Welcome to the Advocates' Peru Tour website.

Here you can keep up to date with the activities of our group of advocates as we travel to Peru from the 5th to the 16th of February 2008 to see the work of Compassion.
Advocates are sponsors with a heart for our ministry who volunteer some of their time on an ongoing basis to promote Compassion in their churches and within their spheres of influence.

The team will spend time meeting staff and children in projects, visiting the homes of Compassion sponsored children, seeing how the country office operates and meeting formerly sponsored children. We will try to update the site each day whilst we are in Peru and we hope you find it interesting. Enjoy!


DAILY ITINERARY

Below is the itinerary of the group whilst in Peru:
5th February
Group travels to Peru today, arriving at Lima airport in the evening.

6th February
Visit to the Compassion office and meet with staff.

7th February
Visit to Child Survival Programme at project PE-248.


Visit with the Compassion assisted children in their homes.

8th February
Fun Day with sponsored children of advocates on the tour


Dinner with formerly sponsored children

9th February
Visit to project PE-444


Sightseeing in Lima

10th February
Worship at a Peruvian church connected to a Compassion project, where some Compassion students will be graduating.

Fly to Chiclayo

11th February
Visit to a rural project in Chiclayo

Sightseeing in Chiclayo

12th February
Visit to project PE-339

Visit with Compassion assisted children in their homes.

Fly back to Lima

13th February
Visit to project PE-123


Dinner with Leadership Development Students

14th February
Shopping at local markets

Debrief

Depart from Lima Airport

15th February
Flying home

16th February
Arrive home




Sunday, 9 March 2008

Voices of the least. That's us!

Hi All.
Maria's blog about the CD, Voices of the Least, has set me thinking. The children we met had beautiful voices, singing, cheering, with hearts full of love for us. But they have no physical voice over here. That's where we come in. We are their voices and we are required to use our voices for those children (and the others around the world) in the same way that we are God's hands, and bodies here on earth.
I'm getting to the point where I feel people around me have heard all there is to hear about my time in Peru. Every so often a particular memory crops up and I live it through again and share it with whomever is with me. But the problem is, I want them to see what I'm sharing with them about.
That's why I am creating a Windows Movie of the trip through pictures and music from the CD, because if I give folk a copy they can see what I am talking about with the added benefit of a relevant song.
Talk soon.
Al.

5 comments:

Zandra said...

wowe Al thats fantastic! Brilliant even.
And I was speaking to Anne today and she said she got your photo CD. Please may I have one too?

Zandra said...

Hey Al me again. I have just realised the photo you just posted is of my young friend and his 2 pals who were my shadows at their project visit. They were fantastic teenagers. And yes please I would love a CD as well.

Alastair said...

Zandra.
You should have your Photo CD tomorrow - it was posted today.
Al.

Zandra said...

Thanks very much Al, your photos are so good. Are you going to Warwick?

Alastair said...

Zandra. Yes I'm going to Warwick and my flights are booked. I get in to Birmingham at three(ish) on the Friday. It's just a little over three months away and I am so looking forward to meeting up with the gang again.
Al.