Trujillo, Peru
What's there to know about Trujillo, Peru?
It's kinda like a giant sandbox. The homes are made out of sand bricks, the roads are made of sand, my lungs are filled with sand. It's everything I would imagine a desert to be — plenty of heat, sand flies nippin at your legs, and chocolate milk mirages that appear as you hike through the sand dunes. I love it!
It's quite possibly the most beautiful place my eyes have seen so far in this life, despite the garbage invading the land. The top of the sand dunes are completely breathe-taking; another opportunity God gave me to feel extremely small surrounded by His glorious creation. This city was made with the intentions of being beautiful and a place of refuge — it's obvious when you're between two sand mountains and all you can see is sand and the sky.
God is beginning something unique here through Inca Link Peru, it's refreshing and exciting. Inca Link has a great vision of redemption for the city of Trujillo. Inca Link is currently in process of becoming an orphanage. The organization broke ground in 2008 and they continue to dream big on behalf of this city.
In Trujillo, the garbage dump is a place where people live, a place where children live. Those who live in the dump eagerly await for garbage day because that is where their next meal comes from. Yes, small children and plenty of families are living, eating, sleeping, in mountains of trash. When the people there were asked "if money wasn't an issue, what's the biggest need?" Their response was getting the children out of the dump..
photo credit: Kirsten Phillips
The orphanage at Inca Link is unique — all the children will be coming from the dump — they'll given a home, food, and education. This month we did a lot of construction, a lot of sand digging — working on making this orphanage a reality, just like others before us. The orphanage is ready to house children, however the government won't allow them to open until they get $150,000 in the bank. They are praying God provides this quickly so they can begin getting kids out of the garbage dump this summer. Until they are able to get kids out, Inca Link missionaries spend everyday at the dump, bringing food and loving on the people who live there. I'm pretty passionate about the things God is doing here in Peru — if you're interested in partnering with Inca Link — visit incalink.org!
Here's a video about the organization our squad has been working with this month…
