Jr.
Urb. San
Carlos
Huancayo, Peru
01-51-64-21-21-52
E-mail: acivey@mindspring.com
Website: www.iveymission.org
December
31, 2005
"Ask of
me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your
possession." Psalms 2:8
NIV.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in
Christ,
Grace and
peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We
praise the Lord God for having sent his Holy Spirit to guide and direct
each of our steps, and for pouring out His grace upon us through His precious
Son, Jesus Christ. We hope and pray that He has been blessing you
wonderfully during this past month and that your life has been filled with
His glorious riches and mercy. We want to give you a special
thanks for your continued prayers for us and support of the
ministry in
December has been a month of continued blessing for us. We have been claiming the above promise every Friday in our prayer group, and the Lord has been increasing our numbers. We have had over 60 different people come to our prayer meeting at different times and our average attendance has grown to over 30. A number of people who have come have been non-Christians, which has given us a chance to evangelize through our prayer ministry. The Holy Spirit continues to draw discouraged and broken people to us, giving us the privilege of counseling and sharing with them and seeing their lives changed by the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord has been showing us how to tear down spiritual strongholds in our own hearts, and how to identify and attack spiritual strongholds within our families, churches, and community. We have even been identifying our enemies and lifting them up in prayer before the Lord Jesus Christ, asking Him to make them our brothers and sisters in Him. Please continue to battle in prayer with us for the hearts and souls of these precious young adults.
Mary Alice and Arthur were asked by the parents of the graduating class at the children's school to be the graduates spiritual representatives. Graduation occurs in December here. We were able to have a special party for the eight young people who were graduating and spend time sharing with them about their concerns. Two of the young men, Moises and Jose have started participating in our ministry activities. A third young man, Valdimir, who had been using drugs, vandalizing the school, and generally causing problems in the school, gave his life to Christ. The director of the school commented about the significant change in Vladimir's appearance and behavior during the following week. Please be in prayer for these eight young people, Vladimir, Moises, Jose, Eli Rodolfo, Luis, Deesire, and Cindy.
Vladimir Andre Aldana
We visited two of our Kid's Clubs, one in Pichcus and one in Tres Esquinas. The Club in Pichcus was still meeting but the attendance was down. The church that had taken over this work had decided not to follow our model and was not providing any spiritual teaching for the children, even though we had left them with enough lessons for three years. They had a puppet show, played with the children, gave them a coloring sheet, and let them go home. This was a disappointment, especially for Mary Alice. We also found out that the church in El Tambo closed the Kid's Club there. On the bright side the Club in Tres Esqinas was doing well. They had continued to follow the model, and had found a way to financially support what they were doing without our help. The number of young adults working in the club had also increased and we met some new workers that were not a part of the team when we left at the end of 2004. One of our long time leaders from Tres Esquinas, Cinthia, told us that she could find and train workers to reopen the El Tambo Club, if we could help with the purchase of the fruit and some supplies each week. We are planning on moving ahead with this proposal. Please pray for her as she takes on this challenge.
Christmas celebration at Kid's Club in Tres Esquinas.
Last month we asked you to
pray for Enrique, one of our coworkers in Sharingamazu. He was unable to
travel to Huancayo for medical help, because he was diagnosed with
tuberculosis. He is receiving treatment from the government, but needed
food and vitamins to help him recover. We were able to provide this
need for him, thanks to the Lord Jesus and your generosity. Genaro, one of
our young men in Huancayo, will be traveling to Sharingamazu to cheek on Enrique
in January. We hope to have a medical team to help us in Sharingamazu
this next summer, and pray that Enrique will be healthy and able to work with
us. Please continue to be in
prayer for his health and the work in Sharingamazu.
Please continue
to be in prayer for the continued growth in the ministries 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
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