Family Focus Half Way to Space

Schedule calming down a bit, and the focus shifts to parenting training and social development.

Yesterday we took a walk up a mountain (slowly with lots of opportunities to catch our breath) and then saw some spectacular gourd carving. It was a lovely morning that revived the spirit and gave us further insight into rural life here. After getting stranded in the Andes we did finally manage to catch a minibus - it was full before we got on but we squeezed our bottoms in somehow, and then a further 6 people got on along the way to show us what full really means in Peru.

The afternoon was the first of our parenting seminars run jointly by the Vineyard plant in San Jeronimo (who we are now firm freinds with) and the local government child protection agency. Paul and Pastor Willy (settle down) did well to set this up, and it went very well. We spoke on boundaries - tomorrow it is emotional needs, a talk that we gave a dry run of the night before last at a small group here in Huancayo. After that we run a meeting for the youth (mostly unchurched so it should be fun). Saturday is gardening lessons for families with no income and then hurtle down the mountains back into sweaty Lima.