Updates

So, I finally have more to update.

Life in Tarma is a whirling dervish. The last weeks have been spent preparing for the weeks to come. Now those weeks to come are here.
Tomorrow the team from Northeast Bible Church (TX) will arrive with Meredith and Emily from Lima and we will begin another week of intense ministry in and throughout the city. I’ve been looking forward to the team for a while now because I was so encouraged by the last team (TBarM Camps) that came through. It was great to share our secluded little ministry with “my people”. The past weeks of preparation have been wonderful mainly due the presence of Emily Maddock (picture to come), a seasoned missionary of 26 how has blessed me beyond measure with her wisdom, her humor and her friendship. I have continued on in my daily life in Tarma without friends, and have gotten used to it. But then Emily came and reminded me how wonderful it is to have someone to share life with. I have laughed more in these past two weeks than I have in a while, and have spent a lot of time talking with Emily about ministry, about life in general and about the future. We’ve decided that we are pretty much the same person, and I can’t begin to express to you all how amazing it feels to be understood by someone when you feel like you are misunderstood all day every day :).
Well, like I said, the preparations have all gone really well and the ministry is now upon us. The team will arrive tomorrow evening, and we will pretty much just do dinner and then go to bed. The 6.5 hour bus ride from Lima can really take it out of you, and the altitude often messes with people. So I suppose when I say that the ministry is now upon us I really mean that we’ll get started on Monday. I’ll try to post more in the days to come about how the ministry is going and how God is working. And of course I’ll post pictures too. And maybe even a few videos.

How can you be praying for the week?
- Pray that God would open new doors that would lead to new contacts and new Bible study groups.
- Pray that God would bring men into our circles, men who are ready to commit to something greater than themselves.
- Pray that the team would be safe from accident, injury and illness while they are in Peru . . . I don’t want to have to take anyone else to the emergency room!