Category: Updates
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White water for the Kingdom
Below you will see a video of a famous stretch of the “Bajo Urubamba” river. Loren and I first went through here almost 14 years ago just after our honeymoon on our way to the Yine village of Miaría. This time I was privileged to take Segundo Sebastian, our missionary in training; Sattler George, missions…
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Savoring God´s goodness seen in creation.
Peru is a beautiful country with a huge variety of scenery, showing us God´s powerful hand. May we savor God´s love for beauty and for us! This is Puerto Arturo, a few minutes from our house. We were able to visit Machu Picchu a couple years ago. We have a lot of beautiful flowers here,…
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November Blessings & Thanks
We were blessed in lots of ways in November! November 2nd was Joseph’s birthday: 9 years old, what a blessing! On November 5th, we rejoiced in two more being baptized! Including our first deaf believer´s baptism here! On November 6th I headed to Cusco to teach two, two-week block classes at the Baptist Bible college.…
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Just Barely Survived!
So Loren took the ladies to a conference on the other side of the country. We were just glad to survive the 4 days they were gone! haha Joseph cooked us eggs every morning! We continued slaving away on the chicken coop. We went to check on the 100 chicks we ordered, and spread…
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HOW TO PRAY FOR YOUR MISSIONARIES
I. From Romans 15:30-32 a. for physical protection b. for an acceptable ministry to the saints c. for journeying mercies d. for Divine guidance e. for spiritual and physical refreshing II. From 2 Corinthians 1:8,11 a. for relief from pressure b. for help in trouble III. From Ephesians 6:18-19 a. for God’s message for each…
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Doorposts
Deut. 6:6-9And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign…
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What does 2 Tim. 2:2 mean for you?
What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. 2 Tim. 2:2 This is disciple-making spelled out for us in a practical way. If I have been taught sound doctrine, then my job is to look for faithful men. I…
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Gospel preaching through medical caring
Operation Renewed Hope is no stranger to remote areas, however one person said while experiencing the treacherous trail to Pilcopata “We’ve been over long roads, and over rough roads, but probably never one so long and rough. However, God kindly protected us the whole way. I had the privilege of translating quite a bit. God…
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A small miracle
Almost 18 months ago our friend Emily gave birth to twins: a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, they were premies: born at about 6 months of age. Medical care and medical caring are both lacking here in the jungle, and the boy died the day after he was born. The little girl was named Adalia…
Peru Jungle Missions 