Arthur & Mary Alice Ivey
Jr.
Urb. San Carlos
Huancayo, Perú
011-51-64-21-21-52
E-mail: acivey@mindspring.com
Website: www.iveymission.org
July 31, 2007
"I, even I, am the Lord, and apart
from me there is no savior.”
Isaiah 43:11 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 all He is doing in our lives and
in the ministry here in Peru, for filling us with 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 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 and for the ministry here. 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 started the month of July with a mission team from Asbury UMC in
Kentucky. This team of 23 lead by Jerry
Armelli and Pastor John Boyd helped continue the construction of a classroom
building for the Casa de Oración Quechua Church in Chilca. The team mixed and poured concrete and laid
brick to helped with the construction of the sub-walls and walls of the
structure.
Constructing the
sub-walls.
The team also had a medical and eye care
group that treated minor medical problems and measured eyes and fitted
eyeglasses. The youth on the team helped
us with one of our new Kid’s Clubs in Azapampa.
They did well especially considering that they had close to 600 children
in attendance.
Sarah leading the
children in a dance.
With the help of Kevin and Kathy Reinertson
and Sugar Hill United Methodist Church from Sugar Hill, Georgia we held an
evangelism concert tour in the jungle during the school break. We took our praise and worship team, our
dance team, and children’s workers from Huancayo and held two day events in
Puerto Bermudez and Palcazu.
The team traveling
from Bermudez to Palcazu.
We had a Kid’s Club each morning along
with talks for the youth. In the
afternoon the dance team held a dance class for the children and youth, and we
had talks for couples. Each night we had
a movie and concert. All of these events
were held in local discotheques and were attended by non-believers. Pastor Pablo informed us that, “The presence
of the group in Bermudez and Palcazu was a great blessing. We are receiving good comments, and the
people have been encouraged to seek the things of God in a new move of the Holy
Spirit.”
Katy, Mary Beth, and
Andres teaching dance.
We have been experiencing various attacks
against our ministries recently. A local
pastor that does not know us went on the Christian radio station in Huancayo
and announced that we were the antichrist.
Two times in the past month the local police have interrupted our prayer
meeting accusing us of making too much noise; however, we are in the center of
the discotheque and night club zone, and one of these times we were in the
middle of our prayer time, not using any of our sound equipment. Pablo Paredes informed me that the Missionary
Movement church and the Adventist church has tried to get the local mayor to
close our discotheque in Bermudez claiming that it is evil because even though
we preach the Gospel and use Christian music,
we use colored lights. Please pray against the work of the enemy and for
the freedom of those persons the enemy is using against us.
The discipleship ministry continues to
grow. We are now opening new study
groups in the Huanuco area working with Manuel Villar and Pablo Villogas. By
the end of next month we will probably have at least 5 groups with
approximately 60 people. The ministry
continues to grow in Huancayo with approximately 650 people involved. We just opened our first group in the prison
in Huancayo with 13 participants, and the leader believes he will probably open
another group there in the next month or
so.
Please continue to be in prayer for the continued growth in the ministries here
in Peru, especially in the Canta Valley, Huancayo, Palcazu, Pelmaz,
Bermudez, Shiringamazu, Villa America, Huánuco, Sambillo Alto,
Rio Azul Ugarteche, San Augustine, KM 40 and Tinahuani. Also, pray for the ministries in Huancayo,
especially the Colegio El Camino. Please continue to pray that the Holy Spirit
would continue to awaken and change hearts among the young adults of
Huancayo. Please give praise to the Lord
for bringing us additional persons called to be part of the missionary
team in Peru. Covenant with us to continue in prayer for the young
adult leadership team and their continued ministry to the spiritually
lost and dying youth of Huancayo. Please pray for the
leaders of the churches in Peru, and for their spiritual protection
and growth in the Lord Jesus. Also be in prayer for Obed and Cynthia
Alvarez, the head of NEWMA (Mision-AMEN), as well as their other leaders and
missionaries. Please pray for our safety as we travel, and that we
will boldly speak God's Word wherever we go.
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 Peru
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