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mission base director, Bob Cooley writes the following about the WR
launch in the earthquake zone of Chincha, Peru: I have a site ready to
go at Iglesia Emanuel in Chincha. It is a church in one of the three
worst-hit cities that sits inside a large, walled compound. This is an
area where tents can be set up for the racers, and that accomodate our
training needs (they have a temporary sanctuary set up and also some
temporary tent classrooms that they use for a Compassion kids’
program). It has bathroom facilities, and shower stalls, but all
bathroom-related water comes from a storage tank. Buckets of water
drawn from the storage tank are used in order to flush toilets and take
showers. Obviously, this means that the showers are not hot. This is
the base from which the racers will operate.
The
church has several classrooms (all destroyed) and an area for goats.
This is in addition to the church itself which is presently serving as
the home for the pastors family and a few other families also. The
congregation meets in a makeshift tent that can house perhaps 60
persons comfortably. They also are using other tents as temporary
classrooms for their compassion kids. The compound is surrounded by a
10 foot high fence.This would mean that the racers would stay in
tents. There are no hot showers, but there are a couple of bathrooms
where one can “shower.” The weather in January will be hot days and
cool to cold nights.
The next 34 days in preparation for the trip
I now know who my Team mates are…
My team officially is 3 girls and 2 guys…
Katie Friday, Tammy Peters, Mark Stratmann, and Steve Wright and Myself…
So you can start praying for our team by name now…
Mark Stratmann is Our Team Leader
And I officially am the team treasurer… woohoo
I am leaving for Ireland on the 4th of December…
My lovely Uncle let me use a buddy pass so i am able to go visit my
missionary friends in Dublin.
I arrive home from Dublin on the 11th, also my Birthday!!!
The 14th I’m in my Friend Kelli’s wedding
The 16th is my going away/birthday party
The 17-24th of December i am in Alabama spending some good quality time with boy friend and his family
the 25-3 of Jan i will be with my family soaking them in before i leave
and the 4th, i drive to Columbus with my two pals Patches (andrea) and Markie (my team leader) to fly to Ft. Lauderdale… where i will stay the night and then fly out on the 5th to Peru…
So as you can see I have a ridiculously busy schedule for the next 34 days…
I have to finish buying all my supplies for the trip,
My current support is at 11,200… my goal is 16,800… Im looking forward to seeing God provide
I Just recently returned from leading worship at my churches singles retreat… It was refreshing, and im so ready to go serve him for the next 11 months all around the world….
Thank you all for the prayers!
I’ll keep you posted on what is going, as i learn more on the details of my trip!
