The AmazinGRace for the Un-reached

Well in less than two weeks we will have close to 60 missionaries coming in to spend the summer all over southern Peru. So Claudia and I have been planning an Amazing Race type event. However, Mike came up with the name "The AmazinGRace for the un-reached." Basically we are splitting the missionaries into teams of three plus one translator. We are having them do all of these things all over Lima. The past two days we have been going through the race to get everything worked out. I think that the missionaries are going to have lots of fun doing some of this stuff.

One of the things they are going to do is go to the volunteer fire department and put on part of a fireman's suit and take a picture. Well after talking with someone there, he wanted to give us a tour. In one room there was a wall with a bunch of patches from fire stations all over the world. And look what I found...

Is this from our Forsyth county?? I thought it was pretty cool to see that in Lima.

I don't know how many of you have seen the show "The Amazing Race" but they sometimes have what is called a fast forward. This is some sort of task they can do that lets them fast forward to the end of the race. Well we found one of the nastiest things to do in Lima....

That's right, frog extract. This is supposed to be very healthy and beneficial for all sorts of things. What they do is they take a frog (a live frog) and wack it with a knife right in front of you.


Then they gut it and boil it in a pot with some quinua. Somehow the frog takes a long time to die and it still seems to be moving before he puts it in the pot.

While he is cooking they put some honey and other stuff in a blender. After a couple of minutes of boiling the frog they put it in a blender.

And then you drink it....

It wasn't too bad, except that we all knew we were drinking frog. And the last part of the cup was really gritty. But I definitely expected it to be worse.

So if the missionaries drink this they get to skip the next couple of tasks and go straight to the place where we are having our orientation. But that means they're going to miss the central market where they'll have to buy stuff like a chicken head or a cow brain.


It isn't too late for you all to come and be a part of this fun day! But if you guys could please be praying for all the missionaries coming as well as some that are still prayerfully considering coming. We could really use some more guys to complete our teams and we're all believing God that He will provide what is needed. So please pray with us!!