It's all about the children.

Here we are the very last week at Ventanilla, the outreach I go to. The guy in the red shirt with the baby is Raul, the pastor of the church that is being planted in Ventanilla. This was the last week of over a year of work in Ventanilla.

Aqui estamos para la ultima semana en Ventanilla, el alcance a que voy normalmente. El con su polo rojo y el bebesito es Raul, el pastor de la iglesia que estamos estableciendo en Ventanilla. Esto era la ultima semana mia despues de mas de un ano en Ventanilla.

We are an intertangled web aren't we. My last night in Peru we danced the night away.

Somos una gente bien enredados no es cierto? Mi ultima noche en Peru bailabamos hasta la madrugada.

This little guy's name is Adrian. I wanted to show you a picture becuase this may be the toughest little kid you ever meet. He always hangs out with the bigger kids, he always gets hurt, and never cries, and he cut his gums (cause I banged his head against the cement accidently) and he never cried, drank some water, spit it out, and kept going.

Este chicito se llama Adrian. Quieria ensenarles su foto porque quizas esto es el nino mas fuerte y valiente que vas a ver en tu vida. Siempre para con los mas mayores, siempre se cae y nunca llora, y una semana se corto su boca (porque yo por accidente le chanke la cabaza contra el piso) y nunca lloro, bebio agua, lo escupio, y sigio.

This is us dancing to the DC Reto song "vida" a dance we'd spent many days (2 hours) preparing. Call if you want a show. We don't take credit cards, only cash and travelers checks.

Una foto de todos nosotros bailando a la cancion "vida" por DC Reto, un baile que pasomos muchos dias (2 horas) aprendiendo. Llamanos a 555-VIDA si quieres un showcito. No recibimos tarjetas, effectivo no mas.

The kids at the park play this game with me. It's really not a game, it's pretty much just destroy whoever they can time. So they try to take me and the other guys to the ground, and never (hardly ever) can.

Los ninos del parque simpre juegan este juego con nosotros. Realmente no es un juego, es "destruir a qualquier persona que podemos". Asi que tratan de tumbarnos al piso, y nunca (casi nunca) pueden.

As a last surprise for the girl, we did a special Italian dinner for them. The guy in the back with the bow tie, we ordered him for the occasion (John Gunderson). The girls were extremely blessed.

Como una ultima sorpresa para las chicas del Instito, preparamos una cena Itiliana especial para ellas. El que esta atras con su pajarita teniamos que ordenar para la ocasion (John Gunderson). Las chicas fueron muy bendecidas.

The last day of the other ministry I work at (Patchecutek), we had so many kids we could not fit them all. They all got a little check up from the doctor and got to hear a Christmas story, and each one got a gift. The Lord be praised that he blessed us with so many open doors on our outreaches.

El ultimo dia del otro ministerio a que trabajo (Pachecutec), tenemos tantos ninos que no podiamos meter a todos en el edificio. Todos recibieron una visita chicita con un doctor, escuchaban la historia de la navidad segun la biblia, y recibieron un regalo. Que Dios sea glorificado por habernos bendicido tanto con tantas puertas abiertas en nustros alcances.

Merry Christmas

Feliz Navidad

All the kids want to learn guitar. I'm just blessed that I'm now able to play the part of teacher, although I will always be a student first.

Todos quierian aprender la guitarra. Estoy bendicido de que ahora puedo llenar el papel de maestro, sin embargo siempre sere primeramente un estudiante de la guitarra.

Believe it or not, this picture is not edited. Starting from the right: Jingle Bell Jason, Crackin us up Candy, vibrantly vertical Vanessa, and Meticulously mismatched Mateo. Good friends, the kind who will be friends for the rest of my life. I've made a lot of those kind of friends in the last few years.

No hemos editado esta foto. Empazando a la deracha: Jingle Bell Jason, causando risas Candy, Vanessa Vertical, y Mateo que no se puede vestir bien. Buenos amigos son, el tipo que siempre seran mis amigos. He encontrado muchos amigos asi los ultimos 3 anos en Peru.