From the Highest of Hights to the Depths of the Sea

A few weeks ago, we left Cusco and set off on our intrepid adventure to see more of Peru!

All started with Arequipa (another large city in Peru).

Arequipa is very Western. It has malls and cinemas etc. It was nice to spend some days here, as it allowed us to indulge in some things that we missed from the UK.

From here we went to the beach. We left the mountains behind and exchanged them for sea and sand…even though the foothills of the Andes led right up to the coast line! Unfortunatly, I didn´t get to surf :(.

Mollendo Beach

Then, we visited Colca Canyon. On the way, we got our first experience of snow in Peru as we travelled through the mountains.

Colca Canyon itself was quite spectacular and we caught climpeses of the gliding Condors!

    

Colca Canyon

After this, we moved onto Lake Titicaca. Literally, onto it.

We got a boat to the floating Uros Islands, made entirely out of reeds from the lake, houses and all! From the Uros Islands, we travelled to Amanatani Island. Here we spent the night with a local family, and they took us out for a night of traditonal dancing, dressed in the traditional get -up.

The four of us in out traditonal gear

Lake Titicaca

An Uros Boat

Now we´re back, I feel a lot more refreshed and ready for the holiday club!

Talking of the holiday club, it´s now in it´s 2nd week!

Every day the children´s group has grown in number and the young people have started to bring their friends. God has done some amazing things and answered our prayers in incredible ways! We´re so gratefull for what´s He´s done and for the prayers said on our behalf!

Lastly, I´d like to ask you to prayer for us some more.

Recently, we´ve realised how much the devil is trying to disrupt what God is doing here, by interfering with the lives of the missionaries…inculding us.

However, we get strength from the fact that noe of God´s plans can be thwarted (Job 42:2)!

So please remember us in your prayers, thanking God for His might and asking Him to help us power through whatever satan throws at us, in His strength!