I could devote the whole newsletter to the Amazing Race and still not capture everything we did.  Inca Link has 15 interns serving this summer in Peru and Ecuador.  To orient the interns on Inca Link, we traveled to every ministry site in Ecuador and Peru.  The interns used 11 modes of transportation from foot to mototaxis to donkeys, boats and more.  They had various challenges all along the way - making taffy and selling it on the bus, digging up worms and yes, frying them up and eating them, jumping off a bridge, guiding a guinea pig down a maze, carrying water to houses in the city dump who have no running water, surfing for 5 seconds...  Inca Link has an incredible group of interns serving this summer!  Please pray for them as they help lead teams and serve at the various ministry sites in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. 

Here is the first team to the finish line of the Amazing Race in Peru.  This was a fast and crazy week, hence the word "race", but it was wonderful for us to meet all of the people who Inca Link partners with in ministry and to see what the Lord is doing in other parts of South America. 

Thank you for your prayers for the ministry of Casa Elizabeth.  Miriam's baby, Benjamin is healthy, fat and growing.  Miriam is currently training at a sewing business to learn how to sew and have a job after she leaves Casa Elizabeth.  Thanks for praying for L.  She is doing very well and has returned to school.  We are praying that the Lord will provide a permanent and safe home for her.  Even though Maritza has left Casa Elizabeth, we are grateful that she continues to visit and desires to maintain a relationship with all of us.  Her baby, Isaias is now 6 months old and is full of smiles and belly laughs.  It is a joy to be a part of the lives of these young ladies and their babies.  Please remember to pray for David and Lucy who are the house parents and for their children, Alison and Mateo.  We praise God for His faithfulness and sovereignty in leading our family to Inca Link and Casa Elizabeth.