Dear friend,
You are a blessing to us. We have felt your prayers this past month. Here are some highlights:
We had kids club at Jose Olaya, the church outreach 6 kilometers north of our house. Peru celebrated Independence Day July 28 so the theme was on how to be a good Peruvian citizen and how to be a good heavenly citizen. I introduced the corn hole game and also made a toss game with a map of Peru painted on a board with 4 major cities as goals. Both games were big hits with the kids. Ruth helped with crafts and Denver helped manage the games.
Dennis and Ruthie Lacoursiere, the missionary couple that lives in the apartment below us, have returned to Canada to visit their children and grandchildren. They will be gone for 2 ½ months. We are taking care of their house and their 2 dogs while they are gone. Gabriela, a lady from Venezuela is living in their apartment, at least for a while. She and her husband are immigrants from Venezuela. He is already in Chile and has a job there. She is working on here paperwork so she can join him there.
We had off from school for a week holiday for Independence Day so Friday we hung out with Efrein and Mariel, another immigrant couple from Venezuela. It was great hearing their story of coming to Peru. Life for Venezuelans is difficult here because most Peruvians believe that they (the Venezuelans) are associated with crime and that they are taking away jobs from the Peruvians. To date almost 400,000 Venezuelans have been given temporary residence permits in Peru.
Denver has almost completed school. He is dropping grammar but keeping practice class for now. We are looking for something for him to occupy his time while Ruth and I continue Spanish School.
These are highlights of our month of July. Thanks for your interest and your prayers.
Stan
Stan Schrock Family Serving in Peru 