Packin' Papas

The Georges in Peru by Allen & Mary Beth George, Allen George

'Papa' is the word for potato in Spanish.  It's also the word for 'Pope' which has made for some pretty hilarious menu translations in some restaurants.  (e.g. 'baked pope'!) Right now potatoes are cheap.  This week our emergency relief project bought 3 tons of potatoes for 3.34¢ (USD) per pound!  (CAD 10.33¢/kg)  Our job today was to divide them into plastic bags of 3kg each (6.6 pounds) to give to hungry families this week.

Packin' Papas

Mia and Mary Beth stand in the midst of our task.  Each sack of potatoes weighs about 220 pounds (100kg).Packin' Papas

If you want to help feed hungry Venezuelan refugees and poor Peruvians please consider donating here.

The Georges in Peru

By:
Allen & Mary Beth George, Allen George

About Us

We are Allen and Mary Beth George from Nebraska and Manitoba respectively.  Allen has been serving in Peru with SIM since 2000 when he arrived with his late wife, Amy.   Mary Beth has been serving in Peru since 2005.  Sarah & Zach are both in their medical residencies in Chicago (Sarah in emergency medicine and Zach in family medicine).  Ben is working for Ahlstrom-Munksjö in Taylorville, Illinois.  Mia is in her 3nd year studying physical therapy at Loma Linda U. in California.  Paul works as a programmer at Epic in Madison, Wisconsin.

What are we doing?

The Georges are church planting in Punta de Bombón, a town about about 6000 people on the coast of Peru.

Where are we?:

Working on Church Planting with SIM in Latin America, South America, Amazonas, Peru