I leave in just under 4 weeks. I have so much to do and I have yet to realise that I will be living in South America for 3 months. It hasn't quite hit me yet. My guess is that it will hit me as I touch down in Lima (the capital city of Peru) or perhaps 2 and half months into my trip, who knows?
Since my last blog I have indeed had all of my jabs and have received a rough itinerary for the trip. I will be leaving on the 6th of March and flying to Lima where I will stay over night before travelling to Trujillo. I will spend the majority of my 3 months here and will be visiting primary schools teaching Christian values along with English whilst also helping out at an orphanage. I will be based in a Church here and will help out with as much youth and children outreach as I possibly can. I am also looking forward to helping out with weekly bake sales which help fund the orphanage that I'll be working in.
I have so far learnt that Peru can be somewhat unpredictable and I will therefore have to plan a lot of my timetable when I get there. However some opportunities have come up and I will hopefully be visiting Cajamarca to work in a children's camp, along with visiting other places such as Pullcalpa with the mission teams that will be travelling from my Church base.
I wanted to thank everybody that has already sponsored me in my travels. I have had such an amazing time already and I cannot wait for the second part of my year to begin. Thanks to everybody's generosity I have so far raised £1500 and have yet to raise another £800. I trust that God will provide.
If you would like to sponsor me you can do it ever so conveniently by clicking on the link below.
www.my.give.net/abipennington
I would really appreciate your prayers and support.
I thought I would add a few "prayer points" for my trip. Trujillo is a dangerous area so praying for safety would really be a massive help, prayer for those that I will be meeting and that I can be a real blessing to those I will be serving whilst away.
Thank you for reading my essay of a blog, until next time...
adiós.
