The Least Of These

I just got back from a 2 week missions trip to Peru! I can't even begin to explain how amazing it was! A group of 13 of us from Merge went with Food for the Hungry to Chincha, Peru where we did all sorts for ministry with the local community. I guess I will just start from the beginning.

We left on Thursday morning, July 9th at 3:30am for the airport. We boarded a plane headed for Houston, Texas where we had a 4 hour layover. Then we boarded another plane headed straight for Lima, Peru. After a very long 7 hour flight we arrived in Lima very exhausted. From there we were picked up by our FH (Food for the Hungry) director, Lauren. We bunked up at a very nice hotel in Lima and slept like babies :) The next morning we left for Chincha. When we arrived in Chincha we got settled in at our very nice hotel and went to bed. The next morning we didn't skip a beat! We went and helped put on a day and a half camp for the kids in the community. It was a blast! It was so much fun just hanging out with the youth and doing ministry with the leaders. After the camp we headed back to our hotel in Chincha. The rest of the week our typical day was waking up, breakfast, construction, lunch, and then the rest of the day was spent being in the community spending time with the families that lived there. We had so many opportunities to minister to the community.

I developed a love for Food For the Hungry and how they do ministry. I am looking forward to maybe interning with them in the future. I got really close with out FH director. She is awesome and I am so glad I got a chance to get to know her and pick apart her brain about missions. I also got to make friends with one of our translators who is amazing! She is coming down to Arizona soon so I am so excited about that! I am so thankful for the opportunity to go on this trip. I could honestly write forever about this trip so for your sake and mine I will end :) here are some pictures from the trip!

I can honestly say my life was changed by this trip.

Matthew 25:40
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

-Bmapes