The Georges in Peru
About the same
Amy is doing about the same as yesterday. Still not eating, but getting a little fluid in via a sippy cup. My computer is slowly being restored. Everything seems to be recoverable, it's just a slow process to download it all. Thanks for all of your encouraging emails. …
MoreComputer Crash!
Today, I attempted to upgrade the operating system on my laptop and it crashed mid-upgrade and stopped functioning. I ended up having to erase the hard drive and reload everything from remote backup, which means it will be a few days before everything is restored.Amy is more alert today,…
MoreHelplessness
I've felt plenty of helplessness since November when Amy's MRI showed her brain tumor had returned. But my feelings of helplessness have gone up another notch in the last few days. Amy has gotten so weak that she can only speak in a slurred whisper, so we can't even understand what she…
MoreTachycardic and Calm
Amy didn't eat anything today. She drank about 700 ml of water (1 teaspoon at a time), but didn't have any urine output. Her heart keeps going at about 135-140 beats per minute, yet she is fairly calm as she lies in bed, which is amazing to me, since I have to run pretty hard to get my…
MoreNot eating or drinking
Today Amy didn't drink much and only ate two bites of food. She just couldn't seem to coax her throat to swallow today. At 9 pm tonight, she is breathing at 42 respirations per minute and her heart rate is about 130. She's agitated and not speaking, though she was jabbering a lot…
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Eating and Drinking
Today Amy ate a bit more today and drank nearly a liter of water and tea. She was a bit more understandable and lucid tonight, but then suddenly has become verbally unresponsive and is snoring comfortably in bed. She requested a lot of different foods today: grapes, potatoes, corn…
MoreDeuteronomy 4:9-10
Today, my devotional time was on Deuteronomy 4. (I'm going through Numbers and Deuteronomy right now) Verses 9 and 10 say, "Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach…
MoreDifficulty standing up
It is getting hard for Amy to stand at all, even for just a few seconds at a time, which is complicating taking care of her. You can imagine the difficulties that causes. She's not eating much and her lucid moments are pretty uncommon. Sarah came to the conclusion that she doesn't…
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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.