Over the field and through the woods...

Tomorrow is the big day, we will all pack up (in one suitcase, thanks to baggage limitations) and head to Peru. I thought you might like to know how we will get from Nashville, TN, to Cusco, Peru. It will be a 24 hour journey with a few stops along the way.

Aug 29th, 8:45AM: we will meet at the church, pray together, and load up into cars to head to the airport, and check all of our baggage and make it through security (whew, I am tired already!).

Aug 29th, 11:15 AM: our plane is scheduled to take off from Nashville, arriving in Houston at 1:15PM. Thankfully, Gustav's path is not projected to be near Texas when we need to fly out. Once in Houston, we will all transfer to the International terminal and find some overpriced airport food to eat for lunch.

Aug 29th, 3:55PM: our flight will leave Houston headed for Lima, where we will arrive at 10:30PM. We will go through customs and (hopefully) claim everyone's baggage.

Aug 30th, 12AM: a Union Biblica intern will meet us and transport us to the Lima headquarters via bus, where we will catch a few hours of sleep on mattresses in the auditorium.

Aug 30th, early morning: we will head back to the airport and catch a flight to Cusco. We will spend our day in Cusco, before travelling via bus to the hostel we are staying at near the Boy's home in the Sacred Valley that afternoon evening, where hot showers will await us!

Meet the Peru Team!

It is hard to believe that in only 4 days (4 DAYS!), our team of 14 will be boarding a plane (well, several planes really) and journeying down to Peru for 10 days to serve. As an aside, the ironic thing about mission trips, you go to serve, and you return having been served with a heart full and your perspective on the world and who God is radically changed.

But I digress, I am writing the blog today to introduce you to our 14 member team that knows little about each other today, but a mission trip will certainly cure that! Our team is made up of 7 men and 7 women (I like the easy clean lines and distinction of equal numbers). John, Geoff, Denny, Bill, Tom, Justin, and David make up the 7 men. Christa, Lori, Sharon, Carly, Sarah, Emily, and Mikkee make up the 7 women.

Here are a few ways that you can be praying for our team:

1. Safe travel to Peru (be watching later this week for a post on the way we will get to Cusco)
2. Team unity and grace and love for each other
3. Servant hearts

Mikkee

Cusco, Peru

First up is a short-term trip to Peru from August 29th to September 7th, 2008. We will be heading to Cusco, Peru, working with Scripture Union at a home for street boys. While there we will be doing construction and hosting a VBS and getting to know the boys. Our purpose is to be obedient to God sending us, supporting and encouraging believers in their work in other parts of the world. Stay tuned for more details!

By the way ... where in the world is Cusco?


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Nashville Mission Trip

Our Nashville Mission Trip on August 1st and 2nd was a wonderful opportunity for WECC to get out and demonstrate God's love to others in our own community. Volunteers went as teams to 10 different sites: we prepared food for families in need, put together giftbags to welcome international students, sang and danced at a nursing home, cleaned up and painted at different ministries. We had families and singles and community groups.

Here are a few photos from the big day: