The Georges in Peru

No gas!

Currently, Peru is in the throes of a transportation strike. Truck drivers and others who buy lots of fuel are protesting against the high price of petroleum products by blocking the roads. I'll leave it up to you to explain how this is going to cause the price of a barrel of oil to go…

Blessed Beyond Reason

Blessings pour like refreshing rain from heaven. As we think back on our home assignment and our arrival here, we are so thankful. We are thankful to the many people who hosted us for the night and took us out for meals. We are thankful for my parents who gave us their ‘Country…

Home Assignment Highlights

Adults visited over a meal - 223Presentations- 14Sermons- 3Miles On the road 19,621 NEW YORK- We bought a car and travelled… NEW JERSEY-We enjoyed seeing Mary Beth’s brother get happily married- We enjoyed a personal concert from a professional Oboist VIRIGINIA- We made Tie-Dye…

Heartfelt...

For the last 2 ½ years, Allen has been experiencing some heart-rate irregularities (Atrial Fibrillation) when running or swimming hard, which he has been trying to get to the bottom of with different tests. Some who have read our blog for awhile may remember Allen thinking it might be his…

Encouraging words

Last week, Mary Beth and I spoke at her old high school chapel service. We told the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 and how a boy gave up his lunch to help feed the multitude. Andrew, one of Jesus' disciples, asked the obvious question, "How far will this go among so many"? …

Papsi and Ravels

Yesterday we went to the Mennonite Heritage Villiage Museum in Steinbach where we learned about Mennonite persecutions and migrations and saw how the pioneers had lived when they first moved to Canada. There's a wind-mill on the property that grinds freshly harvested grain into flour (That…

Back in the USA

“My dad’s name is Jim Penner”, I told my fellow travellers on the 11-seater prop plane while flying to the US this week. “Oh!”, said the lady in front of me. “I grew up on the farm next door, and spent many wonderful hours with your aunts playing in your house!” That was a fun connection! Allen…

Opening the Red Sea again

Two weeks ago, we weren't sure we would be able to get into Canada. Now we aren't sure we can get back into the US! Saturday, the US extended the ban on Canadians entering by land until September 21st. Of course, they can still enter the country by air, through an expensive, time-consuming and…

Canada let us in!

Monday marked the first day in over a year that US citizens could cross the Washington-British Columbia border for non-essential-worker reasons. We had a 90-minute wait at the border crossing where they asked us several questions: "Where do you live?" "Peru." "Whose car is this?" "Mine…

Unsigned Title

We bought a new (to us) car! Actually, we've had it for a while. We bought it the day after Mary Beth's brother's wedding (married June 18th). Yesterday, we finally arrived at my sister's house near Crete, NE, which will be our US address during our time in the States.…

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Allen & Mary Beth George

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.

Where are we?:

Working on Church Planting with SIM in Latin America, South America, Amazonas, Peru

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