The Georges in Peru
Moving, Weddings and More
We have been living in a rental house in Arequipa, Peru for the past 11 years. Now that the kids are in the US for college and careers, we plan on moving to a coastal town 3 hours away to do church-planting ministry.We are partnering with a local Baptist church in Arequipa that is providing the…
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21 kilometers
Today is election day. Yesterday, the streets were packed with panicked shoppers buying up all the rice, eggs and sugar in the city in preparation for possible rioting after the results come out (we hope they may have over-reacted). People are fiercely divided about having Fujimori’s (a former…
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Keep your Safety Glasses on!
No, not for COVID! Keep you safety glasses on if you are using a grinder or other tools that might send particles flying towards your eyes!Stan, a fellow missionary, was using a grinder and removed his glasses when he stopped to talk to someone. When he went back to work, he forgot to…
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A little bit of normal
I haven't posted much lately because we've been paralized a bit by the pandemic and the third wave of new cases that popped up after Christmas. But today, Arequipa's 7-day average for new COVID cases dropped below the 300 new-cases-per-day line, which is the criterion we've been waiting for…
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“If the fire is hot enough, anything will burn.”
No, that isn't some theological quote! That is a quote from a marathoner, who bragged he could eat anything he wanted because he ran so much it would keep any atherosclerotic lesions from building up on his coronaries. It always seemed a bit misguided, since Jim Fixx, a runner credited…
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First Return to Clinic
Yesterday was our first day of seeing patients at the Dorcas Project since the government-mandated shut down last March! We saw about 15 mothers and their babies. The majority still come in having been told that their babies have hip dysplasia, something that normally has an incidence…
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The Dress Still Fits!
It has been an exciting week. Yesterday, we talked to a Baptist pastor who is enthusiastic about the possibility of sending a competent young couple out from his congregation to pastor a new church with us along the coast. Today, a dear sister in Christ, who is knowledgeable about the…
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Thankful our SUV waited until now to break down
Yesterday, on our way to our team Christmas party our Nissan Patrol started overheating. I noticed a small leak last week and already had an appointment for today to get it repaired. I pulled over to take a look and found the small leak had turned into a big leak and the radiator was…
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Back in Peru!
We made it! We are back in Arequipa, quarantining again, until December 12th. Things were looking a bit uncertain the day before our flight because we hadn't gotten our COVID test results back yet. Peru requires that those entering the country get a COVID test done within 3 days…
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Can you Bring me a St. Bernard?
courtesy wikipediaWhenever we go back to Peru we get requests to bring things. We've been asked to bring computers, guitars, iPhones, projectors, candy, books, wetsuits, communion platters, Buzz Lightyear and many other things. If we have space we try to help out. But usually, 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.
Where are we?:
Working on Church Planting with SIM in Latin America, South America, Amazonas, PeruMonthly archive
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