Working outside

Billy and Padre Tony getting dirty

Another view of the trench

Making some headway

Went on a hike and got a view of Misti

Some beautiful desert wildlife

A missionary team from St. Matthew's Cathedral in Dallas came out for a week to start the building process in a site called Via Ecologica. This is one of the mission sites for the Anglican Church here in Peru. It is about a 25 minute drive out from the city center of Arequipa.

After about 3 years of waiting the people of this area will now see the firsts of a brand spankin' new church. When I was here in Arequipa 3 years ago they had just bought the land, and now they are building. It is pretty incredible to see.

The work was really hard. We had 3 straight days of digging and picking making the trenches. And then finally we got down to the level that we needed to (a little more than a meter deep) and we saw some of the columns go up. The St. Matthew's team was able to make the foundation to the new temple. We were all very proud.

Thanks St. Matthew's!