Heading to Peru: June 19-26

            So I think most of you know, but for those of you who don’t, Ryan and I are heading to Peru tomorrow!  We wanted to let you all know what we will be doing and how you can be praying for us. 

The Lord has blessed 14 members our small group with the privilege to travel to Peru this summer for a week and work alongside fellow believers there to serve the poor and make disciples of Christ.  We will be serving in three communities located in the Rimac River Valley about an hour's drive northwest of Lima.  These communities are Chosica, Chaclacayo, and Huaycon, which are considered to be in the foothills of the Andes.  Our primary place of service will be at El Niño Emmanuel Orphanage helping in the construction of a bakery that will not only bake bread for the children, but will also provide bread to sell in the local community as a source of income for the orphanage.  We will spend an equal amount of effort in disciple-making activities with the children, including bible story time, crafts, and games that point to the truth of the Gospel and that demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ.  In the evenings, we plan to do adult disciple-making by teaching in two or three of the churches located within these communities.  We are excited to worship alongside our brothers and sisters in Christ in Peru and to literally live out the Great Commission by "making disciples of all nations".

We humbly ask for your prayers. Please pray that our love for the children in the orphanage will be a witness of Christ’s love for them.  Also, Ryan and I will be teaching one or two nights in one of the Peruvian churches.  Please pray that our teaching will be glorifying to God and clear to the Peruvian people (of course with the help of a translatorJ).  We are depending on the Lord to allow our presence be an encouragement to our Peruvian brothers and sisters and that they would learn more about being disciples of Christ.   Lastly remember the lost of Peru in your prayers.  We are asking God to use our presence, directly or indirectly, to help reach the lost of Peru.

            We thank you for your love, support, and prayers!  We will try and update while in Peru, if we can't then we will just update when we return home.