RIOTING, MUDSLIDES and LOTS of LOVE!

God's been good, the neighborhood not so good ! Antigovernment mobs in Peru have been blocking highways, setting fires on farm land, destroying infrastructure and attacking police stations for more than a month. Organized gangs have made multiple attempts to take over airports and halt railroads. The rioting coupled with rainy season mudslides have made it a mess. Over 40 have died in Arequipa due to the rainy season mudslides, 58 killed and over 800 injured in riots. This clip below shows our living room filled with donations that will be reaching our single Mom families (with special needs and disabilities) are getting food rations because of you. Pray for our community as Cristy and I make these critical home visits. It’s all Love!

Protesting Continues to Hit Our Hometown

On December 6, 2022, President Castillo was impeached for attempting to dissolve the nation’s Congress and calling for new elections. Congress ignored his decree. Castillo was immediately taken into custody. He remains in jail, ordered by Peru’s Supreme Court. Vice President Boluarte became Peru’s first female President after lawmakers arrested Pedro Castillo. This is Peru’s 6th President in the last 5 years. Protests/rioting calling for political change broke out around the country. They have gotten progressively more severe in the last 6 weeks. As of today, over 50 are now dead and 775 injured in the clashes . Our local airport in Arequipa was invaded again today. Previously the protestors/rioters destroyed the security infrastructure and set fire to security gate while overtaking the airport’s runway. Police/Military have blocked the Pan American Highway. This is the main road in and out of Arequipa to control entry into the city.

In the capital of Lima, over 12,000 police/military have been deployed. Again today, fierce clashes broke out in Arequipa. Live footage from the city showed people trying to tear down airport fences and fields surrounding the airport were bellowing smoke. All flights were suspended again. Worker strikes, transportation strikes and blocked roads are expected to continue.


Briana's Story : Facing disability and poverty yet HOPE thru CHRIST!

Poverty, pain and despair could describe the beginning of her journey. Briana was born with Spina Bifida. Briana (4 years old) has developed a cyst/ pocket on her back of spinal fluids bulging out her lower back that could rupture at anytime and she needs immediate surgery due to the severity of her untreated condition. This can cause nerve damage and is associated with more severe disabilities often results in damage to the spinal cord and nerves. Our prayer is the Lord provides treatment that will someday allow Briana to use some combination of leg braces, walkers, crutches to walk. Our LORD is providing her a life change with your help!

Briana also has problems with her left hip. She has a condition called luxada hip dysplasia. Basically her hip socket doesn't fully cover the ball portion of the upper thighbone. This has caused her hip joint to become partially or completely dislocated and an additional surgery.

Briana has a club left foot too. As you can see, it is quite severe and it will also require surgery. Boots/Casting is not an option to correct her club foot due to severity and her age.

Based on urgency and critical nature of needed procedure we are proceeding with making arrangements as soon as possible to make this critical surgery happen. If you would like further details, please email us: David.clemmer@livesimplyfororphans.org.

Joni&Friends, MMI Wheelchair Clinic: Briana, Mom, Dad and her miracle makers.

Operation Christmas Child Pack a Shoebox

Your boxes reach our Live Simply for Orphans PERU community every year! We want boys and girls all around the world to know GOD loves them & has not forgotten them in times of uncertainty. Children need great joy now more than ever! Most of all they need the hope only found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Please consider packing a box, National collection week is November 14-21, 2022 !! This is your boxes reaching our local church in Characato PERU !!!


DOMINIC Post Surgery New Legs Praise the LORD!

Nuestro pequeño guerrero (our little warrior!) is feeling the pain and trying to sleep thru it the best he can. This is normal and expected but difficult nevertheless. Just to better explain on simple terms, during his surgery cuts were made thru both thigh bones right above the knee joint to straighten the knees and allow Dominic to stand more upright and bend in knee area aiding his ability to walk. After the bones were straightened, they are held in place with plates and screws and then heavy casting. The kneecap was moved around front closer to the knee joint to improve leg strength, and the patellar tendon, which connects the kneecap and thigh muscles to the shin bone.

Yes it's a miracle to think God allowed this !

INCLUSION AWARENESS October 2022

We celebrate INCLUSION AWARENESS for the physically disabled and mentally challenged. Watch the little girl enter into the video with the pink striped shirt as she joins the fun. She is welcomed into the group as family. What makes her unique is she is a deaf mute along with a few other challenges. I intentionally muted sound so you could experience life in her world. She begins dancing and playing and is accepted, just as GOD MADE HER PERFECT IN HIS IMAGE!