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Recently got back from a mission trip to Peru. We stayed for three weeks and it was wonderful. God is good, without his strength and joy we would not have made it through all our commitments. I now appreciate the little things we have here in the U.S.

The first week was spent with an organized group mostly doing construction. The second week we stayed in a small beach city, Huanchaco. We did a short VBS with kids in a poorer community. Then did a week long VBS with kids at a church in Trujillo. This was a fun week, we hung out in the beach city then headed into Trujillo for the VBS.

The children of Peru are different from kids in the U.S. Children from Peru are extremely friendly and cuddly. They will sit on your lap and hang on you all day. Despite speaking a different language, bonds were formed and by the end of the week or time working with the kids it was sad to say good bye.

We saw the many cultures of Peru, the rich, middle class, poor, Chinese, and Peruvians. Every aspect of the trip was enjoyable. I could not say any one part was my favorite because I enjoyed every aspect and God taught me many lessons.

I hope to work on my Spanish and return to Peru one day.

This song is one that is a theme of the trip.

Beautiful Things by Gungor

All this pain...

I wonder if I'll ever find my way.

I wonder if my life could really change, at all.

All this earth...

Could all that is lost ever be found?

Could a garden come up from this ground, at all.

You make beautiful things,

You make beautiful things out of dust.

You make beautiful things,

You make beautiful things out of us.

All around,

Hope is springing up from this old ground.

Out of chaos, life is being found in You.

You make me new,

You are making me new.

You make me new,

You are making me new.