What J-D is doing!

To friends and readers of my blog.

Thanks for taking time to read this and an interest for my gap year.

I have been for many years looking into the whole orphanage work and have been doing lots of research about other homes and their work. I have just returned from the Christian orphanage in Colombia, Christian Vision International

I am writing to you about the involvement I may have for the years to come.. the plans and hope there is in God. I hope that by reading stuff on this blog you will also pray for me as I follow God and his plan.

When my parents were missionaries in Peru they adopted me from Arequipa 24 years ago. I now wish to do something for the Lord and get out there to Peru again.

I always longed to go back to Peru and really find something that I can do worthwhile out there for the Lord. I have for a long time also had the idea of going back and setting up something in Peru that is for orphans and street kids like I myself once was. So for a long while I have had the idea or vision to set up a children's home in Arequipa.

The plan is to take a few months till December doing a course in Belfast Bible College, also doing an ONC mentoring youth program in the volunteering sector with ‘MACS’. I then hope and plan to do internships in some Christian 'children's homes' in Arequipa and visit others. The Christian homes I wish to visit are ‘Torre Fuerte’ girl’s home, internship in ‘New hope Children’s home’ and some non-Christian institutions all in Arequipa. In this way I wish to learn lots about the set up and how life works out in a home and for street kids how things are done. And also to see if this is something really for me and where I might fit in.

I will also look out of Arequipa city to other really well established Christian homes, one in Puno (boys' home). The other in Colombia, with ‘Colombian children’s vision home’ which I will visit after five months trip in Peru. I have been there before this summer with my church team.

The flights have been booked and most of program aranged, flying from UK on 22nd of Jan coming back 1st of Aug.

After all that I will come back with a fuller sense of what is needed and how I can get something set up or maybe create a daughter home from one of these homes out there. I will also see about setting up a charity and team that can work to get this sorted. I will contact mission agencies where they can send support, personnel and funds.

My goal is to go back and slowly get things set up. My future is to be in Peru with a set up including a children's home and a business that will fully support the work.

I mention most of my vision so that you can get a better overview of what I would like to be involved with and to be able to pray with me for the things that God has put on my heart. I'm invited to be part of this but you also are invited to be in God's plan for loving others and reaching out to others.

Thanks, remember to pray.. its the gift of power that really works!

yours JD