The Georges in Peru
MRI results
We got the results of Amy's MRI today, which unfortunately were what we expected: Her tumor is growing and pushing against the center of her brain, causing her headaches and loss of coordination. I sent some of the images to her neurosurgeon in Nebraska and we'll wait to see if he…
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Earthquake!
As a Nebraskan, any time I feel the earth shake, I call it an earthquake. Since they happen so frequently in Arequipa, the locals scoff at calling a shaking sensation an 'earthquake' until it reaches 6 or 7 on the Richter Scale. "That's just a 'tremor'," they'll correct. So far we…
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Alejandro is an 83-y/o amputee that we have been helping for several years. We bring him food weekly and dump the buckets that he collects his waste into. He lives in a cinderblock room about 10 x 20 feet with no running water, but a cookstove and one light bulb hanging from a cord in…
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Home Sweet Home!
We are pretty swamped repairing our house, buying food, filling out paperwork, etc., but I thought I'd write a quick note! We are back in our house in Arequipa. We were met at the airport by several friends and our pastor's family helped us unpack and drive me about to get our internet…
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We arrived back in Peru!
We just arrived in Lima! We are pretty tired, since we left Amy's sister's place in Oahu Tuesday night around 9:15 pm, but we are here. Amy's been doing much better. No headaches today at all. No seizures since the surgery! (that makes traveling a lot easier, worry-…
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Moving Day at Last!
Since we made the decision to move back to Peru two weeks ago, we have been busy boxing up things, changing addresses, getting vaccinations and medications, etc. This morning my sister Carolyn and her husband Neal came to our house with their stock trailer ("You know you're a Redneck when...…
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I have a friend here in Omaha who looks like me. So much so that both of our mothers have mistaken us for the other one! Jerry is a veterinarian. Of course, this can be embarrassing and awkward for friends of ours after an exchange like this: “Hey! How’d the surgery turn out?” “Great! She…
MoreVisit to the Neurologist
Yesterday, Amy had a visit with her neurologist. You're probably asking, "Why are there so many doctors? How many more do you have to see?" Well, this is the last one. His job is to manage Amy's seizures, which thankfully, she hasn't had any more of since the surgery. We…
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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.