ALPHA TRAINING TEAM COMES FROM DENVER!

We were very blessed to have a seven-member team from

 one of our supporting churches, Christ Church, Denver, 

come to Arequipa to put on a three-day training January

11-13 to enable clergy and lay leaders from the Anglican 

churches in southern Peru to put on their own Alpha course...

At the January 9th morning service
 at Cristo Redentor with Padre Juan Carlos
shortly after the team arrived

That afternoon we took the team
out to the Santiago Apostol mission
where Deacon Juan Ayala is in charge

Jamie put her Spanish skills to good use
talking with the little children and reading
one of the lessons from Scripture

Alba translates Juan's sermon into English

The team is invited to pray with some of
local folk who came forward following
the service - here Fr. Tom takes the lead

The children line up for candies from Tio Alejandro

The next day, Monday, the team sees the new
 construction for the teen home (Casa Hogar)

and Ricardo explains the building plans

Then the team visits the younger children's home

The kids introduce themselves and sing
a couple of songs in English for the team

Jimena wraps herself around everyone's
heart, including Fr. Tom

20-year old Alba is a big hit with the girls
(plus she speaks Spanish fluently)

on the other end of the age spectrum
is 75 year young Bunnie!

        Finally, the day for the Alpha presentation arrives,
        and we have an excellent turnout of around 30 folks

David Blankenship, the leader,

introduces his team, as Penny 

Marces from Lima translates

Right to left are:  David, Penny, Fr. Tom,

Rhonda, Jamie, Bunnie, and Hunter 

(somehow Alba is missing from this shot)

 Here Alba translates for Fr. Tom

Early morning good-bye from Ricardo

 and Naty

 We had so much fun with the two
youngest members of the team, Alba and
 Hunter (a professional photographer)

THANK YOU CHRIST CHURCH TEAM
FOR BLESSING US WITH YOUR
TEACHING AND PRESENCE!
GOD WORKED MIGHTILY
THROUGH YOU ALL!