The Georges in Peru
Marie George 1930-2014
Photo from 2013 This morning Allen's Mom joined the great throng in heaven singing ,"Blessing and honor and glory and dominion to the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, …
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Visitors from Nebraska!
We love getting visitors, especially from Nebraska! This week, 12 Nebraskans came to Peru to help with a medical clinic. Most were optometrists, many of whom visited us in 2006 in Abancay. This time, we partnered with MMI (Medical Ministries International) and went to Puno to see…
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Really! These are happy kids!
Sarah thought that it would be a nice reward for her Sunday school class for learning their memory verses to go to the zoo! I thought eight would show up. Instead, we had 16 kids and 10 adults go with us to the zoo yesterday! They had a great time, though this picture might…
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Pray for the end of the Ebola Epidemic
SIM has dedicated next week (Sept 29-Oct 5) as a time to pray specifically for the end of the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa. Could you please pray at least one day for this next week? Pray for a new vaccine or that the virus would 'burn out'. Pray that the Gospel would advance in…
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A Church with a Floor
It has now been two weeks since we finished the floor of the church. It is wonderful! Some comments: "The church looks bigger now!" "I don't have to clean off my shoes after going to church!" "There aren't enough seats now. There are too many people." (Lame excuse by one man…
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Our Church is Afloorable
When we first started attending our church about 2 years ago, it didn't have steps to enter down into the property, you had to climb down a pile of rocks. Following the good marketing principle of 'don't make it hard for people to enter your establishment', one of the first things we did was…
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Eye clinic
From July 21st through August 1 we helped out with an eye campaign here in Arequipa. I triaged patients while Sarah, Mia and Paul translated for the volunteers from Canada and the USA and Amy fit people with new glasses. Sarah even got to spend time in the operating room with the…
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Trip to Argentina
Since after nearly 15 years of living in South America, we've never really left Peru, we decided we should take a family vacation before Sarah starts college next year. So we went to Argentina to the Iguazú Falls. Here is the requisite picture of the family in front of the falls: Here…
MoreWhat's in a Name?
I always make it a point to learn the names of people with whom I am in contact: Rosa, the milk lady. José, the watchman at the gate. David, the guy who charges me $1.25 to swim at the pool. I then try to use their name the next time I see them and I am almost invariably…
MoreAll's well that ends well
Well, it didn't go without complications, but I did get the bladders stones removed on Tuesday April 8th and am recovering well here in Lima. I'll go home to Arequipa tomorrow morning. Thanks for your prayers!
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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.