Visiting another home!

Visiting another children's home!

It is called 'UNIFAM'.

During this trip of seven months i want to see more of the need and circumstances of abandoned and run-away kids - the kids of 'risk'.. This place we visited last week is like a holding place where the police bring them when found.. then the judge decides what home to put them in.

Lots of the kids in New Hope came through this place. We rang up the place and told them we were coming..

On the way I bought some food with the money i had that day.. which just did to get us there also..

I knocked on the big cold metal gate and a policeman in uniform answered..

I thought about if my life had ended up on the streets as a young kid, i might have ended up here..

The home had 12 youngsters. They all sat down and the policeman introduced me.We served pop corn and milk and cereal in little plastic cups.. They all listened and i found myself leading the meal.. I said we will pray, and they all stood up..

I prayed.. ..for their situations.. their past and their future that is so uncertain.. I prayed that they would seek God in their lives, and thanked God that He wanted to be part of their lives....

.. After that we ate and I shared who I was and what I was here for.. I said that the pictures would be shown to many people that would see them and know that there is a need to help kids.. I said that there is a God that also will see them.

I shared that God loved them and would never forget about them.. !!

These kids that day where older.. but the day before there had been 4 little boys aged 4 to 10.. but they had been moved to some home.. Some of these youngsters stay for a week and some stay for months..

Never forget the kids that God loves..

"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house i lived in , or the car i drove, but the world may be different because we were important in the life of a child."

prayer points

PRAYER POINTS

For new kids that join the home. Edgar and others that have arrived today, and the ones that can't make it in to the home!

My involvment with the dudes! That i may bring a positive attitude, God filled and directed, so i can know how best to help and be a tutor to the new boys' flat.









>> Here i'm taking 4 boys to secondary school. Moises aged 11 in the red top.. Jorge aged12 - in the green, Roberto aged 10 in the very front. Fredy aged 13 in the red and black striped top. >> (For Fredy it is the first day of school.. he has never been to proper school before ever!)



Also for getting really a personal understanding for each kid in my care. Having 8 in my care i cannot always be just with one. The picture is of an individual trip your donation helped. The idea is that the kid gets one day individual attention from his tutor, to talk openly and to do stuff they want to do! To dig deeper in knowing them and that they may have a

chance to open up and talk more about stuff they want to. The trips allow better understanding between the tutor and the child. On this trip we also went to a sunna place that had a pool indoors. i helped him to take the first seps in getting to know how to swim.. he insisted i buy him floating wings..it was so funny but he realy had a great time!! thanks for your donations..




Also pray for the other volunters that live here and
work part time and full time.. all volunteers need prayer as they seek to follow Jesus' plan for their lives in Peru and with the kids of New hope home. They need direction and peace and strength as times can get hard also.

• For Seth (volunteer from USA) as he works with introducing photography to the kids as a way of aiding them for the future, and also for promoting the need of support which is lacking for the kids here in all Peru..

Lydia, in the yellow top, as she finnishes her time here, as she wraps it all up, and as she works daily with the kids.






Andrew as he works with the younger kids' flat and his prayer to know how long he's to stay and in which role..






and Julia also that is involved with education and at the moment has lots on her plate.


I will sign off now........

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<<(peter helping a photography class... all listening to Seth talking about pictures) "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes" Oscar Wilde
"A cup of what?!" Six Figure Bill
Unfortunately this is probably my last blog so i'll try to make it fully comprehensive. As i mentioned as i was sick with food poisoning but have now fully recovered although the medicine cost an absolute bomb. Had to go to hospital and everything - it was difficult trying to exlpain my symptoms in Spanish so i had to resort to trying to act them out with the occasional Spanish word. The doctor would then repeat the actions to confirm he had understood. We went back and forth with this system for a while then i was allowed to lie down as we weren't getting anywhere. Anyway, after some tests they found i had a stomach infection and they treated me for this so when i left i felt a bit better. If there was a suggestion box at the hospital i would have written "Bigger containers for collecting samples please." This would make the whole process more pleasant and less messy.JD's successfully turning the home into a zoo capable of rivalling the zoo in Arequipa (any house with more than two pets can rival Arequipa zoo in impressiveness). He's done this by introducing animals into the home at the current rate of one new species a day. He bought a turtle (the Undertaker) for a boy the other day which is awesome.

<<<(boys fishing for fish in a pond. They brought their pet turtle with them) The boys are very enthusiastic singers. they'll repeat English songs depite not knowing any of the words which is great - they did the best version of the Anfield rap i've ever heard. I started traveling back - the first bit went well.

(peter saying his good byes to the boys)

A Korean family was sitting around me on the plane. I was starving so i ask

ed the woman if i could have another snack because i'd finished mine and she asked all her family to give me thier snack packs. They didn't mind and she spoke no English so i didn't bother protesting - that made the flight better. She also kept laughing throughout the entire flight at whatever she was watching. I was able to talk to the old man of the

Korean family about Roy Keane's World Cup walk out in the Korea Japan World Cup 2002. He always nodded in agreement but he had no idea what i was talking about but i continued regardless. For my travel back home i'd be travelling by myself and i'd been warned a lot about travelling in taxis especially in Lima. Apparently people get kidnapped and it's also bad for people getting mugged. I hope i don't have to use self defense on anyone - for their sake. If anyone was going to mug me i'd feel obliged to warn them of my ability in the martial arts once. After that, if the assailant persisted i'd have to look at my watch and proclaim it was hurting time. I've heard a couple of stories since i've been here of people being kidnapped in taxis. I've often considered what i'd do in this situation. If i

suspected i was going to get kidnapped i'd wait until he slowed down a bit, open the door and start moving my legs in a really fast running motion then i'd lower myself from the vehicle using my arms onto the road. The transition would be seamless. It's been reassuring to know that in this eventuality i have a foolproof plan in place. My flight from Lima to new York was cancelled. I didn't realise for ages either - i assumed everything would be fine as it had been up til then. i was told the next flight was on Thursday - unbelievable. I asked if ther was any other way of doing it and the man was like "No - definitely not." i asked again about 30 seconds later and there was a flight to Atalanta so i said i'd take that and apart from being absoultely knackered because of the wait that worked out fine. I'm still waiting for the last leg of travel to get underway so at this point i'll bid you farewell. One more thing before the time on the internet runs out and this is very important - never forget th

J-D writes >>> (Thanks Peter for being here on this trip!! Arequipa waves you goodbye.. here are some pictures that will let you know that you brought joy and a positive impact to the kids lives.. thanks for being part of this.. )

"hundred years from now, it will not matter what your bank acount was, the sort of house you lived in or the car you drove. but the world may be a different place because you were important in the life of a child."

thanks for being there for them....