Now it was time to introduce the concept of moving to Peru with the kids!!

April 2015 – Chris started by reading to the kids as a bedtime story the biography of Klaus Dieter John from the YWAM publication Christian Heroes: Then & Now series. There are 43 books in this series, and I think 40 of them are about missionaries who have long passed on. We have read half of them, and the concept of this faith filled man still being alive was not lost on the kids.

They enjoyed the book and somewhere along the way we introduced the idea that maybe we could go to Peru and help! Keeping it an idea that they could chew over worked well. It helped Chris and I too, as we digested what it would really mean.

It was amazing to see how the older kids all picked out a different Peruvian feature that excited them about moving there. Jake loves an adventure and wants to hike in the Andes and can’t wait to learn Spanish and experience a different culture.

Sam, our keen cyclist, realised the potential of high altitude living some 2.65km above sea level with the training potential of the even higher mountain highways.

Isaac loved the idea of helping Dad with the technical aspects of the project. Then Sarah heard about the perfect Peruvian horses that walk the Inca trails, and Georgia wants to help the poor kids at the afternoon kids clubs the hospital holds each weekday...

It took our breath away to realise how God was sending us to a place that would hold something special for each of the kids. Interests aside, they were all taken by the idea of Peru - to help the poor, to share God’s love and to help Dad with the project.

Blessings, Sandi

The YWAM book which initially inspired us