After nearly a month . . .

Well my friends, family and blog readers, it has been nearly a month since I have last posted anything on my blog, and I apologize if you have been waiting for an update. I guess there just wasn’t too much to update this past month. It does happen. We are, as you know, in the midst of Bible studies and discipleship groups, school devotionals, kid’s clubs and English classes.
We are hitting a new barrier in ministry as we have had a presence in Tarma for almost a year now, and yet our groups are pure women. There are no men who have taken a consistent interest in our ministry, and therefore we can only advance so far in the work at hand. We need prayer support here because the lack of men is a result of the culture, of time-management/priority issues and of lack of interest in religion. We have several groups of women who are growing and seeking to know more, and we have a successful children’s hour every Saturday morning, but if our goal is to “Develop, Empower and Release” we can only go so far with women and children (and I say that with all the respect in the world). I have been meditating on 1 Timothy and Titus, and Paul’s counsel for the standards of Deacons and Elders and Overseers in the church. These leaders are called to a higher standard, men of respect, humility who are above reproach. But men like that do not exist here in Tarma, and the ones that have the potential to grow into this kind of leader don’t see God as a priority in their lives. So please be praying for our team and the future of this ministry because God and the Holy Spirit are really the only ones that can turn the hearts of these men.
Thanks.