Baby Shower

Weds night ladies bible study with a difference! Last night instead of bible study at our home some of the ladies from church went to Emy's home to pray for the safe arrival of her baby.
Of course we also played games ate together and gave her some small gifts but the real purpose of the evening was for the church ladies to support her in prayer. In those first few weeks when we started the church plant 8 months ago Emy told us she was newly pregnant and we had the opportunity to pray with her.Last night was a wonderful celebration of friendship and new life! We are so excited to meet our first church newborn!

It's the simple pleasures in life!

Scott returned from the UK earlier this month with a few plastic containers of Heinz Baked beans and today he bought a toaster. What a treat for the Williamson family to have beans on toast for tea, a taste of home!!!

Meeting Mr Mayor !

Today we had a meeting with the Mayor of Yucay . The Yucay municipalidad is prepared to donate 120 square metres of land to the convention for us to build a two storey health centre to work in. The population of Yucay is 3,500 and the health post there is nurse run so you can imagine the great need for medical attention there. We are very excited about this prospect, please join us in praying for this project to happen ! This weekend when we visit Yucay we will have a look at the land he is proposing. We are feeling very excited!!

Pretty Polly

It is normal for Anjanette's patients to surprise her in all sorts of ways:

1 the things they attribute their symptoms to for example I get a fever every time I drink cold water
2 the way they address her "Doctorcita Linda" which means beautiful little doctor
3 the fact that they will walk for hours to get to the clinic
4 the remedies they tried before coming to the clinic (like pouring urine on their skin)
5 the severity of their pathology
6 the number of skirts the quechua women wear

however today was a great surprise when a patient entered the clinic with a live parrot sitting on her shoulder!!

Unexpected trip to Lima

We have really enjoyed having Jess and Tash stay with us, they were in our youth group in Luton 10 years ago and it has been great having them visit and take part in our work here in Cusco for a few weeks. Tomorrow they are due to fly back to the UK however with European airports closed due to the volcanic ash cloud this is a problem for them as well as millions of others who have had their travel plans disrupted over the last week!. Since their spanish is very limited Scott is flying with them to Lima tomorrow and will look after them until they are able to travel back to the UK so all of Scott's plans for this week have suddenly been put on hold!!

Postres Evening

We held a postres evening at church tonight. We enjoyed desserts from England America and Peru and had excellent attendance from church members who brought friends and from the missionary community too. We had the cafe church decorated with candles on the tables and we listened to live music, the money raised will go towards the disaster relief in Yucay. Our main aim was that church members would feel comfortable inviting friends and family into the building in a relaxed informal environment and we were delighted to achieve that .

Medical Campaign in Yucay

Dr Greg examines Juan, a few days old the newest member of the Yucay community


Sorting through clothes donated by churches in Kirby Muxloe, Luton and Peru

Anjanette examining a patient in the makeshift consultation room, a gazebo and some blue sheets
Tash and Jess run the pharmacy

The team of doctors nurses and helpers from Fuente clinic and El Puente Cafe Iglesia.

We had a great day in Yucay today, 3 nurses and 2 doctors saw about 75 patients in Yucay, we were also able to chat and pray with patients too. For Anjanette it was such a treat to administer medical care as well as the aid we have been taking weekly to this community.