Final thoughts on Peru

“I never thought the camp would go this well"

Many times over the week of sports and arts camp at San Mateo Church in Lima, Peru, I thought, expressed and prayed thanksgivings that included these words. All week long I was in awe of the way God made a way for us to speak about Him through sports and arts in another culture. The youth were receptive to everything we put in front of them. They excelled at the arts portion of the camp and loved being exposed to sports like American football. The week in Lima went better than any week I have had leading sports and arts camp in Ambridge. It was truly amazing and our team hopes that we can be fire starters that helped begin a new youth ministry at San Mateo. Please pray for the youth and their leaders at San Mateo.

We have been back for several days now, the youth and the camp have never been far from my mind. As I pray for the youth and San Mateo, I can’t help wonder why in the world things went so well in Lima. With that I am praying about the possibility of starting sports and arts camps in other states and countries. If it works in Pennsylvania and Peru, why not Jordan and Mississippi or Michigan and Uganda? Pray for us as we seek God’s direction in this area. Pray also that God’s Kingdom will come and all the people of this world will know of his love, grace and that God desires to be in relationship with each of them.



My surprise that I have been waiting to tell you all about (you may have forgotten by now) was that we did a traditional Peruvian dance our last day in Lima. We practiced after camp each day we were down there. A few of the practices were very difficult and taxing (I have a new respect for dancers). I hope to have the video up in a few days...its definitely something to see :).