rollercoaster.. of Love

well....we´ve had some really successful, productive days here lately... good conversations, divine appointments, the Gospel going out to men and women of Corongo...and so now we are waiting for the Lord to move in their hearts. we are praying for the preservation of our relationships, ministries, and ´´groups´´ while we are gone to R&R in Nazca. please pray that the Lord will be ripening the harvest in our absence, pray for the safe travel of all the teams, and the time that we have together in Nazca.

there, of course, have also been some let-downs regarding ´´bible study groups´´ where the host-man who is an ´´evangelical christian´´ showed up an hour late and drunk... or the esl group that still is ever-flippant and fickle. however, our spirits are high because whenever we feel we´ve ´´missed out´´ on one oppurtunity the Lord is quick to put another person in our path who needs to hear of His love and the gift of Salvation:) Also, we were blessed to run into some fellow missionaries today ´´just passing through on a visit.´´ They are evangelical Christian missionaries in a town outside of Lima-- the lady is from Switzerland! Another gringa! Her husband is from Peru and they´ve been working as missionaries for 40 years now. They came to church tonight and we all worshipped together, it was a great encouragement to them and us as well! Also, while having breakfast the other day a woman approached me. She said her daughter had spoken of the missionaries who were teaching in the schools and that she knew we were evangelicals...we chatted for a long while. Her husband is a pastor in a nearby village, another struggling church buried in the Andean mountains. But these people know where the Joy comes from and it is always so encouraging to find people like ourselves:)

so long for now... we leave in the AM for Huaraz!

thank you to all our praying saints! gloria a dios! gracias a dios! que dios les bendiga!
-jess<><