Arthur & Mary Alice Ivey
Jr. San Jose
454
Urb. San Carlos
Huancayo, Perú
011-51-64-21-21-52
E-mail: acivey@mindspring.com
Website: www.iveymission.org
May 31, 2007
"My prayer is not for them
alone. I pray also for those who will
believe in me through their message, that all may be one, Father, just as you
are in me and I am in you. “ John 17:20-21 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 celebrated Labor Day in Peru
on the first of May with another gathering event of our discipleship
groups. We had over 500 in attendance,
and Manuel Villar from Huanuco shared his testimony. One of the pastors that is
in one of the discipleship groups, Pedro Duran, preached the message, and our
praise band led us in wonderful worship.
It is a joy to have an event where the children of God from different
denominations, different cultures, and even different language groups praise
and worship together in one accord.
Arthur
and Manuel
The first Saturday in May we were blessed
to be able to open a new Kid’s Club in Pichcus, working with the youth from the
Iglesia Misionera Evangelica. The club
has been having an average attendance of around 75 children with a few adults
attending, also. Mary Alice has been
meeting each week with the youth to prepare and train them. They are doing an excellent job. The church is supporting the club by
providing the fruit for the children each week.
Children watching the puppet presentation in the Club at
Pichcus.
A medical team from Paintsville, Kentucky came down for a medical mission in the jungle in
Villa America. The team of 13 medical professionals led by
Dr. John Furcolow saw over 1000 patients in this small jungle town. Our Peruvian missionary team worked hard in
the spiritual area presenting the Gospel message and counseling with each
patient. The Lord Jesus blessed us with
118 professions of faith and 67 persons who recommitted their lives to the
Lord. Please be in prayer for these new
believers and for our workers as they do follow up ministries and discipleship
with them. We already have over 80 involved in discipleship and our workers are
stretched thin trying to meet the spiritual needs of this area. We currently have
3 of our workers from this region itself, Bernardo, Enrique,
and Jose. Pray also that the Lord would
continue to work through them and would raise up more
workers from within the region.
Arthur and Dr. John Furcolow.
Arthur had the privilege of sharing the
message at the Mother’s Day celebration at the Colegio El Camino School, where
Mary Alice and Justin teach, and where Joshua and Mary Beth study. The children had prepared various musical
presentations, skits and dramas. The
children did a wonderful job of honoring the mothers.
A new mission intern, Sallie Lunsford,
joined us this month. She will be
working with us through mid-August. She
is working in the children’s ministries with Mary Alice and helping with the
mission teams that come to work with us in Peru. Please pray for Sallie as she
adjusts to life in Peru
and becomes more involved in the ministries.
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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