Peru Christmas Part 1: The Measure of Beauty

All this week, we are sharing reflections & pictures from the team that just returned from Lima, Peru.  Their journey was part of an effort our community made to share gifts & hope with a community we’ve worked closely with for seven years.  After raising nearly $7000 between our group and others @ WBCC, we were able to buy Christmas gifts for kids in Lima, Pachacutec, and Iquitos.  We also bought two brand new moto-taxis as sources of income and employment for the church and those they reach-out to.  Finally, we completed funding several smaller infrastructure projects that weren’t yet finished at El Shaddai.

THE MEASURE OF BEAUTY                                Cassie Nason

A dozen smiling Peruvian faces greeted us in the airport terminal in Lima…at 1 a.m.   I was the only member of our group who had not been to Peru before, and therefore hadn’t experienced the midnight greeting from Pastor Elsa and her varied crew of neighborhood kids and family.  It was also these smiling faces that were my last memory of Lima after our three-day whirlwind tour.   And I think there is only one word for these people I met there.   Beautiful.

Before I was able to absorb the beauty of the people I met in Peru, it’s important to relay to you my first impressions.  First of all,

Pachacutec y Peru Update!

Our Work in Pachacutec This Summer

We just received some video from our brothers and sisters in Peru.  It looks like they recently dedicated the church in Pachacutec that we helped complete this summer.  It’s clear from these videos that Elsa shouldn’t be a cinematographer, but for those of you who know what was there before, you’ll be amazed at the (almost) finished product!  The best angle may be seen in the last minute or so of video one, where Elsa steps outside.  Remember, our Christmas in Peru fundraiser starts this week….  More details to come if you weren’t there last Thursday.  For now, thank God for His work in Lima!

for the widows in paradise

for our 2nd feature in the new Seasonal theme, “He Came For This”, we bring you this years brand-new Lima video, edited by Mike Simon.  It’s a sweet look at our time in Peru last summer, and the kids who keep us coming back…  It’s also a beautiful visual of why jesus came.  Enjoy:

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