Cross The Frontier

Safe Eats!

Chip — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:58:25 +0000

Safe Sleep in Trujillo

Chip — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:53:39 +0000

Safety continues to be a priority in Trujillo. We stay in the tourist district near Avenida Pizarro in Downtown. We have used Hostal Las Mercedes for over a decade and have directed our friends there, as well. It is safe and comfortable.

Safe Travel on Linea

Chip — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:49:41 +0000

You will not be riding on a goat and chicken bus from Lima to Trujillo. We use Linea and these are awesome buses. Double decker buses with first class seats that lay down flat. A stewardess serves meals and drinks, a video shows for the first two hours of the overnight trip. There is a bathroom on board and the bus even has wi-fi!

Safe Lodgings in Lima

Chip — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:23:57 +0000

If you want to go repelling off the side of a cliff or kayak down a swollen river, you probably need to look for another trip. Great mission trips are usually the ones from which your return in one piece. We enjoy some great relationships and they start with the drivers who pick you up from the airport and then take you to the hotel. We are using Hostal Hitchhikers and you can check out their website

Wedding Bells

Chip — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:08:58 +0000

Julie and Chip are thrilled to be getting Erica Horton as a daughter-in-law. She is a school teacher in Phoenix and graduated from Arizona State University. We have gotten to see Erica as Katie’s youth group leader, as a volunteer in Mexico and last year, she was with us for five weeks of ministry in Peru. She worked in Alto Trujillo at a preschool center and in a couple of the Christian high schools in Trujillo.

Since graduating from Arizona State, Bryan has worked at Grand Canyon University in marketing and as an adjunct Spanish professor. He will complete his Masters of Education in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in August. About a year after they marry, Bryan and Erica plan to go to be missionaries in Trujillo, Peru.

Peru 2012 Some More Video Fun

Chip — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:48:52 +0000

Possible Mission: Holy Ghost Protocal

Chip — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:17:54 +0000

What is Holding You Back?

Chip — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:49:06 +0000

Be a Part of the Solution

We named our ministry “Cross The Frontier” for a reason. There are so many barriers that can hold a person back from being all that God would have them to be. We are able to provide a place of ministry for people who will be glad that they have met you. You will love people and serve people and in the process, probably have a great time doing it. If you were able to go, what is the one thing you would love to do in Peru this summer? Please hit the comments button and tell us. You might just find yourself getting a little closer to going!

A Christmas Gift

Chip — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:55:21 +0000

Are you looking for a way to let family and friends know what you would like for Christmas? If want you really want is financial help for a mission trip, let them see this video. Let them see just a sneak peak into what awaits you in Peru this summer. Like getting a bike on a snowy December day, you can wait a little bit to take your ride. It will be well worth it!

Going Hollywood

Chip — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:03:48 +0000

Well, not quite Hollywood, but I am being interviewed for a feature length documentary about poverty in Peru. The film, called “El Milagro” is about the problems of poverty and child labor in Peru. In particular, there are families and children who live inside of the city dump, sorting through piles of regular garbage and hospital waste. They live and work and breathe in the smoke of burning piles of filth.

I took the producer and crew to the Valley of the Enchanted Lion and talked about that community’s ingenious solutions to their problems. Along with that, I also spoke about why evangelical Christians and small struggling churches would sacrifice to feed the poor and start schools and bring in volunteer medical teams. It is that a Christian has Christ as their savior, but also as their example. We believe that he would be there, feeding, clothing, and taking them in his arms.

When I spoke to the community this morning, I told them that I had tried to bring in a team that would help them, on this very day and that the team fell through. Instead, through this film, they get to be a blessing to others. People in other latin American countries will see their example and be encouraged. Perhaps people in Africa or India will do the same. We look forward to seeing what God continues to unfold.

As Chip looks on, the people of the Valley show the film's producer how they built the 4.5 mile pipeline from discarded bottles

Lights! Camera! Action! The film "El Milagro" or "The Miracle" should hit European theaters in January as a feature film documentary. It is produced by Salomon Shang.

In 2000, we were part of a team that helped the village get an 80 meter (260 feet) deep well. A few years ago, needing more water, they dug another well...by hand. It is 47 meters deep or about 15 stories down!

Thomas was having fun with the camera and shot through the remnants of the pop bottle pipeline. Kind of a James Bond meets Indiana Jones at the all you can eat buffet kind of picture.

Grand Canyon University student and extraordinary son, Matthew Lamca helps the crew to set up for the next shot as Salomon and I chat in the background. It was a beautiful day.

The film crew was great. Sergio is hoisting 50 plus pounds of camera on his shoulder. He was a combat photographer in the Spanish army, yet was deeply moved by what he saw in Peru.