Planning

We are busy planning many exciting things for the next few weeks. The last week in March I will be traveling on a week long mission trip to Huaytará. This is in the south of Huancavelica. We will be based in Huaytará but will travel from there to smaller villages doing discipleship and evangelism. Some of the villages we will hike to because there is no other way to get there.

On April 5th we will begin our journey to Cusco. We will take a bus for something like 22 hours to get there. During this time though we will travel with three of the translators. I'm excited about getting to spend more time with them. Please pray for Noemi. This will be her first mission trip and her first time translating. We have been working with her and practicing translating. She is doing good but is very shy. She has become a very good friend of mine and I'm so excited about what God will do in and through her on this trip. Once we arrive in Cusco, the translators will meet up with their group from the States and head south.

The rest of us will remain in Cusco. Cusco is located at about 11,500 feet. From here we will travel to Machu Picchu by train. Holy Week is a huge deal in Cusco and so this should be a great experience. Then, after going to Machu Picchu we will take a train from Cusco to Puno and Lake Titicaca. Puno is about 12,600 feet above sea level and Lake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake. From here we will travel into Bolivia. At this point, my visa will be running out and I'll need to get my passport restamped. Then we'll hop back on a bus and go down to Arequipa before heading back to Lima. The new missionary, Haley, will arrive in Peru on the 2nd of April, just in time to travel with us. Right after we get back from our trip we will have our first team retreat, complete with everyone, because Mike and Kathy will be back in Peru!