On a Missionary Journey: October 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010

Thank you!

I just wanted to say thank you all so much for your support in many various ways that you have been showing me during the time I have been here in Peru. In particular thank you for your support at the chicken barbecue this past weekend and at the prayer event last month. It is a true blessing to know that I am being upheld in so many ways as I serve here and that I have the prayers, confidence and love of a large "cloud of witnesses" around me. So thank you!!!!!
I am currently in the process of getting together another newsletter to be sent out ASAP. If you are interested in receiving my newsletters and are currently not receiving them, please send an email to either Angela Kline (my newsletter coordinator on my support team) or I. Both of our email addresses are below. If you prefer a hard copy, we can print one off for you as well. Just let us know. Thank you so much for your support and may God bless you abundantly.

kline_angela@yahoo.com
betania129@yahoo.com

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!