Isaiah 40:28-31
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings of eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
Thank the Lord that He does not grow faint or weary, because I sure do! I was reminded of these verses today and it has been a great encouragement. We have been very busy here in Peru and God is constantly reminding me that it is not of my own strength that I am able to continue.
Let me give you a little sneak peek at some of the things we are doing:
We have had opportunities to go to several schools, private and public, and tell them about what we crazy Americans are doing on this trip and how God has worked in our lives. We have had the blessing of seeing many kids make a decision to follow Jesus, praise the Lord!
We recently had an interesting encounter in a furniture store, let me allow me teammate Stacy to tell you about it…
“After many afternoons of handing out tracts at the market, we were sure that going to the “Industrial Park” meant doing something quite similar. We pulled up to a furniture store and were invited in. The store was large with many different looking couch sets, tables and lamps. We were instructed to take a seat. We weren’t entirely sure what was going on. Then they closed down the entire store. The owner came to share her testimony of how she came to know the Lord and asked us to share the gospel with all 20 of her workers. I was a bit taken back only because I cannot recall any major business in America that would actually shut down their stores so that the gospel could be shared.
We then launched into a two hour session of sharing testimonies, praying for specific burdens on these workers hearts and eating crackers. It was amazing to me how these people opened up to us. We got into some intense subjects, but ultimately were able to share with clarity the truth of what Christ did for them. I was thankful for this afternoon in particular because I love relational ministry. It is so much more meaningful to me to sit down with someone and pray one on one with them than to just pass by quickly and pray for something generic.”
We have also been visiting a local community, Lomo de Corvina.
This is a
squatter community
where we have aspirations of building a church.
We go several times a week and invite people to the church and build relationships.
Don’t get me wrong, we got some pretty rockin’ down time! I had the amazing opportunity to surf last weekend and get refreshed at the first Starbucks I have seen in nearly 3 months!!! 🙂
That’s all for now! Thank you for your continued prayers for our time in Peru. And as always, thank you for your comments! 😉
