One month further…

The first weeks of this month we prayed and talked a lot about the place God has for us. We felt that God guided us to an organization and are talking about some details with this organization. Both, the organization and we, have expectations and it’s good to know if we are talking about the same ones. As soon as we know more we will post it here.

At the moment, Elizabett is one of the interpreters for missionaries from the USA who are here for an international crusade. Since last Friday, there are many missionaries from the USA, Guatemala, Ecuador, Chili, Argentina, and Brazil in Lima for this crusade. Last Saturday, there was the starting service of this campaign in the church of Elizabett. I noticed that the average age of this group is at least above 40. After the service the missionaries were put in small groups and left to about ten different churches all over Lima.

In our church there are eight missionaries; six from a church from Dallas, one from Kansas, and one from Oklahoma. One man from Dallas is 84 years old. It shows that you are never too old for missions. Monday night I spoke with him. He was cold that day not out of the ordinary if you know that the last two weeks in Dallas it was above 100° F. and in Lima it’s around 60° F. They offered him to stay in the hotel the other day, but he said: “I am here to work; soon the day will come when I can rest forever.” These words still resound in my mind. Yes, these 86 years on this earth are nothing compared to eternity.

From Monday through Friday, there missionaries go two by two with an interpreter and sometimes a church member and visit families and friends of church members, prisons, hospitals and go door by door. In the weeks before the crusade church members had the opportunity to give information about family and friends to the committee. During the Sunday morning service, Elizabett knew God was calling her to visit the people in her street and neighborhood. Praise the Lord for three people who accepted Christ as their Lord, Savior, and Master; and two others made a recommitment.

One of the missionaries told the church in the Monday night revival service that she recognized the hunger for the Gospel in Lima. Halfway through the week many sinners prayers have been send up to heaven and joy before the angels. But also here… the harvest is truly great, but the workers are few!

Yesterday, we heard another amazing testimony of how God works unexpectedly. One group was going to an address by taxi. They were planning the visit and possibly talked about the great things they already had experienced without talking with the taxi driver, which is normal here in Lima. When they arrived on their destination and were getting ready to leave the taxi, the driver asked if they could tell him more about Jesus. After they explained the plan of salvation the driver prayed and accepted the free gift of salvation. He drove off with the greatest joy he ever had.

Tomorrow, 28 July, is Independence Day in Peru. This year it is also the inauguration of the new president, Ollanta Humala. Please, pray for a good day for Peru, that the festivities may without problems. Also, pray for the new president as he starts his five year term.

New Logo and more

This blog, as well as our social media, was launched with a logo that was not original. We found it on the World Wide Web, but we didn’t want to continue to use this ‘stolen’ logo. Since last week we have our own logo. We thank our friend Marco for his time, energy and idea! We are really content with the outcome, a logo that represents our “Heart for Peru.”

Our search for a place to serve continues…

Last week, we saw two missionaries of Latin Link in action. On Monday, we visited a training for children´s ministry workers. It was encouraging to see about 120 in attendance. This training is given every Monday for three months and each session the participant needs to pay an amount similar to two dollar. The missionary explained that most pastors and churches don’t really support children’s work that much, so many participants pay the fee out of their own pocket. The topic for that night was ‘prayer and praise.’ The missionary shared many ways to teach children to pray and praise God. She also had great ideas to create cheap instruments for worship. This missionary works for an organization that writes and creates material for children’s ministry in Spanish, which is also sold outside Peru even in the USA.

On Thursday, we went with a missionary to a church she planted south of Lima. (It was good to be in a rural area for a little while.) This missionary does mostly evangelism, discipleship and church planting. She shared with us some testimonies of the thirty years she has been in Peru. The church we visited has been there for several years, but it took quite some years before it was the church it is today. This afternoon we heard again about the importance of prayer.

We will continue to visit some projects. We feel and know that God directs and guides us through these projects and meetings to the place that He prepared for us. We put our trust in Him and know that He will show us.

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