Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Dec 2009
Dec 2009
the C U S C O
c h r o n i c l e s
Introduction Monthly Activities Supporter’s Spotlight News and Notes
Summary of the past few weeks Further description of our time A list of our supporters with a News from our recent holidays
and the events related to our in Cusco so far and a cultural photo of Cusco and a special celebrated and a list of monthly
move to Cusco piece about alpacas Peruvian recipe prayer requests
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our new
home
Wow! Two months have
already passed since we
arrived here in Peru. We’ve
been extremely busy settling Barton, Allison, and Cole Kizer
in, getting documentation
Overseen by the Chase Park Church of
finished, and beginning Christ in Huntsville, Alabama
Spanish lessons.
The photo above was a very exciting and emotional moment for our team. It was taken just cuscomission.wordpress.com
outside the airport in Cusco, where we were greeted by members of the church here in the city.
Mailing Address in Cusco:
They painted several signs and they bought chullos, Peruvian hats, for the whole group-even the
babies! This was just the beginning, however, of their warm welcome to our team. Peruvians are Barton Kizer
known throughout Latin America for their hospitality, but the members of the church here have P.O. Box 707
truly outdone themselves. One lady from the church, Maria Ysabel, is a tour
Cusco, Peru
guide, and she spent all day with us for two entire weeks, searching for
apartments, furniture, and appliances, and even feeding us in her home.
Another couple from the church, Juan Carlos and Denise, have been
there to help us with a myriad of requests on a daily basis. It’s been hard
not to take advantage of these wonderful people, especially since they are
so willing to help and we are, many times, helpless until we learn Spanish
a little better. The transition to life here in Cusco went a lot smoother with
their help, and of course with the help of a special couple,
settling in
Trying to make your home in another county is definitely a learning
cousin of the alpaca, the vicuña.
process. It takes a lot of patience, energy, and time. There have been times
when we grimaced watching our new table being piled on top of a taxi cab
and tied on with a single rope, or walked a long way to a store only to find
out that it’s closed for several hours for lunch, but overall it has been pretty
fun and everything’s gone pretty smoothly. We are all very happy with our
new apartments and our new furniture and appliances, and we really love
Cusco so far. It’s a beautiful city filled with many friendly people.
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December 2009
TH E CUSCO CHRONICLES
Recipe
of the
Month:
Aji de Gallina
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December 2009
Happy Holidays!
Since we’ve been here in
Cusco, we’ve already
celebrated 3 major holidays
and we have another one
coming up in just a few
short days! Halloween is
celebrated here in Peru
much the same as it is in the
we went over to the Reaves’
States, although children
apartment and had a really
shout, “Halloween” instead
great meal with the team
of “Trick or Treat!” For
followed by more gifts and a
Thanksgiving, we gave Prayer Requests
board game. We plan to ring
American-style cooking our
in the New Year with a team • The people of Cusco
best shot as we were still
party at our new place. • Our Spanish classes
adjusting to high-altitude
H a p p y N e w Ye a r t o • Our daily encounters with a
baking and settling into our
everyone back home! new culture and new people
new apartments. But we fireworks! They sell the
even had a turkey-and the • Memorial Parkway Church of
really big kind here, and Christ’s relocation to Chase Park
best part was that we didn’t almost everyone in the • For us to build good
have to cook it (an American whole city sets them off ! We relationships with the other
restaurant here in town hear that New Year’s Eve is Christians here in the city
cooked it for us). Christmas an even bigger show, so it • Thanksgiving for allowing us to
Eve here in Cusco is a should be quite a sight! find comfortable places to live
special night, with a late Christmas Day began with a •Thanksgiving for the successful
supper beginning at 9 or nice, relaxing morning and arrival of our belongings from
10:00, followed by an the United States
Cole really enjoyed playing
amazing display of with all his new toys. Then •Thanksgiving for obtaining our
missionary visas
Monthly Bible Verse: Romans 15:13 (Romanos 15:13) •The other mission teams
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the working in Lima and Arequipa
Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. • Our supporting churches and
financial partners
Que el Dios de la esperanza los llene de toda alegría y paz a ustedes que creen en él, para
que rebosen de esperanza por el poder del Espíritu Santo.
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