Having arrived back in Sydney now, here is a brief on what we’ve
been up to…
Firstly we flew back with only 30 items of luggage! We think this is a significant advancement on
the 94 items of luggage when we arrived in Peru in 2016! J (see our original post
http://welchesinperu.blogspot.com/2016/06/our-amazing-arrival-in-lima.html)
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| Here we are with “our stuff” in Cusco to embark on our first leg back to Sydney. |
Our arrival greeting including some of the same friends from
LifeSource Church who made the miracle happen to help us get away in the first
place on 31 May 2016. It involved a
budget rental truck, our LifeSource Church van, balloons, Easter chocolates and
other goodies. And then to arrive at our
rental house in Mount Colah, that Chris’ family had furnished for us in advance. Thank you so much everyone who blessed us so
much to make our arrival perfect!!!
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| At the other end in Sydney, we were greeted by an incredible loving team of friends. |
Over the coming weeks and months we caught up with many
family and friends. We have renewed licenses,
obtained new licenses, renewed Medicare, banking cards and accounts, presented
for numerous medical appointments and the list goes on… Not to mention our kids’ Australian education,
as Peru education is not recognised by Australia. And we have also started weekly Spanish
lessons in Sydney to be ready for a return to Peru next year.
We enjoyed many Aussie things like fish and chips on the
beach and other favourites we missed during our 3 years in Peru, from simple Aussie
pies to Thai food.
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| Fish and chips at the Dee Why beach public pool. |
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| Our family along with Sandi’s sister Kylie and son Brody from WA, visited the Sydney Harbour Vivid light show - such a contrast to Peru! |
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| Here Jake visits us in Sydney to reunite our family of 10 for a few days, plus Sandi’s mum and dad from WA. |
Our good friend Rob even brought “home” our billy cart that
we sold at our garage sale before going to Peru – now renovated with a new
paint job for the kids to enjoy.
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| From left to right, Jessica, Sarah and Stacey in Sam’s refurbished billy cart. |
Sam has wasted no time in getting back into cycling with his
NSCC Cycling Academy. He missed his club
rides with his cycling mates and the Australian racing circuit. But he is making up for lost time now. In fact Sam just came 2nd in the NSW Metro
Road Racing Championships that was held in Penrith on 7 July.
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| Questions are being asked after 3 years of absence in Australia, just where has this Sam Welch guy come from?☺ |
Chris continues to support the Diospi Suyana Media Centre
whilst we are here. From Australia he
can advise, problem solve and also help plan the next license and transmission
site/s.
Whilst Dr Klaus plans to visit Australia for the second time
to share the story of Diospi Suyana and to launch his 2nd book in English “God
has seen us”. His tour is planned for
August 2019 as we put together his schedule for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and
Perth. So if anyone would like Klaus to
present at their church, school, radio station, work or any group for that
matter, then please let us know ASAP.
So here’s as a recap
of where we got to in Peru…
We estimate some 800,000 people in Peru today can now
receive Diospi Suyana FM radio and hear the Gospel along with Christian music
and medical information, in both Spanish and Quechua.
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| (2017 population figures) |
Diospi’s radio program can also be received via satellite in
all of Latin America, by some 400 million Spanish speaking people direct to
their homes if they have satellite access (see below coverage map).
We can truly say God was faithful to his promises to look
after us, despite many difficult moments with work, Sam had a bike accident or
two, the kids were challenged by attending school in Spanish and Sandi
navigated many family moments whilst Chris was often away on travel... through
it all God was sovereignly with us.
We thank you so much for all those who supported us. Chris is looking for work while we are on home
assignment to finance the period from now until 2020 when we plan to return to
Peru. As despite what we have done,
there is more to do in finishing these sites and preparing for more in the
future.
Chris and Sandi,
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