Outreach to Children and Farmers

On Friday a team of 5 from the lovely hamlet of Jesup, Georgia will arrive in Yungay. Translating for them will be Anibal and David. They will be working with Pastor Joel and his wife Hilda. Pray that the Lord will use them in a mighty way to reach the children in the after school Bible club and the farmers in their fields. Also, pray for safe travel as they fly to Lima then Anta.
(Pictured above is a Peruvian farmer with his wooden, hand-made plow. They are far more of these than tractors.)

Jesup Serving in Yungay, Mancos and Ongo

On Friday, a team of 5 from FBC - Jesup, GA will arrive in the Huaylas Valley. They, along with translators Anibal and Erick, will be serving  in Mancos , Ongo and Yungay. In these towns of are many opportunities to minister to the children. Pray for safe travel and good health and that  Pastor Joel, his wife Hilda, missionary Maria and the team will find ways to connect with the parents of the children.
(Pictured above are Creston, Earl, Edna and Ricky. Miriam was not available.)

Special Prayer Request

Today I have a special prayer request. Recently we had 2 of our short term missionaries in Recuay discover a very distressing situation in a village near where they were working. It involves 4 little girls who have had a serious skin condition since birth. The children have unsightly blisters and scaling about there bodies. They are cousins with 3 from one family and 1 from another. For now, the parents of the 3 have declined any help. We have arranged for the other girl to go with her parents and a national missionary to Lima for diagnosis and treatment.
I have included 2 photos. One is of Elisabet who is 8 years old. She apparently attended school for a short period of time but was teased by her classmates and now no longer attends. She is extremely shy and the smile you see in the photo is very rare. In a way, she will going to see the doctor for her cousin's also since it seems likely they suffer from the same problem. The other photo is of María, the national missionary who will assist them in Lima. She serves in Yungay for now but hopes to serve in Africa one day.

Please pray for:
1. Safe travel to Lima
2. Wisdom for María as she guides the family to their appointments.
3. Comfort to the parents and Elisabet as they encounter the big city of Lima.
4. Wisdom and discernment on the part of the doctor's as they try to diagnose the problem.

Thanks so much to those of you who faithfully pray....and to Victor C., Erick J. and Mindy for helping make this happen, ALL of you are numero 1!

Semana Santa in Yungay

This weekend and most of next week, our Strategy Coordinating church from Jesup, Georgia will be ministering in the city of Yungay. While there they will conduct Bible studies, prayer walk in the city, hand out tracts and witness. Pray that their efforts will not diminished by the Semana Santa (Holy Week) fiestas and noise.