Peruvian Way

Baby News…

Well, for you who do not know, we are having a Girl…!!! We do not have a name yet but hopefully soon we will. Sandra is doing good, the baby is growing and is healthy. It has been a bit harder for her now that she is getting bigger or you could say the baby is getting bigger. And it is summer, so that makes it not so fun being pregnant w/ the hot weather… But soon we will be heading to Lima the beginning of August where Lil’ She (As my mom would say, since we don’t have a name yet) will be born. If you could keep us in your prayers…

As well, before leaving to Lima my church from Texas is coming out for a week, if you could keep us in your prayers. We will be doing different ministries from a youth camp to marriage conf., kids ministry to a river trip, evangelism, and etc… And after the team leaves, before heading to Lima we will be packing our belongings and putting them in a storage until returning to Iquitos, which we are not sure when we will be back, but could be in October.

“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.”  John 6:63

Teams:

Way back at the end of March beginning of April we had the students from IBCC come out for a week and help with the different ministries here. For the first time we did a couple of outreaches at the ministry were we started on Ucayali Street. We had a great turn out, what we thought would be more towards adults ended up being more kids. But we had a blast playing, dancing, and sharing Jesus to them…

Speaking of our ministry in Ucayali, just shortly after the team left, as I was sharing in my previous update that we had a couple who wanted to get married. Well, sure enough they did, Oscar and Ivonne are happily married now… please keep them in your prayers… For pictures go to my photos and they will be there!

The month of June we pretty much had a team every week. CC Merritt Island came out in the beginning of June w/ a bunch of youth and we had a blast w/ them. For us personally it was a great time of fellowship, thank you all…!!!

From there we had an unexpected blessing… A team that puts on the annual missionary dinner and medical clinic needed someone to go to Lima and pick up someone from their team who was traveling alone and bring him to Iquitos. Which we were able to do and gave us an opportunity to spend a couple days in Lima visiting family and friends…

Which by the way, the missionary dinner was GREAT…!!! I believe there where over 40-50 missionaries who showed up. We felt like it was Christmas all over again with all the goodies we got from them. It brought joy to a beautiful pregnant woman…!!! As well I believe the medical clinic turned out great, one of there last days here they were able to set up at the church in El Terminal and help the community there. Thanks to all who put that on….!!!!!

From there we had a team from CC Joshua Springs who came and helped with the ministry and held a ladies conf. Which had a great turn out and many were blessed including Sandra… when coming back she shared w/ me all that she learned and the little goodies she got. Another blessed, beautiful, happy pregnant woman…!!!

As well, Albert was pretty busy… For some time now Albert has wanted to hit the rivers and visit the pastors who we had meet from the previous 2 Pastor Conferences.  So at the end of June Albert, and a small team headed out for 6 days on the river and showed the Jesus movie. We were not able to go b/c of the baby, but it was a great turn out… For more info check out Albert’s update at: http://perushope.com/2010-06.htm

Ucayali/Us:

We continue to have the ministry on Ucayali street. I am just now finishing Chapter 8 of John and Sandra is now teaching through Proverbs 31 to the women. At times it has definitely been challenging for us, even at times of wanting to just quit, but the Lord always comes along and encourages us to continue and to be faithful, even if it might not seem like anyone is listening or not seeing any fruit… The name where we are ministering at is called the “Red Zone.” Why? B/c it is where the highest rate of criminal activity goes on; such as drugs, theft, and etc… Don’t worry God is on our side, He’s our protection. And we are pretty known down there by the people, so that everyone has our backs, but if you could continue to pray for the ministry.

July:

If you are wondering what we did for the 4th, well we had a great time chillin and relaxing under the jungle sun w/ a bunch of missionaries from other churches. We had a potluck lunch… ummmmmm it was good. I felt American all over again!!!

From the 20-27th my church from Amarillo will be here, so keep that in your prayers and Lord willing I will update how that goes…

Thank you all for your love, prayers and support for us. We are so grateful each day for God’s provision for us spiritual, physical, and financially.