Peru 2011

The Peru mission team left Frazer Church Friday morning August 19 with 12 people excited about our plans, our preparation work and our anticipation of how God was going to bless this special week of service . We were not disappointed. The goals for our 10th trip to Trujillo included drawing a large crowd at … Continue reading »

My first short-term mission trip was an awesome experience.  If I had to choose a theme it would be “community”.   I saw how this Frazer team that makes an annual trek to Peru has joined together with the folks in Peru to become a true community of believers.   I joined the trip to explore overseas … Continue reading »

Our week in Trujillo is over.  We’ve made the 2,800 mile journey back home and now all we can do is reflect on our week of ministry (and rest).  OH, what a week!  Just what did we get done?  Well, we built a roof on a children’s ministry room, laid a rough concrete floor in … Continue reading »

We spent our last day in Trujillo sightseeing along the coast north of the town.  The trip included a stop at Chan Chan; the World’s largest adobe brick city.  The city is now an archalogical dig turned tourist site.  We then travelled to a public park and spring fed lake where Martin baptizes new believers.  … Continue reading »

Our team blended into a very close, cohesive unit.  I don’t think you can find a bond stronger or deeper among a group of people.  We can certainly tell this isn’t Jim Johnson’s or Frazer’s Peru Mission Team; this is God’s team!  A perfect mix of maturity (okay, age), strength, and intelligence.  Jerry shared in … Continue reading »

Our God must be amused . . . Jim is a contractor by trade who measures and estimates jobs for living; yet when he measured the children’s church to purchase roofing material he made a mistake.  Well, sort of!  The roof panels are sheets of vinyl.  Jim measured twice just like he was supposed to.  … Continue reading »

We’re on the last day of construction in Milagro.  I just finished carrying eight bags of concrete (I didn’t sign up for this, I work in an office) into the work site were our team is mixing concrete by hand.  I just let the tailgate of the truck down and took a seat.  Where’s the … Continue reading »

We finished our primary construction project on Wednesday afternoon.  Antonio, Martin, Jim and I walked the two or three blocks to another location to check a project Antonio wanted us to consider.  The home belonged to an elderly widow lady whose daughter and son-in-law lived with her.  The lady is one of the leaders in … Continue reading »

God is so amazing!  Every time we turned around God does something even more amazing.  We began to plan this year’s Carnival and settled on two basic goals.  One was to give each child attending a Carnival their very own 8 pack box of crayons.  The other was to bring a splash of color for … Continue reading »

Following my internet café experience, the ladies and I needed a ride to our first ministry location.  We had two vehicles but Papa Jim was at the construction site.  One of our ladies, MaryBeth has international driving experience so Martin asked if she wanted to drive.  MaryBeth quickly volunteered me so GrandPa Herb drove the … Continue reading »