Jungle Living

(These are not my pictures)

Each time I come to Peru, I am amazed by its beauty. After a very, very long (but comfortable!) bus ride, our group arrived in Kimo. Kimo is located in the province of Chanchmayo in a city called La Merced. Jungle.



Kimo, like many Scripture Union sites, is used as a Campsite in the summer (it's winter right now in Peru). The boys' home is still in construction and they hope to have it open in late August or September.

When you arrive at the site, you, your luggage, and whatever else you have with you must be loaded on the cable car and pulled across the river. While this means more hassle every every time a construction material must be brought over, it also allows for great security!



Living in the jungle for a week is definitely an adjustment. There is little electricity apart from lighting which means no internet (which is the reason for me not updating my blog!). There are plenty of bugs here, which doesn’t really bother me...except for the one night that I found I had trapped two large cockroaches with me in my mosquito net!

More than anything else on this trip, I feel that I am truly learning how beautiful my God is, how amazing my God is, and how he alone is in control of everything. I feel that it is hard to be in this country without marveling at how beautiful his creation is. From the powerful ocean at the boys’ home in Kawai to the breathtaking mountains above the home in Kusi, to the beautiful jungle here in Kimo, I have a constant reminder of the beauty of my God. For if He made all this, how much more beautiful must He be! Also, as I take on more of a responsible role here and have more freedom, I am traveling more by myself. God continues to prove himself quite capable of getting me safely where I need to be.

Thank you so much for your prayers! I'll try to do better about posting...but just know when I am in the jungle, it won’t be happening! :)

Please keep these precious kids in your prayers, and that the project in Kimo will continue as scheduled and that God will prepare all that is necessary for the kids who will live here soon.

In Christ,
Catherine