Arthur
& Mary Alice Ivey
Urb.
Huancayo
011-51-64-23-76-69
April
30, 2004
"Simon
Peter answered him, "Lord where will we go? You
have the words of eternal life." John 6:68 NIV
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Greetings in
the name of our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We
praise the Lord Jesus for having so wonderfully blessed us and for having
sent his Holy Spirit to guide and teach us, especially during difficult times.
We hope and pray that He has been blessing you wonderfully during this new year and that your life has been filled with His grace
and mercy. Thank you for your continued prayers for us and support
of the ministry here in
Do you ever feel sometimes, like
nothing is working out and that everything you do is wasting precious and
valuable time and energy? Do you ever wonder if the path you are
following is correct? The above scripture has helped to lift my
heart in many times of doubt and frustration. When I think about it,
there is no other option except Christ. Jesus Christ has the words of
eternal life and He lives within me. The situation here in
The first of the month Arthur had
the opportunity to share about cross cultural missions with a group of about 70
pastors. The event was the start of an effort to develop an interest
in these leaders in missions, not only in mission outside their country,
but missions within many of the different cultural groups that exist with in
Arthur has been working to try and
arrange for the importation of medicines for the two medical mission groups
that will come in June. The government corruption has been causing
headaches with this process, but it appears that it is moving forward. It
is ironic that one of the major complaints of the people that rose up against
the government in Puno was a lack of
adequate medicine and medical care. We have many people here praying
and fasting for these two events in June. We would like for you to
join with us.
Mary
Alice teaching Children's Ministry workshop in Puerto Bermudez
Arthur, Mary Alice, Genaro and Josue traveled
down to the low jungle to make preparations for one of the medical events in
Puerto Bermudez. During this trip training workshops were held in the
local church to teach them how to do a children's ministry and to help them
start a Kid's Club. Two Kid's Clubs were
held in the town's central park with around 120 children attending each day.
After the two Kid's Clubs were held the pastor
told us that he had not planned to do another one until they had a chance to
better prepare themselves, but due to the overwhelming response of the children
and their constant requests for a date for the next one, he promised that
it would be each Sunday at 4:00 pm.
First Kid's Club in Puerto Bermudez town
square.
After leaving Puerto Bermudez, we traveled to Sharingamazu.
This is a small jungle village with no running water or electricity. The
work is relatively new. We are working with a Christian brother from
Huancayo who is starting a school in the village. The tribal group
is called Yanesha. We were able to hold two
Kid's Clubs for the children. The adults, also
participated with great joy. We had approximately 60 in attendance each
day. One of the joys of the trip was bathing in the river in the
evening just before sunset and having a few of the children join us.
Enrique, the community
president, teaching the 6 to 8 year old group in the Kid's Club.
Arthur finished designing
and drawing plans for a church building that will be constructed in Puente Paucartambo in the low jungle this year. The
construction on this project is now well under way and is expected to be
completed by the end of June. Arthur Is also preparing plans for a
project in
Please be in prayer with us for the
continued advancement of the Kid's Club ministry and our efforts to find and
train additional workers for this ministry. Pray also for
the discipleship and leadership training and the youth cell ministry, and
that God would continue to impart His vision in these young people.
Please ask God to expand our time and provide additional financial resources
for the ministries. Please continue to pray for
our relationship with Mision-AMEN and our
relationship with the
Again we want to thank you for all your
support and prayers. Please continue to pray for the churches here in
We pray that God is drawing you closer and closer to Him
every day. God bless you. We love you.
Yours
in Christ,
Arthur,
Mary Alice, Benjamin, Joshua, and Mary Beth Ivey
The
Mission Society Missionaries to
The