October Update

This week was the first day of school for the girls.  Justin and I have been talking about putting the girls into school (Monte Sion) so last week Justin said, Hey why don't we go a head and put them in school - the same class - to help them learn Spanish.  So...I let my mommy guard down (just a bit) and said okay.   But, I am still homeschooling them too.  They are in the 4 year old's class.  We figure that since Anna knows more Spanish, she can help Maddie until Maddie is ready to be on her own. The teacher knows a bit of English so she is able to communicate to Anna and Anna helps Maddie.  Anna is even learning material that they do not teach - Cursive.  They teach cursive to 4 year olds!  So...it is a big plus all around. Madison is talking in Spanish and not even noticing that she is.  Anna is learning different skills, and I am learning to relax. So far, everyone is doing great!

First Day!

Got Uniforms

We are starting the process for construction on our home at the Villa Milagro farm.  We are getting our house plans converted into meters rather than inches / feet.  Next week we will start clearing off the lot.  We are excited!

We rented a different home - an apartment in Cajamarca.  Our lease was up and the rent was going to go up plus they wanted a 2 year contract so we had to start looking for something else.  After much prayer and looking, God showed us a brand new apartment on the main road going into Cajamarca.  It is very safe, has 2 guards, a garage, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. Perfect for us.  And will work temporarily until our new home gets built.  We move into the apartment at the end of this month.

Next week, I am going on a retreat.  This retreat is for women on the mission field.  It is in Lima, Peru and for 5 days and completely free!  The organization is called Pure Joy International.  They raise funds to help women mentally, spiritually, physically.  I can not wait to step back and hear what God has to say.

Geyer Springs First Baptist Church, Little Rock

What a great week!  We visited orphanages, gave food to a poor family, spoke to strangers about Jesus, counseled troubled families, handed out bible school materials and bibles and also painted the Monte Sion Church and School.  You name it, we most likely did it!  The beginning of the week we started out looking at orphanages.  We made appointments to visit 5 orphanages and 1 school.  3 of which Justin and I had never been to.  It turns out that 1 orphanage is for special needs children, another houses children in various different homes, and the other houses only girls.  We were turned away at the home for girls but the others were a great success.  Even though we were turned away, we still managed to make something else out of that day.  We took bibles and tracts and hit the streets.  We handed them out to everyone we ran into and spoke to them about Salvation.  It was a perfect ending to a day.  
We also held training every night at the Church and every member came!  Members from the church also came to help during the orphanage visits.  This was the first for the members to help.  Justin and I are so grateful to be apart of this experience.

Reaching out

Getting ready to paint the Monte Sion Church and School

Members came and helped

They even built the Pastor a new dog house!

Playing with the children at the School

They bought food for this needy family

And prayed over this family

Also,

Wednesday night we gave Angel his new wheel chair!  He and his family was so happy and thankful!  Thank you all for your prayers and contributions to make this possible for him.  Now his parents do not have to carry him anymore.

God is Good

First of all, we had a great start to the week!  We have been working with Viviana for a while now (in broken Spanish) about the differences in Catholicism and Christianity.  We have shown her scriptures and even had a good friend - Raquel - come to the house to speak to her (in Spanish).  She has been very open and even asked us questions.  The other day, I noticed a Santa Biblia on the kitchen table.  She got a bible - herself - and has been reading it.  She came to us and said "Possible me no Catholic, possible me Christian."  So, last night during service, Vivi went up front and accepted Christ as her Savior.  GOD IS GOOD.  This proves that you don't even need to know the language, just by showing them the love of God and allow God to work within their hearts and minds.  

Today we visited a two orphanages, a special needs school and then the group held Children's Church training at the Church.  What was wonderful was 5 people from the Church showed up to help. They stepped out of their comfort zone and helped!  GOD IS GOOD. 

For the training at the Monte Sion Church - it was amazing.  We had over 30 people show up!  This means there is interest to help grow the Church.  Tomorrow, they are going to finish up training on Children's Church and then go into Bible Studies for Young Adults and Adults.