Update: Chakam Outreach to Peru

Yesterday, we departed for the Valley of Caral. After ministering to a number of tiny missionary churches along the way, we visited the village of Caral and held a healing services during the day time. After the service, we were treated to traditional Peruvian foods including spicy fried guinea pig. Jess (Camalari) is starting to like this delicacy…….

In the afternoon, we visited one of the newest archeological escavation sites in Peru – a site which is very significant in Peru and even for the whole world. The site dates back more than 5000 years ago which makes it pre-Inca. More than one hundred workers and archeologists are painstakingly uncovering six very large pyramides, temples, houses, etc… This community, just outside of the fruitful valley of Caral, in the desert, was the home to an estimated 3000 indigenous peoples. However, one interesting fact is that the archeologists were only able to find 4 skeletons – one 19 year old man and 4 babies. The one man was found in some type of small room with his hands tied behind his back, his fingers cut off and cracks in his scull. The babies appeared to have died from natural causes.

The is no theory what happened with the 3000+ inhabitants.

These pre-Incas were apparently peaceful peoples as no weapons of any kind have been found.

The restoration and rehabilitation of this site is quite astounding. Spoon by spoon, the walls of the various buildings and pyramids are uncovered. To restore the walls properly, special archeological laboratories have to analyze the composition of paints, what was used between the stones, etc…

Court proceedings

Drugs and weapons bust in Stanley Mission, results in two year sentence

18h ago

health care

La Loche recipient of new portable blood analyzer, printer kit

19h ago

Crime

Dangerous driving report at Red Wing, leads to arrest of man with gun

22h ago

Our tour guide explained that this site has upset many theories about the development of Peru, South America and even the world. He said that this site is of much more historical importance that Machu Picchu, one of the wonders of the world situated in Peru.

After this interesting tour, Jess and I returned to Barranca to teach Theology of Work – Level II to some 40 students of CHAKAM School of the Bilbe. The course completed last evening.

Today, we will have a ceremony in Puente Bolivar during which Jubilation Program in Prince Albert will officially receive a piece of land (property) as a gift for all the international development work we have undertaken in the community for the past 5 years. With the financial assistance of many people in Prince Albert and beyond, including the Church in Meath Park, Under the Juniper Tree Chapel, CHAKAM School of the Bible, and the Saskatchewan Council of International Cooperation, we have renovated and/or replaced more than 40 housing units and built a brand new church. The official ceremony will be followed by a church service in the little church during which I will be preaching the precious Word of God.

Tomorrow morning we will be leaving back for Lima and continue this exciting outreach to the precious people of Peru.

Until then,

John Fryters