Update

A little over a week ago, as I was walking home from town, I started talking with an older woman named Corina. She asked me if I would loan here a Bible. So I went home and got her a Spanish New Testament and gave it to her. Then we started to talk and read Scripture for over three hours. She had a lot of questions about Jesus and his deity, about Mary and the saints. She wants me to come back so we can read some more from the Bible.

▸ Please pray that my time reading and talking with her will go well and that the Spirit will do a work in her heart.

This week I found out that I will be moving to another town in Conchucos called Pomabamba. It is about 4½ hours north of Yanama. I do not yet know when this move will take place. It could be very soon. Pomabamba is a larger town in which I will have Internet access (dial up). So once there, I'll be able to make updates more frequently.

▸ Please pray that this transition to Pomabamba will go smoothly

▸ that relationships can be established in Pomabamba and the gospel proclaimed

▸ that God would call out for himself a true church in both Yanama and Pomabamba that will carry the gospel among their own people and beyond

As always, continue to pray:

▸ that the Name of the Lord be great among every tribe, people, nation, and tongue, including the northern Conchucos Quechua

▸ that I would walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, pleasing Him in every respect, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God and His Word

▸ that I would grow in my understanding of my own unworthiness and be totally dependent upon Christ and His grace and power to work through me as I proclaim the excellencies of the gospel to the northern Conchucos Quechua

▸ that Lord of the Harvest would thrust out worker into the harvest field

▸ that I will be able to clearly communicate the gospel (in both Yanama and Pomabamba, people speak more Quechua than Spanish.)

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There are three phases

in most great tasks undertaken for God:

impossible, difficult, done.

— Hudson Taylor

For the earth will be filled

with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD

as the waters cover the sea.

— Hab 2:14

I've been in Lima the past week to work on my carnet/visa. I also have Internet access there. I do not in Yanama. So now I can write something on my newsletter. Sunday, I was able to visit Iglesia Bautista del Salvador in Barranco and really enjoyed it.

Here is the plaza of Yanama.

I'm surrounded snow-capped mountains.

I have gotten settled in and am trying to build relationships with the people in the community. In January, I passed out calendars with Alvo (a believer from Chiclayo was in Yanama for a few weeks) into order to help introduce me to the community and meet people. The calendars have a bible verse for each day, so it also served to put some Scripture in the homes of the people.

I am meeting new people all the time. I have been able to share some with some. But they did not respond to the gospel. But the power of the Gospel is strong, and I am confident that people will believe as I proclaim it to people.

Please pray that I will be able to build relationships with the people of Yanama and that God will open doors the witness about Christ (Col 4:3) and that God will open hearts to receive the Gospel (Act 16:14).

Please pray that I would be devoted to prayer and the Word.

Please pray that I would grow in Christ-likeness.

The people of Yanama speak more northern Conchucos Quechua than Spanish, so pray that I can communicate clearly the Gospel. Most can speak Spanish, but they speak Quechua to one another and some speak only Quechua.

New Prayer Card

Here is my prayer card. It no longer says "Bolivia" because I am no longer scheduled to go to Bolivia. The IMB is not going to continue work among the southern Bolivian Quechua. So now I could end up staying in Peru serving among the indigenous of the high jungle or going to the Quichua of Ecuador or possibly someplace else. So I change the word "Bolivia" to "South America". I also included my skype name. (Not that I have Internet in Yanama, but I can use it when I'm in Huaraz or Lima). 

My house

Here are some pictures of my house. It is the second floor of an adobe house with a concrete floor. The bedrooms have wood flooring.