American's 12 - Peruvian's 15
Well... as I reflect on all the stories of Peru, I still get amazed but what God did there!
I was very impacted by the way that they live. Obviously the economy has a lot to do with the poverty, but I was greatly impacted by the way they live. It is very common to see 2 or 3 generations of a family living in the same small house. Grandma, Grandpa all the way to the Grandkids, all living together.
We experienced this 1st hand. Most of our team stayed in Miguel's home, he is the brother of Pastor Arturo. It was a beautiful home, it was 2 level, although the 2nd level was partially roofed and was under construction. Out of the 15 on our team, 12 of us stayed in this home. Along with about 15 family members, a dog & a bird. That adds up to 27! That is a lot of people for 1 shower! We did have 2 toilets, which helped.
But the burden we could have put on that family as we brought all of our suitcases and stuff in with us. But they requested that we stay with them! And they served us. They sacrificed their comforts, gave up their bedrooms for us. They cooked & cleaned up after us... all with a gracious heart.
This picture doesn't do justice, but this is a crowd of folks in the living room on our host home:
If you are wondering.. that is Ben, from our team, on the computer.... yeah, that's right... they have highspeed! We found that even in the midst of poverty, you will find highspeed internet!
It was quite a lesson to learn about sacrifice and contentment. God bless them!
Dan (Part-time Peruvian)
I was very impacted by the way that they live. Obviously the economy has a lot to do with the poverty, but I was greatly impacted by the way they live. It is very common to see 2 or 3 generations of a family living in the same small house. Grandma, Grandpa all the way to the Grandkids, all living together.
We experienced this 1st hand. Most of our team stayed in Miguel's home, he is the brother of Pastor Arturo. It was a beautiful home, it was 2 level, although the 2nd level was partially roofed and was under construction. Out of the 15 on our team, 12 of us stayed in this home. Along with about 15 family members, a dog & a bird. That adds up to 27! That is a lot of people for 1 shower! We did have 2 toilets, which helped.
But the burden we could have put on that family as we brought all of our suitcases and stuff in with us. But they requested that we stay with them! And they served us. They sacrificed their comforts, gave up their bedrooms for us. They cooked & cleaned up after us... all with a gracious heart.
This picture doesn't do justice, but this is a crowd of folks in the living room on our host home:
If you are wondering.. that is Ben, from our team, on the computer.... yeah, that's right... they have highspeed! We found that even in the midst of poverty, you will find highspeed internet!
It was quite a lesson to learn about sacrifice and contentment. God bless them!
Dan (Part-time Peruvian)
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