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Our church's missions to Peru actually started ten years ago when a group from Paintsville, KY visited Peru to provide medical relief. The Paintsville group has returned each year since. Two years later, members of our church helped the Mayo Methodist Church staff a medical mission to Puerto Bermudez, Peru. In 2006, the Roswell (GA) United Methodist Church joined us for our medical mission to Huamantanga, Canta District, Northeast of Lima. Our teams increased in size as we returned to Huamantanga the following year, and peaked with 30 missionaries in 2008 in Lachaqui. In fact, the team including Peruvian missionaries and support staff approached 50 individuals, offering medical assistance, dental care, eyeglasses, health education, and Christian counseling and services. Although we failed to assemble teams in 2009 and 2010, we have reserved the third week of June 2011 to work with The Mission Society, Arthur Ivey, in the highlands of Peru near Huancayo, most probably. If you are interested, please let Pastor Bruce or Mission Chair Bob Grueninger know soon. WHO WE NEED? Doctors, nurses, dentists, eye clinic workers, pharmacists and pharmacy assistants, health educators, couriers and several to work with children. An optional trip extension to MACHU PICCHU and the SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCA is an unforgettable experience! The cost will be $1800-2000/person. Scholarship assistance may be available.
