We have a new project in the works here in Arequipa. As some of you know we have a new team of missionary families joining Team Arequipa in the field beginning in January. One great asset the new families bring is medical knowledge. Four of the eight adults are medical professionals so we decided to capitalize on that incoming expertise and come up with a way that CUDA can help communities be healthier. To that end Alfredo has spent the past few months planning our 2014 health initiative and we are in the final stages of having it approved by the local and regional governments. We’ll report in detail on the program later but I’d like to ask you all to begin praying for our collaboration with the health-network in the district of Hunter. The doctors and administrators in charge of the network there have been very supportive and quite excited about the potential possibilities our partnership will provide. We are equally excited to begin working in Hunter and hope you’ll remember the program in your prayers.
In other news our first shipment of coffee has made it to Lima and soon embarks on its maiden voyage to Texas. As soon as possible we will be shipping fresh-roasted gourmet coffee right to your door. Though we tried our best the coffee won’t arrive in time for Christmas delivery. If you want to give the gift of CUDA coffee we plan on selling a gift certificate redeemable for individual bags or subscriptions. Once all the details are finalized we’ll send out the word via email, FB and Twitter so you can be guaranteed delivery from our first roasting session. For years you’ve bought every pound of coffee we could bring back with us and we hope you’ll support this new enterprise.
16 huge bags (151 pounds each!) of coffee in a Lima warehouse.