Myrtle would not count herself as anything special. But that didn’t stop God from doing something special through her.
It started when Myrtle went on holiday to northern Peru.
A ‘coincidental’ meeting with a physiotherapist helping children with disabilities made Myrtle aware of the lack of practical support for people with disability.
In 2009, in the small town of Montero, she began work to help families and children get good care, physiotherapy, life skills and experience the love of Jesus. She linked up with the local Baptist Pastor Santos and his wife Eva to open the clinic and register it as Runaperu (Peru People) . In a Catholic community, this was unusual, but when the local people saw the care and help children received, Runaperu earned their trust, and the Mayor has thrown his support behind it.
The work in Montero stretches to outlying villages and remarkably – at the height of Covid – into a new town of Santa Domingo. A few years ago, it was joy for Myrtle to witness 3-year-old little Said’s progress. He was never expected to be able to sit up by himself. Today, he is walking with support. The doctors call him a miracle.
Myrtle is based in the UK looking after her elderly mother but is a hand’s on director of the Charity Peru People. Whenever she is able to visit, she brings her passion, encouragement and organisational skills. She loves to visit outlying districts, pray with people and effortlessly demonstrates the compassion that first tugged at her heart on that God-inspired holiday.
“God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor 9:7)
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