Peruvian Way

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”                -Matthew 28:19-20

For some time now the Lord has put on my heart to start a ministry more near the central area of Iquitos.But I didn’t know when, how, where, etc…. what I did know was that if the Lord wanted it to happen, He would do it….

And with that, after coming back from our honeymoon to Iquitos we saw one door was closing for me as a youth pastor at the church in El Terminal…. At the time we had no idea what we were going to do but of course He did, so we trusted and waited upon Him, and sure enough that door started to open for us to start a little ministry more in the central area.

So with giving it into prayer to the Lord, as of late January the door was opened. The Lord had put on our hearts to start a bible study and see where He would take it, right now we are meeting in someone’s house, but in the future we are hoping for a more permanent place; as the Lord leads and provides. On Friday’s we have the bible study, which I’m going through the book of John. Sunday’s, Sandra is doing a woman’s study, and as of right now she is going through the fruit’s of the spirit. And on Tuesdays we have a prayer meeting.

During the times we meet we try and make it a bit fun for them;  we have them memorize verses, play games (regarding the bible), and even dared them with the challenge of memorizing all the books of the bible. Which pretty much all of them did and through our support, we were able to take them all out to eat who did it.

As well with starting this ministry our eyes have been more opened to the needs of the people here. Where we have the ministry is in one of the poorest area’s of Iquitos. And with that we have seen lots of the needs from the people around us.And two of which I want to share with you, and how we have been able to help.

There is a huge need for education here, most of the people here have not finished school. One, either by just not caring and skipping out, or b/c they didn’t have enough money to go to school… For someone to be in school you have to have a full uniform, all your school supplies, and of course transportation. And for people who only make $5 a day (more or less), I believe all those requirements are to much. But who am I to say.

And as the Lord has given to us we have been able to give back to Him through helping others. Which two of the boys who go to our ministry wanted to go back to school and with them not having enough money for much of anything, we were able to pay for their uniforms…!!!!

Our prayer is that they would continue to have that desire to finish school and others to followtheir example in that. And for the fear of the Lord to truly be on their hearts and for that to spread to others around them.

The second thing that we have been blessed with is that of encouraging couples. What I mean by that is ones that are living together but not married. Which here in Iquitos there is a lot of, a bondage that covers this city; fornication. And even within the churches there is a lack of conviction in this area. Reasons that I have heard or seen over this is that; not enough money to get married, scared of commitment, immature, lacking of documents, lack of conviction of sin, and etc…

But little by little we have seen the Lord work and as of right now we are helping a couple who has that conviction of wanting to make things right, and get out of sin. So hopefully soon we will see a wedding….

All and all to say that the Lord is still at work… we might be nothing but He is not!!!!

If you are wondering as well how Sandra and the baby are doing, well….??? They are good, thank the Lord. Each day we are getting more excited and can’t wait to be parents. Her nauseous stage is pretty much over, and the growing stage is here, more and more, little by little it’s looking like there is a baby inside!!! If you could continue to pray for good health for them both and a smooth labor.

Just this week as well we had two teams come and help in the ministry here. One from Alberts church, CC Murrieta and the Students from Lima at the Bible College. We had a great time with them all. If you would like to see pictures go to my photos and check them out…. In the next update I will tell you how it all week.

Thank you all for your commits, prayers, and support…