I will be packing up my belongings and putting them in a truck on Friday, May 31st. The truck will head out that day with a trusted Peruvian friend on board. It will take the truck at least 24 hours of driving to arrive in Cuzco, winding through the Andes Mountains!!  Please pray for their safety in travel, and for the safety of my belongings.

I will board a plane on Saturday, June 1st for a one hour flight to Cuzco.... with my 4 month old kitten given to me by a friend at our church. Yikes!! Need I say more? I'm sure we will BOTH spend the first week in Cuzco recovering from HER trauma of her first jet ride. Please pray for me as I pull up roots here in Lima and make yet another transition.

Please pray for the 8 female interns that I will be living with for my first two months in Cuzco. Pray for our relationships and that God will use us in one another's lives, even as we are all adjusting to changes and close living quarters. Pray that we will find great joy in the Lord and great joy in one another!

I will be saying my "goodbyes" all along the way this next week. The hardest goodbyes will be with the children at Manuel Correa. We are to have a despedida, or going away party, on Wednesday night. Please pray for good closure with all to whom I have become close during my 6 months in Lima.

Please also pray Deuteronomy 31:8 for me: "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

I will also ask you to pray this Scripture for me, Colossians 1:9-14. One of my favorite ways to pray for people is to pray Scripture back to God, inserting their names and making it personal:

"For this reason (for the reason, read the preceding verses!), since the day we heard about Laura, we have not stopped praying for her and asking you, Lord, to fill her with the knowledge of your will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that she may live a life worthy of you and may please you in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of you, being strengthened with all power according to your glorious might so that she may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to you, Father, who has qualified her to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For you have rescued her from the dominion of darkness and brought her into the kingdom of the Son whom you love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND ENCOURAGEMENT!!

I will keep you posted on how things are progressing!! Again, please feel free to write me directly with any questions or encouragements!!

Please also note the change of address and telephone number for the time being, as well as the web site for some information on the team in Cuzco: