Pastor Angie's In-Spire-ations October 2018


As I write this, I am in Colorado visiting our kids and attending a conference about asset-based community development.   In just 17 days, the Mission in the Andes team will go wheels up headed for our mission field.  We have had a lot of questions about what we will be doing and when.  Here is the tentative schedule.  As with all mission trips, there could be some changes.
Oct 13th:  Depart from Trinity at noon to head for Chicago O’Hare for a 7:30 p.m. departure to Miami.
Oct 14th:  Arrive Arequipa at 11:32 a.m. (12:32 p.m. our time) We will rest that day and explore Arequipa.
Oct 15th:  Visit Yanahuara School to spend time with the students for the day.  
Oct 16th:  Travel to Chivay.  We will settle in and explore Chivay and possibly visit Casa Chapi.
Oct 17th:  Casa Chapi (Field trip to the marketplace and Condor Cross to see the Andean Condors fly)
Oct 18th:  Casa Chapi (Field trip to take the 6th graders to Arequipa to see Yanahuara School where they will attend next year. Some may stay at Casa Chapi to spend time with the younger students.)
Oct 19th:  Say goodbye to Casa Chapi children and teachers and travel back to Arequipa.  Rest and explore Arequipa for the remainder of the day. 
Oct 20th:  Leave Arequipa at 7:15 p.m.  Guided tour of Santa Catalina Monastery.  Pack up and head for the airport.  Depart Lima 11:15 p.m. our time to begin the long journey home.
Oct 21st:  We will arrive at O’Hare at 1:18 p.m. our time and travel home by van.
Some have asked what we need.  We are still accepting funding to defray the trip cost.  Quechua Benefit has requested assistance with a misting system for their new greenhouse and our engineers are in the thick of making that happen.  If we can help with that cost, that would also be great.  We won’t know that amount until they gather all of the pieces they need.  We are hoping to also provide Spanish Bibles for their chapel.   Any excess funds we have will be utilized to purchase whatever the teachers tell us they need.  We have all agreed that any spending for items they need will be done in Peru to help their economy.  With a $1 to 3.30 sol exchange rate, our dollars go three times further there, as well.
Above all, be in prayer for the team.  Mike Safley, the Quechua Benefit founder, is very excited for our team to come as no one has been willing to focus all of their time on the students.  We are fulfilling what he said is “their greatest wish” in taking the kids to Arequipa and to see the condors.  I can’t think of a better thing to do than fulfill a child’s wish.
Blessings,
Pastor Angie


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