The Harvest is Home!!!

We've eaten 'Sopa de Quinoa' (Quinoa Soup), discovered that 'Machu Picchu' means 'Old Mountain', thrown 'good seed' down on the congregation from the churches balcony (!) and spoken live in our evening service via Skype with our Link Missionaries James and Julia Henley in Arequipa. Why? Because this year we have used the BMS Harvest material 'Sacred Soil: Harvest in Peru' to celebrate Harvest.

The celebrations have spanned over 10 days starting on the Sunday with our Harvest All Age Celebration and Evening Celebration. Then they continued the following evening as we met and enjoyed together our Harvest Supper... concluding a week later with a 'Peruvian Evening' with food, music and quiz all with a Peruvian flavour. We've all learnt a whole lot about Peru, we've been really encouraged to hear how God is using His people to help plant much needed physical seeds in the soil of the Sacred Valley and the good seed of the message of Jesus in the soul of the people and we were really excited to get a live update from James and Julia as they prepare to move on from Arequipa further into the heart of Peru. Once again the message of harvest has come home!