On a Missionary Journey: April 2010

Sunday, April 18, 2010

I am back in cyberspace!

Hi everyone!
Thanks for your patience with my Internet situation. As of yesterday evening, I have Internet again at my house! I am putting some pictures on Facebook, but for those of you who are not my friends on Facebook, but do follow my blog, here is the link to access the album of pictures of my new apartment. I will continue to put up more links to more albums as I create them. Blessings and enjoy the pictures!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173355&l=5a3645c932&id=610351019

Here is another link to an album of pictures of the aftermath of the flood in Huacarpay:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=173376&id=610351019&l=6685181572

One more link to pictures of my birthday celebration:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=175323&id=610351019&l=546889365a

More about PROMESA

PROMESA is the first bilingual Christian school in Cusco, Peru. It was begun by the Peruvian Mennonite Church, in cooperation with Eastern Mennonite Missions, in March of 2005. The school began with 11 kindergarten students and now contains about 250 students in grades K-8. Each year one grade will be added, through the end of high school.
The school is currently in its eighth school year. Some of the students come from the local Mennonite churches, while the other half come from other local churches and the community at large. Students come from a variety of socioeconomic situations and many receive scholarships to attend the school. The students come from both Latin American and Inca Indian cultural backgrounds. A few students also have English or American backgrounds.
The school day begins with a short devotional time for all the students. The students then spend the rest of their instructional day divided between Spanish and English instruction. Both Peruvians and Americans teach at the school.
If you would like more information not found here, please leave a comment or email me at betania129@yahoo.com

Just for fun: tips to the wise collected from the journey

After you get a vaccination, gently rub the injection site several times over the course of the day. Not only will this help the vaccine to circulate better, but it will also cut down on the amount of soreness you experience.

Don't cook chickpeas (garbanzo beans) for too long or they will get sweet. Strange, yes.

I am not a tourist. My aversion to being given this label is somewhat akin to Anne of Green Gables' aversion to being called Carrots.

Icing covers over a multitude of (baking) sins.

If your mixer has only one speed - recklessly fast - don´t use it to make whipped cream!

When cooking over a wood fire, rub mud on the outside of your cooking pot in order to keep it from turning black in the fire.

Support Information

I greatly value your prayer, financial and emotional support of this ministry in Peru.
If you would like to contribute financially to my ministry by check, please send your name, contact information, and check to:
Eastern Mennonite Missions
53 West Brandt Blvd.
PO Box 458
Salunga, PA 17538

If you would like to contribute by credit card online, please go to http://www.emm.org/donations/index.html and designate it for Bethany Geib.

If you would like to receive my newsletter via email, please email journalfromthejourney@gmail.com and let me know you are interested in receiving the email newsletter.
Thank you for your support and may God bless each one of you!