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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
A New Home for Christmas
December 24th was a long day, but a great one. For the first time in 7 months, we had a home. We moved into our new apartment and spent our first night there on Christmas Eve. It was such a beautiful day here too. The temperature was a little different than we are used to as it is summer here, but it is only about 75 degrees and sunny outside.
The Peruvians celebrate a little different than we do. They gather on Christmas Eve at midnight and have tons of fireworks and a big feast. We had dinner with our good friend Laura who has helped us get our apartment and everything that goes in it. On Christmas Day we visited with Pat's Place, our abused women's shelter, and Hope House, our girls' orphanage. It was another long day, but a good one.
Last week we were able to have an early Christmas dinner at Hope House. Pastor Bruce was visiting for a week to finish the purchase of the land for the new Sports/Medical Complex & Church. We bussed the women from Pat's Place up to Hope House, and we had quite a wonderful party! After dinner, everyone took a swing at the Santa Clause piñata, and then everyone had a gift to open. The women and girls all got new shoes, and Alex & I got new watches! Hopefully we will have time to post some pictures of that night soon.
Last Friday we finalized the sale of the land mentioned above. Pastor Bruce has charged Alex with the task of overseeing the construction in his absence. Alex will be busy and will visit the land daily for updates. Registration for Holly's English classes is tomorrow night and next Thursday night if necessary. Classes begin on January 8th, and Holly has a LOT of work ahead to get that started. Right now we're just settling into our apartment and awaiting delivery of our bedroom furniture & mattress, our washer, and refrigerator. We also are waiting on the installation of our dryer, cabinets, curtains, and hot water heater for the shower. Please pray that this all happens quickly!
Please write us and tell us about your Christmas & New Year's festivities at hollyjcompton@gmail.com. Love & blessings, A&H
The Peruvians celebrate a little different than we do. They gather on Christmas Eve at midnight and have tons of fireworks and a big feast. We had dinner with our good friend Laura who has helped us get our apartment and everything that goes in it. On Christmas Day we visited with Pat's Place, our abused women's shelter, and Hope House, our girls' orphanage. It was another long day, but a good one.
Last week we were able to have an early Christmas dinner at Hope House. Pastor Bruce was visiting for a week to finish the purchase of the land for the new Sports/Medical Complex & Church. We bussed the women from Pat's Place up to Hope House, and we had quite a wonderful party! After dinner, everyone took a swing at the Santa Clause piñata, and then everyone had a gift to open. The women and girls all got new shoes, and Alex & I got new watches! Hopefully we will have time to post some pictures of that night soon.
Last Friday we finalized the sale of the land mentioned above. Pastor Bruce has charged Alex with the task of overseeing the construction in his absence. Alex will be busy and will visit the land daily for updates. Registration for Holly's English classes is tomorrow night and next Thursday night if necessary. Classes begin on January 8th, and Holly has a LOT of work ahead to get that started. Right now we're just settling into our apartment and awaiting delivery of our bedroom furniture & mattress, our washer, and refrigerator. We also are waiting on the installation of our dryer, cabinets, curtains, and hot water heater for the shower. Please pray that this all happens quickly!
Please write us and tell us about your Christmas & New Year's festivities at hollyjcompton@gmail.com. Love & blessings, A&H
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Let the Hard Work Commence!
Last night we arrived back in Peru after a few weeks in the States. We are refreshed and energized for the hard work ahead of establishing the English school set to begin in January and several other projects that our ministry is working on. We will also move into our apartment this week, and we are so looking forward to having our own place again for the first time in over 6 months. The next three weeks will be the most strenuous of all, so please keep us in your prayers.
Also, please consider making a year-end donation towards our efforts here in San Juan de Lurigancho. If you want to see more of what we do here, there are many posts below with photos and stories, as well as links below to the ministry's websites. We hope to hear from you soon!
Also, please consider making a year-end donation towards our efforts here in San Juan de Lurigancho. If you want to see more of what we do here, there are many posts below with photos and stories, as well as links below to the ministry's websites. We hope to hear from you soon!
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