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A Week in My Life  by Peru Mission missionary Albert den Oudsten Often I start the week without knowing what I exactly will be doing that week. Every week is different working as a missionary here in Trujillo. At the last moment meetings are scheduled or cancelled and more activities are always coming up.

“The Son of Man came eating and drinking...”  Luke 7:34 Why do we love Thanksgiving so much? Is it the turkey? Is it the time spent with loved ones?

Last Saturday Christ the King Presbyterian Church held a sports day or campeonato. Peruvians love sports--volleyball and soccer (futbol), to be specific--and there are few better ways to get a group together than to host a tournament.  Each missional cell group put together teams for both sports, and one of the sisters of the church cooked up a delicious lunch of chicken and rice for the whole crowd. There were games for the little ones, and everyone had a great time visiting.

Last Saturday the Las Ponas/Los Rosales Missional Cell Group spent the afternoon trimming, pruning, weeding, and cleaning up a neighborhood park. Service is an important part of living in missional community, and the work day has already proven a blessing to one neighbor family in particular. The Navarez family lives across the street from the park and runs a small general store.

Missional cell groups are starting to meet again throughout our parish communities following a brief hiatus for the summer season. According to Peru Mission missionary Allen Smith in an interview published last November in our Bulletin, "The idea of a missional cell group is that they do have a meeting once a week, but they’re really trying to live as an extended family on mission to a target people. They want to be missionaries and servants to these people, and so they are t...

“And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." (Matt.