We have made it into a new school year…in person!
I am so over the moon to be in my classroom with my kiddos! Thank all of you who prayed for us during our week of prayer…your prayers were felt and needed as the weeks leading up to school proved to be full of the chaotic twists and turns we have come to expect but never fully prepare for. Despite all of that, your prayers ushered us into an amazing first week back with 37 ecstatic students. We’ll see how long their happiness at being back lasts, but for now school is running smoothly.
We would be thrilled if you would continue to cover us in prayer this year as so many unknowns still loom. Some ways you can pray:
-Pray for continued health and moderate restrictions as Peru is predicting another wave of Covid cases in the next few months. Praise God with us that we have remained at the level Moderate which allows us to continue at school and that Peru has continued on a steady path of handling the virus well.
-We would appreciate prayers for the Carrera family, missionaries on the field here with us. Joy’s cancer has returned and though the prognosis is good enough that she is hoping to travel back and forth between the US and Peru for treatment, we still pray that this plan will be effective and she can soon be in complete remission. Her husband Bill is a vital part of our school and we will be scrambling a bit to cover his classes while they travel.
-Last but not least, please pray for a break in the heat! This has been an oppressive dry season with classrooms getting in the high 90’s by late morning. It makes for a weary school day but our kids (and teachers!) are keeping at it. Dry season continues through September so we have a long few weeks ahead.
Dear friends, thank you for carrying us along in your thoughts and prayers. This update is short and sweet but there will be more to come! 2021-2022 school year: here we are, ready to go!
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