Al Final Dia en Ica (Our final day in Ica)

I have some stories to share with you from each of the team members. These are stories of how God worked or was blocked by human effort.

Hal: On Sunday, Hal and his translator were at a house where all the females and the grandfather were believer´s in the Lord Jesus. While they were there, the father came home and I realized that without the father´s belief in Jesus, the family would be at odds with each other. I followed God´s leading and gave the cube presentation to him and he not only excepted Christ, he came to the discipleship that night to learn more!

Josh: I did a cube presentation for a small boy 4 times and when I asked him where we go when we accept Christ, he said to Lima...Sometimes things just don´t work out.

Don: A small boy came and asked us to share with his father. He did pray to receive Christ and joined the Bible study that night.

Lora: Of all the things that hit me most was the situation with the children. One by the name of Margarita, as me if I hit my children in the face...I said no, I have spanked them 2 times. She said that it´s different here and that Jesus can help you through the abuse. Jesus can work in her to stop the cycle. Another little girl, whose parents moved to Spain for work said she would love a mother who spoke English...How I would love to take that girl home!

Eric: The thing that touched me the most was a blatant, visible love for Christ. Our news shows all the horrible things that happen and not the good side and the stories of happy people loving Christ and wealthy in ways we could never comprehend. A wealth that is true wealth and nothing to do with money.

Faye: There were 2 adult brothers that accepted Christ and later that night another brother and his wife showed up to request the Gospel presentation. The next day, a teenager who was visiting the house, said she was a "Christian" but was living an immoral lifestyle. Because of this, she thought she could not be forgiven. She ended up tearfully confessing and receiving God.

Rose: There were two ladies just waiting for someone to come tell them about the Lord, 2 men that wanted their wives to come to the Lord and 2 miracles that God performed in their lives.

Larry: I was struck by the children that followed us around and the joy of the Lord was present in all as we worshipped together. I developed a great relationship with my translator, Mijail. I am soooo blessed to be sharing this experience with Faye!

Chris: I had one woman who stated that she had too many problems to follow Christ. Her husband had killed their daughter. My translator, Kathleen shared her abusive past and was able to lead the woman to Christ.

Tim: We were having lunch with our Pastor Josue and there was a young boy selling candy for book money for school. I just sat there and said no, but Pastor Josue gave the boy a plate of food. I looked over and saw Jesus sitting there and I felt so ashamed...

That was some of our experiences in Ica and the surrounding area this week. We are leaving for Lima tomorrow and we are all sad that our experience has come to an end. Pray for Chris as she has caught a bug down here and is feeling very bad....

See you on Saturday!!!
The Peru Team