Peru 2004

awaiting takeoff in TO

takeoff

on my way to cinci

HAHAHAHA!! we get to go first!!! na na na na na!!!

being driven from DFW to GV

fountain in GV

campus entrance

admin building

Mr. Mikey Monkey is loving his time in GV

yes, thoroughly enjoying it

look! it's garret!!

and garret's coleader jazmin!

and my amazing coleader lauren!!

ron brings the message

miss brittany moore, one of my very first MIGlets!

peru arrives at the country mixer

knight, rider, princess!

the winners!

thoroughly enjoyed by the on-lookers

Able the PD

opening dance

worship

Ron brings it

excitement before the commissioning session

the awesome dance

yup, awesome

the end

Ron brings it again

always one for analogies

the nations ceremony

worship around the cross

more worship

my buddies from 2003, Deanna and Sierra

on the way to the DFW airport

en route

Mr. Mikey Monkey in front of Lima's airport

yay for impossibly small flight groups!! go C trip!!

a better view of Lima airport

call home!

our pet cockroach. it liked to follow feet

chillin in the courtyard

lindy and the girls

drama practice!!

power = awesome!

insert crying here

tada!

our wonderful main contact, Billy!

strike a pose

chillin

Vanessa and Jessica trying to be Michael Jackson, or something

Scott says, "give me money!"

lindy and scott rock it out

april doing what she does best; smiling

presidential palace, downtown Lima

cathedral, downtown Lima

very yellow buildings, downtown Lima

Mr. Mikey Monkey enjoys downtown Lima

better shot of the palace

Mr. Mikey Monkey sits on the gates

Plaza de Armas... palace is out of the picture to the left

don't ask.

me in a long building

Mr. Mikey Monkey enjoys his perch on an armed vehicle

pedestrian mall downtown

these guys were great... and on duty. I hope they didn't get fired...

congress building

Mr. Mikey Monkey goes for congress... almost

yay for taxis!!

we made it to Huancayo! yay!

Mr. Mikey Monkey and coca tea

preaching at a school in Huancayo

lauren preaches at another school

the kids respond...

...and then pray

the most amazing feeling in the world

chillin with the ninos!

too cute

yeah

team shot on a bridge in Huancayo

oh my

marching to the next drama site

Vanessa and the kids

kids

precious

Huancayo at night

yeah

discovering an aloe plant

Mr. Mikey Monkey in aloe

Mr. Mikey Monkey makes a friend

overlooking a valley

team...

...monument

Mr. Mikey Monkey sits by as people chill

inca kola!!

back in Lima, at Chili's. mmmmm!

Mr. Mikey Monkey makes a call

Burke caught by surprise

peeking over the wall

Mr. Mikey Monkey prepares for church

Mr. Mikey Monkey visits Parque Kennedy

Mr. Mikey Monkey almost gets eaten by a goose

Mr. Mikey Monkey picks up laundry

Mr. Mikey Monkey meets a cousin in the streets of Peru

Lindy decides to go vegan

everyone look at Scott!!

our welcome at the Compassion project

visiting a Compassion family

rough neighbourhood

kids peeking around the corner

praying for the family

cuteness

Mr. Mikey Monkey with llama matches

leadership night out

Able gets a massage. Mr. Mikey Monkey observes

Peruvian coastline

the three stooges

Lauren leads a young man to Jesus

me preaching

preaching some more

he was too cute to miss

praying for his mom

praying for another baby

ministry outside a market

prayer for healing

filling out salvation cards

loving kids is the key to parents' hearts... look how many watch

candid shot

kbye!

garret gets swarmed

mawwage!!

relationship talk skit

Mr. Mikey Monkey with a doublebanana

Francisco has to, uh, go

final drama site

final site

w00t! taxi ride!!

such a great team :o)

saying goodbye to my amazing coleader

everyone with their Peru jerseys

saying goodbye to A trip... worst night of the year

Mr. Mikey Monkey waits for B trip to arrive in Lima airport

MA night out!

other side of the taxi!

TL/MA shot!

male leadership shot

traditional drancers at the independance day parade

Compassion project

Isaac and the rooster

arriving in Juaraz

on the way to breakfast

breakfast

first drama site

chicken foot soup!

team shot overlooking Juaraz!

and of course, a crazy picture

sacrificing Isaac

with Manuel our contact, and Cecelia my coleader

team leadership shot

ahhhhhhh!

help!!

Me over Juaraz

everyone in the van

Mr. Mikey Monkey and the mountains

our ladies

kids are too cute

hi!

yay!!

Mr. Mikey Monkey chills with the rabbits and guinea pigs

Brandi models the baby bananas

Mr. Mikey Monkey with a baby banana

heartwrenching

praying for the sick

ministry in a market

God healed dozens at this site

Lindy explains a tract to a kid and a Quechua woman

leading kids in the prayer

so precious that it deserves two pictures

me giving the net to 2000 students

the response

the response

mmmmmm... guinea pig! :o)

Cecelia gives the net to more than 2500 kids

w00t!

the response

praying

interesting angle

Qwest found a monkey!!

the monkey was afraid of Mr. Mikey Monkey though...

crazy monkey

still cute

fun times at the pool

levitation

me with the monkey

it liked my shoe

it also liked Isaac's Blockbuster card

Ovalo Gutierrez in Lima

Stephen the PD leads the superhero night

crazy superheroes

leadership night out!

on the bus

personal evangelism in Lima

sharing

the one-legged pigeon!!

ministry in a market

healing in progress

ministry everywhere

praying for healing

God at work

praying for the baby

Cecelia leads the response from the net in the prayer

leading them to Jesus

drama site... I'm in burgundy in the middle of it

me getting whipped

being crucified

giving the net

preaching with my Peruvian amigo Francisco translating

the pimped out taxi

just about the entire crowd responded

giving Jesus their lives

we were at this site for almost four hours

dozens of healings...

back to back to back...

scores of commitments

missionaries stepping out...

ministering healing...

to many people for many things...

everyone involved...

touching many lives...

setting many on their journey with Christ...

bringing recovery of sight to the blind...

setting the captives free...

preaching the Gospel to the poor...

healing the brokenhearted...

setting at liberty those who were bruised...

God fell on the street corner

and of course, the kids were cute too

then we went and ministered to some kids in the middle of nowhere

sharing

ryan after his first net

the response

giving his life to Jesus

praying for healing

yay!!

ryan gives his second net

the response

awww

giving their lives to Christ

ministry

Katie and Cameron Luce came to visit us... and Mr. Mikey Monkey, of course

so we taped Cameron to the door

and then Mr. Mikey Monkey too

Katie thought it was great

poor Cam

contact party!!

me with Francisco and Joseph, two of my favourite translators

Mr. Mikey Monkey on the hotseat

our team!

what an amazing project

Stephen and Sarah, PD's

Stephen and Mr. Mikey Monkey got along famously

Tory was in Peru too!!

saying goodbye to Billy

saying goodbye to Manuel

goodbye Lima

flrying back to the US

the Andes

Miami

yay! I can flush TP!!!

me getting my 5-year jacket

closing song

such an amazing summer.