Peru FD Report on Chinese Ministries
August 2006


The VI Congress of Latin America for Pastors and Leaders
The VI Congress was held from 8/23 to 8/27. Over 400 church delegates from many Latin American countries attended the conference filling the Miraflores Alliance Church to its full capacity. Many Alliance missionaries serving in the Latin America Fields were also in attendance. Rev. Bob Fetherlin, representing IM, was also present.

One-Day Church Retreat
Taking advantage of the national holiday, on 8/30 we planned a one-day retreat for the members of the San Borja CAC. The site was about an hour outside of the City of Lima: Club Las Leñas, Carretera Central Km 40.5, Ricardo Palma. The purpose of the retreat was for the believers to spend extended quality time in small groups to meditate and share from a pre-determined and question-guided Bible passage (Ch7 of First Corinthians); and to pray in groups for each other and for the church family. Those who attended benefited spiritually and got to know each other better.

Shot-Term-Mission Team/SJM Bible Study
From 8/26 to 9/3, the team from the San Francisco CAC was serving with us. Their primary focus was to conduct visitation and follow-up in the Districts of San Juan de Miraflores (SJM), Villa El Salvador and Villa Maria del Triunfo.

The SJM bi-monthly midnight Bible study meeting is attended by a consistent number of people (10 to 14). Currently we are studying the Gospel of Mark.


On the Personal Front
At the end of July, Michael’s mother came to visit and stayed with us for three weeks. Our daughter, Jenny, also visited us from the States for the first time since we came to Peru. Jenny arrived a week before her grandmother went back to the States. Then our son-in-law, Paul, came and joined his wife during the last week of August. We were able to get away; together with Jenny and Paul we took a three-day trip to Cusco and Machiu Picchiu. We had a wonderful time with our family members.


Praise:
1. Wonderful time spent with family members in Peru. From now on, they’ll understand the situation of our life and work in Peru.
2. After the VI Congress, having the opportunity to meet and share with Bob Fetherlin and Bill Mangham our ministry among the Chinese immigrants in Peru.
3. Constant presence of the LORD, a sign of His faithfulness.


Prayer:
1. Pray for Kai-Ling Liang (梁凱琳), the owner of the Internet Café where our SJM midnight meetings are held. After our last meeting, Liang commented effectively that she was “half way” to believing in Jesus Christ. Pray that, through studying the Word of God, soon she will be “all the way” to believing in the LORD Jesus.
2. Pray for pastor(s) or lay leader(s) with sound church ministry experience to come and take our place while we are on H/A (March –September 2007). If no one person could fill the six month gap, then two or more could come thus together would be able to complete our six months absence from the Field.
3. Pray for the fast advancement of the True Gospel among the Chinese community in Peru. The Jehovah Witnesses are very active in targeting the Chinese here. These JW “missionaries” are of Japanese and Korean nationalities. They have recently started to hold “bible study” in San Juan de Miraflores. Like us, they receive STM teams from the U.S. and Canada.