I am thrilled to be able to share the news with you that we are headed back to Trujillo, Peru to visit many of the kids we worked with during our year-long stay! We will be going with a mission
team from our church, Windsor Road Christian Church for ten days at the end of June. Our team is planning to work at Hogar de
Esperanza (the orphanage where we lived and volunteered from 2011-2012) as well as Nuevos Pasos (an all-girls orphanage), Luz de Vida (a
youth transitional home and women’s ministry), and a ministry that works with people
living in Trujillo’s garbage dump.
We
first met people from Windsor Road while we were living at Hogar de
Esperanza—in fact, two families from Windsor Road adopted children from the
orphanage whom we had the opportunity to love during our time in Peru, and whom
we continue to have close relationships with here in Illinois! We weren’t able
to go on Windsor Road’s trips to Peru for the past two years primarily
due to the cost, but now, since we’re moving back to Michigan this summer, this
is our last chance to be part of the Windsor Road-Hogar de Esperanza
partnership. We also hope to lead short term mission trips in the
future, and this trip will allow us to learn more about what that involves.
So why am I telling you this? We need you to be a part of this trip! Whether you encourage us, pray for us, or support us financially, you are joining our team and helping to make this trip meaningful for the people we work with. Being at
the point of finishing graduate school means we cannot raise the entire $5,000 cost by
ourselves. We have found the plane tickets and will need to pay the bulk of this total within the next month or two. Once we arrive in Trujillo, our costs will be minimal. Many of the children whom we worked with between 2011 and 2012 are
still at Hogar de Esperanza, and, more than anything, we want them to know that
we have not forgotten them. Please consider financially supporting us to help
us remind them that they are loved and that we have not forgotten them.
If you’re willing to contribute—even
$25 makes a difference—there are a couple of options. You can mail us (at 206 W
Washington St Apt 10, Urbana, IL 61801) a check made out to Windsor Road
Christian Church, and we will later mail you a receipt for your tax-deductible
donation. If you’d rather donate online, we also have a widget in the top left corner of our blog which will allow you to donate
electronically, although those donations are not tax-deductible.
We’d love to share more! As we prepare to return to Peru, we will be resurrecting the blog to bring you updates and stories, but please feel free to reach out to us via Facebook, email, phone, or any other way you'd like if you want to hear more! Thank you in advance for your prayers and support!
