Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

 

     Greetings in the name of our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We praise the Lord God for having sent His Son, Jesus Christ, who has wonderfully blessed us, and for having sent his Holy Spirit to guide and teach us. We hope and pray that He has been blessing you wonderfully during this past month and that your life has been filled with His grace and mercy.  We want to give you a special thanks for your continued prayers for us and support of the ministry in Peru.  We definitely see the results of your prayers for us.  You are special people called by our Lord Jesus Christ to minister to His children.  Thank you for your faithfulness to His calling.  Thank you for your love for Him, for us, and for His children.

 

     We have been very blessed again this month to see more fruit of all of the prayers that you have been offering up to God on our behalf.  During August we shared  with two small groups, four individuals and three churches.  We presented the Peru ministry to the folks at Wildwood United Methodist Church, Summerville United Methodist Church, and New Hope United Methodist Church.  Arthur, also, participated in The Mission Society's first Latin American Mission Mobilization Event in Costa Rica.  We talked with more potential missionary candidates about working with us in Peru, and ask that you be in prayer for them as they seek God's guidance.  Arthur has finished most of the repairs to our house, and has only a few small projects left to do.  Please pray for Arthur to have time to complete these small tasks and for us to be able to find a suitable renter.  Our pledged support has reached a level of approximately 76.6% of our projected budget.  We are scheduled to return to Peru for October 26, 2005.  Please continue to prayer for our support raising, and for the recruiting of additional missionaries. 

 

    We continue to be awed and blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ.  Pastor Pablo Paredes, lay pastor in Palcazu,  wrote us to let us know that the new church in Palcazu had a special event for children this month.  They had over 1300 children attend the event to learn about the love and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.  This new work in the jungle continues to grow and produce fruit.  Please pray for the current workers and for the Lord to raise up additional workers for this harvest. 

 

 

   The Latin American Mobilization Event was an awesome time.  Key leaders from churches in Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico all meet together with us to learn and dialogue about how the churches in Latin America could be mobilized more effectively for world missions.  The unity among these leaders was tremendous.  Presentations were made by Dr. Darrell Whiteman of Asbury Seminary, various persons from the World Parish division of the Mission Society, Dr. Obed Alvarez of Mision-AMEN (Peru), and Latin missionaries from several other Latin American missions. Bishops from the churches in Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, and Brazil participated,also.  Dialogue between churches of different countries produced many ideas and opportunities for the Latin American churches to work together to further the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.  A pact was signed between Dr. Phil Granger of the Mission Society and Bishop Cabezas of Ecuador opening a new for the Mission Society in Latin America.  Please pray for those who attended this event and for the Lord to use this event to trigger a new awakening of the Latin Churches to world missions.