trip
Our kids attend a school that requires community service hours to graduate. No, it isn't an alternative school for those kicked out of regular schools! This last week, Ben and 50 other students took a 14-hour bus ride to Umachulco to work in a highland community. One of the first…
MoreI realize how Selfish I am
During Amy's memorial service in Omaha, her dear friend, Caroline, shared memories of Amy. She said that after Amy had been married a year, Caroline asked her what she had learned about herself and Amy said, "I realize how selfish I am." If you knew Amy well, you would not come up with…
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Take time to Grieve
I've been advised by senior missionaries to not get started with ministry too quickly, but to take time to grieve. This morning was a quick foray into ministry as we helped some other missionaries move and I saw patients at the La Merced church during their medical campaign. It was…
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Dad, I need laundry done now!
In our division of labors, Amy did the laundry 95% of the time. But last night Ben had to resort to me. At 6 pm he realized that he needed clothes for his week-long school trip to a remote Andean village to do a 'community service project'. Luckily, we live in a desert where it is…
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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.