Mat 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
Mat 5:15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Mat 5:16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Hola from Tacna Peru!
Tacna is a city of approx. 300000, I say approximate because the population fluctuates so greatly from the migrants coming into the camps out of the jungles and other impoverished regions. It’s one of those migrant camps that we have spent our first few days here in Tacna serving. As bad as the conditions are in the migrant camps, they are much worse in the jungles of Peru. The Peruvians come here to Tacna to find a better life and the government allows them to “squat” on small pieces of land in the camp to live. It’s on two of those pieces of land that we are building the casitas (little houses) for some families that are trying to make a better life for their children. One family is a husband and wife who have 6 kids and they will be living in a 10 foot by 20 foot house. The other casita is for a young single mom, Luz and her daughter Barbara.
To say the living conditions in the camp are bad is such a ridiculous understatement. I have no idea how people can survive here. I have tried to include a couple of pictures of the camps and one of the Church. The view of the church from the camp is such an incredible likeness to Matthew 5 that I had to include the passage. From all around the valley in the camp, the city on a hill can be seen. The stark contrast from it’s surroundings, life in a inhospitable and seemingly lifeless place.
In two and a half days, the medical clinic has served 210 people, many are children who are coming without parents. The times are so hard that typically both parents leave the camp to find work and the children are left on their own. They gravitate to the church because of the playground and a feeding program that the church provides for them.
The conditions that the medical team are treating are as wide a range as the individuality of the people they are seeing. Some are coming to the clinic with injuries that have occurred some days in the past but have been waiting for the clinic to get here so they can get treated. One such man had a serious contusion on his head from being hit with a 2x4. He has been walking around with a piece of cloth on his head for three days. Of course there is probably a great story to go along with the injury but the Docs don’t ask… another favorite of the team was the two small boys who were complaining that their heads ached. When asked for more details, the oldest boy told the triage team that this happens only when his sister sings…
More to follow.
Mat 5:15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Mat 5:16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Hola from Tacna Peru!
Tacna is a city of approx. 300000, I say approximate because the population fluctuates so greatly from the migrants coming into the camps out of the jungles and other impoverished regions. It’s one of those migrant camps that we have spent our first few days here in Tacna serving. As bad as the conditions are in the migrant camps, they are much worse in the jungles of Peru. The Peruvians come here to Tacna to find a better life and the government allows them to “squat” on small pieces of land in the camp to live. It’s on two of those pieces of land that we are building the casitas (little houses) for some families that are trying to make a better life for their children. One family is a husband and wife who have 6 kids and they will be living in a 10 foot by 20 foot house. The other casita is for a young single mom, Luz and her daughter Barbara.
To say the living conditions in the camp are bad is such a ridiculous understatement. I have no idea how people can survive here. I have tried to include a couple of pictures of the camps and one of the Church. The view of the church from the camp is such an incredible likeness to Matthew 5 that I had to include the passage. From all around the valley in the camp, the city on a hill can be seen. The stark contrast from it’s surroundings, life in a inhospitable and seemingly lifeless place.
In two and a half days, the medical clinic has served 210 people, many are children who are coming without parents. The times are so hard that typically both parents leave the camp to find work and the children are left on their own. They gravitate to the church because of the playground and a feeding program that the church provides for them.
The conditions that the medical team are treating are as wide a range as the individuality of the people they are seeing. Some are coming to the clinic with injuries that have occurred some days in the past but have been waiting for the clinic to get here so they can get treated. One such man had a serious contusion on his head from being hit with a 2x4. He has been walking around with a piece of cloth on his head for three days. Of course there is probably a great story to go along with the injury but the Docs don’t ask… another favorite of the team was the two small boys who were complaining that their heads ached. When asked for more details, the oldest boy told the triage team that this happens only when his sister sings…
More to follow.
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