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Arequipa: such a great place!

10 May, 2016 by Alberto de la Portilla

Greetings to all from Misner Family in Peru!

Our daughters are adapting very well. Our oldest daughter Lydia will be seven years on May 26. She is studying at the School of the Sacred Hearts where she is learning Spanish, English and French. Our youngest daughter is 4 years old and she is studying in the kindergarten here in the parish of the Good Shepherd. Both love much the fathers and sisters who are working with the Comboni missionaries.

Karissa and I started our medical work a week ago at Villa Ecológica, which is on the outskirts of the city. Karissa specializes in adult and I am a pediatrician. We have a lot of love and respect for the Father Conrado and his passion for making this special place to assist these people without medical care.

Please keep us present in your thoughts and prayers.

Thank you for the possibility of this missionary service and the people of Arequipa.

Matt, Karissa, Lydia, y Violet Misner. CLM Family from the NAP in Peru

Arequipa, mission in southern Peru

13 March, 2016 by Alberto de la Portilla

We leave under these lines another video recorded by the Spanish television with the Comboni Missionaries in Peru.

In this Comboni parish is also working the Comboni Lay Missionaries for the last 9 years. At present time we are Kike Garcia (Peruvian CLM), Matt and Karissa Misner (CLM from US) with their two daughters.

We hope that with this video you can get close and understand better this missionary reality.

Greetings to everyone

Christmas project in Rayampampa, Peru.

5 February, 2016 by Alberto de la Portilla

Every Christmas, the ladies of Theodokis Maria visit the small village of Rayampampa, Peru. Rayampampa is outside the city of Otusco where the Virgen de la Puerta, this region’s most famous religious icon resides.

The group takes gifts for the children of the village. When they first started approximately 15 years or so ago, there were only 10 children on their list. This year, there were over 100. They also take clothes and needed household items for the adults.

In the beginning, the village also did not have a church. Within the last few years, the ladies have worked with the villagers to construct their beautiful one room church. I was honored this year to be invited to participate in this project!

The celebrations started with praying, singing and Bible stories. The children danced and laughed and had a wonderful time. After the gifts were distributed, everyone was treated to hot chocolate and Panetton…the Peruvian version of fruitcake. No Christmas celebration in Peru is complete without it!

When most of the village had started their trek home with their goodies, one of the families cooked lunch for our group. Roasted hen and rice and beans cooked over an open flame. It was wonderful and I will certainly always remember the friendliness and generosity of spirit of these wonderful people!!

Melissa White, CLM in Peru

Smiles in the sand

3 February, 2016 by Alberto de la Portilla

Hello everyone
We leave you a video recorded by the Spanish TV in Trujillo (Peru) where we can see the work of the Comboni Missionaries and of the Comboni Lay Missionaries in the place (is in Spanish).

Greetings to everybody, let us see who wants to joint!

Our second year in Malawi

26 March, 2015 by Alberto de la Portilla

We share with you a nice video made by the Kleven family (American CLM in their second years of service in Malawi).
You can see many of the activities carried out by them in their missionary service.
We hope you like.