Welcome to the "HOPE for a Brighter Future - Peru" Blog

While I miss the everyday life of teaching and serving in Peru, I also greatly miss the times I have had the opportunity to go out into...

One of the things I have missed the most with everyone being masked are the smiles. A smile can truly brighten your day. Here are some...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I have been looking back at many of my pictures from 2019 in Peru lately and thinking how...

One of the only villages I visited every time I traveled down the Amazon river was a little village called LIDA. There are many distinct...

When I returned to what ended up being my last year of teaching before moving to Peru, I kept the majority of what I was thinking about...

One of my favorite memories from the first time I stayed for longer than a week in Peru was actually the walk out from the missions...

On my first trip to Peru we worked a lot with the kids in the village of Irlanda. We had a lot of fun playing games with them, doing...

In 2014, I spent almost my entire summer break from school in Iquitos, Peru with the Arimborgo family. They welcomed me into their home,...

This is a continuation of the last two posts (which you can find here "I am NOT going to the jungle" and "Have you ever considered being...

Have you ever made a deal with God? Well, that is a major portion of what happened in my mind on my second trip to Peru. In a very...

Isn't it funny sometimes how we think one thing and end up doing something completely different? I was absolutely convinced I wouldn't go...

Today I would like to share with you the beginning of one of my stories from Peru that has impacted me deeply. It opened my eyes to a...

The story of Limber is one that is near and dear to my heart when it comes to my early experiences in Iquitos. When I moved to Peru, I...

When I first went to Peru in 2012, I was truly overwhelmed by the whole experience. There was one picture that was taken of me with a...