Peru Missions Trip

It has been a while since I've up-dated my blog.  It has been a really busy May with finalizing summer trips and developing 2010 trips.  We are excited about the up coming teams that have done a lot of hard work to go and reach the world through short-term missions :-).  God has continued to open great doors in Peru for us to partner with "One Hope" and join efforts to do school assemblies across that country.  I'm flying into Lima, Peru today and the rest of the team will be joining me tomorrow.  

I will do blog up-dates through-out the week to inform you of the ministry and Kingdom Impact that is taking place.  Please pray with us and for us this week in Peru!

background   

Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, 

most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the 

Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared 

in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a 

dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership 

in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a 

violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 

ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy 

and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, 

the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an 

economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction 

with his regime, which led to his ouster in 2000. A caretaker govern- 

ment oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in 

Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government - Peru's first dem- 

ocratically elected president of Native American ethnicity. The presi- 

dential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA who, after a 

disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, returned to the presidency with promises to improve social 

conditions and maintain fiscal responsibility.  

location 

Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador  

climate 

varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes  

terrain   

western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin 

(selva)