So the posting site for our blog hasn´t been very cooperative in the last.... oh 10 days! I hate to leave you guys uninformed! So here´s some quick updates!
1) America and I in the plaza one night for hangtime with the jovenes (aka youth). She has yet to receive Christ so please continue to pray! 2) Some of the youth girls during hang time- the three of them received Christ later on in the week!! 3) Matthew and some kids with the guitarra...they love that thing! 4) Virginia, the Alcalde´s daughter, who accepted Christ while Markham street was here! She and her brother David! 5) one of the view´s from Sarah´s birthday walk- beautiful Corongo! 6) Soccer time with the Markham Street Team 7) Martin & Virgina (and their youngest baby) getting prepped-- Bobby served as the minister and Daniel translated- We had a Peruvian wedding! Martin became a believer 2 years ago thru MSBC´s ministry in his village and he is already pastoring the evangelical movement in that village, about 3 hours away from Corongo. MSBC team went and picked him up so that he and his wife could have a Christian marriage among the people who led them to Christ- Beautiful! 8) Sarah taking pre-ceremony pics with Marialena in her lap 9) I caught the bouquet!!! Now all my Peruvian family says it means I must return here to get married within the next year! I don´t think that was part of my plan... haha!10) Birthday cake time- we celebrated four birthdays this week! 11) Daniel and the Corongo Team- Saying goodbye to our brothers and sisters who came up with Markham street was tough, we´re gonna miss these guys!
We have seen around 30 people come to Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ over the last 10 days! Glory to God! It was such a help to have 5 more translators here while Markham Street was with us....the entire force of the Gospel was enlarged by these 23 other believers joining in to help us. Props to MSBC:) Thanks so much for all your time and prayers and help....for sending them, for coming, for stocking care packages, feeding us, and loving on us and Corongo!
Please pray for us as we continue to work to finish things up here in the next 4 days before heading out. The task is not finished. We still need adults to step up and lead in a house-church capacity. We still need to disciple the new believers and encourage them before we have to leave them on their own. Of course we know that they are never really on their own... matt 28:20 says ´´He will never leave us.´´ But can you imagine being one of about 50 believers out in the middle of nowhere in a surrounding population of about 2500. It can be so lonely as a believer here- spiritually, mentally, emotionally. We also will be taking a bus out of Corongo instead of riding in a truck with Daniel (who came up with Markham Street). One of their combi´s broke down so they had to shove everyone in the other three vehicles. Please pray for our safety and the arrival of all our luggage that we´re gonna have to travel with on the autobuses.
Hopefully the internet will hold up over the next few days! Gloria a Dios! Love from Peru- jess<><
