Greetings from Peru
Christmas Eve is when the Peruvians celebrate Christmas so we joined the kids at the home until almost midnight for a big party. Someone donated a turkey this year so we had real turkey at the home along with the usual rice.
On Christmas Day we went to Nauta to Chris’s house, another missionary, and had a multi-cultural Christmas dinner. Chris is in her 70’s and lives in northeast Ohio. She comes “south” for the winter for six months out of the year. She has been doing this for 13 years and has a house here in Nauta. She just has had knee replacement. Laurie a single woman from England lives with her when she comes and keeps her house while Chris goes back to the states. David and Michele and their family were also there. They live in Iquitos and are directors at a different mission there. David and Michele come from England also although Michele was born in Nigeria. A local Peruvian pastor, his wife, and his 2 sons from Lima were also at this Christmas dinner. During introductions I mentioned that I worked with a Prison Ministry in Alabama before coming here. Daniel, one of the sons said “Oh I know a person from Alabama who is involved with prison ministry.” He knew the director of Adulam House in Montgomery,
AL and had actually visited there. It makes the world seem smaller when you meet people on another continent who know someone you know from back in your home state.
Austin came “home” for Christmas and spent 2 weeks with us. We had a great time made more memories together like Denver Austin and I going to Iquitos to pick up the furgoneta and driving it back in the rain; taking a “pecky, pecky” on the Amazon to a wildlife refuge center and being able to hold the monkeys (in the rain also}; and just spending time together as a family.
Austin also had an adventurous time getting back to the states with a missed flight and missing luggage etc.
God bless,
Stan
Stan Schrock Family Serving in Peru 
Thanks for you updates. Always good to hear from you and what you are doing. We are about ready to head south to Alabama for our usual January trek. Hope to be at We Care for 2 weeks.
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