We have included some pictures from our first trip to Pucallpa.

Welcome to Pucallpa sign just outside of the airport

Paul and I on the Ucayali River (tributary of the Amazon)in Pucallpa Peru.

This is the ramp down to the Ucayali River, where we took a tour on a boat called a "Pecky Pecky" (because that is the sound the motor makes when moving).

This is picture of one of the "pecky pecky" boats located on the river.

This is a restaurant located on the river. Between the months of Novemeber through February or March, Pucallpa has their rainy season and the water level of the river will raise up to where the floor of this restaurant is located. So, during our visit we were catching the end of the dry season.

During our tour along the river, we visited a small "petting zoo" which contained animals native to the jungle (i.e. monkeys, sloths, turtles, anacondas, jaguars, ocelots (cat), capybaras (large rodents), etc.).

Paul and I being introduced to the Refuge of Hope school, where we will be working for the next three years in Pucallpa.

This picture was taken at the Refuge of Hope. The kids are gathered for their morning assembly before starting the school day.

Another picture of the morning assembly at the Refuge of Hope.

Paul and I with Victor and Anita Izquierda who started the Refuge of Hope in 1987. We were able to meet with them and discuss our positions at the school for the next three years and hear his amazing testimony of how the school was started and God's amazing provisions.

Here is one of the classes we were able to observe during our visit to the Refuge of Hope.

Here Paul and Kelsey (Cantrall) are talking with one of the boys at the Refuge of Hope. He followed us during our entire tour...but he was a little shy when we tried to talk with him.

During our visit, we were also were able to meet Isaac. He was trained by a British physician in physical therapy techniques and works with the children at the school. Here he is working with a two year old boy from the community focusing on teaching him sit up on his own and eventually begin to walk (that is the goal).

At the Refuge of Hope, we were given a tour of the facility. This is the therapy room. I was excited to see all of the equipment available at the school for the children.

Here is some more of the equipment available at the school in the therapy department.

Our future home in Pucallpa

Paul and I outside the six seat airplane in which we flew over to the community.

While visiting the community, we witnessed one of two water wells being drilled (by hand) through FH. The community also had street lights and telephone lines running along the main road in the community. For as remote as the community is, they were well connected.

We visited a remote village up the river in which FH -Peru has been working. They had just finished putting in two water wells and we were able to take part in the inauguration of the wells. While visiting the community some of the children were running up behind Paul and trying to measure how tall they were next to him. He was taller than everyone in the village...he was quite the spectacle.

During our visit to the community, the sun became intense and Paul decided to seak the shade. He fit perfectly in the pole's shade.

This picture was taken on our 20 minute plane ride over to the community. It is a picture of the jungle (plush land) and the river. The scenery was beautiful and very remote. To take a boat to this community would take at least 8 hours on a good day.

Paul and I are also priveledged in being able to spend our three years in Pucallpa with another couple our age from Oregon...Neil and Kelsey Cantrall. In the background you can see the busy streets of Pucallpa.