Marvelous May and Joyful June
The front bucket seat of a pickup truck is a surprisingly comfortable place to sleep, when need be. This was one of the first thoughts to amble through my brain at the early hour I awakened. Also coming to mind were the memories that I was high in the Peruvian Andes in a little town called Accha for the purpose of evangelism and edification, and a good sleeping bag is a necessity at these altitudes. It was an exciting morning. We were able to give a Bible to a man who literally wept upon receiving his and to his son who hugged his Bible to his chest in eager anticipation to begin training for the seminary where we occasionally teach. Please pray for these two to be faithful in ministry.May and June were incredibly busy months. We have had enough exciting news to fill a prayer letter every week, but unfortunately we are still experiencing the dreaded email woes. During the month of May, we were privileged to host five groups, including Dr. David Shumate, evangelists Brent and Scott Sivnksty, my parents and sister, the McLanahans (our field director), and evangelist Randy Chovan and family.
During June we kept quite busy ministering with brother Chovan. We were thrilled by the arrival of Rachel Tarvin, a new BMM missionary, dear friends Pat and Wendy Campbell who are teaching two classes in the seminary, and Julie Thompson, intern. Please pray for those who are ministering here and for permanent laborers for the fruitful harvest.
We logged many kilometers on the truck these months as we traveled through snow-covered mountain peaks and lush green jungle valleys, preaching the Gospel and passing out tracts all the way. We have been amazed at God’s grace in opening doors for numerous open-air gatherings, family conferences, youth rallies, sports outreaches, Bible-clubs, evangelistic meetings, and church revivals.
During a workshop on stress where I translated for brother Chovan in Calca, a town about 15 minutes from our village, we had about 15 professions of faith! Please pray for the follow-up work that has been started. The next day we presented microscopes to a private school, gave a gospel message, and were blessed to lead the director and his wife to the Lord! Please pray for Hector and Milagros to grow as they are being discipled. We have also been training the seminary students in evangelism and were thrilled as two seminary girls were able to lead two young monolingual Quechua ladies to the Lord in a mountain town called Huilloq about an hour away, where we were having a one day outreach. Please pray for the seminary students’ and new believers’ growth.
During one church revival in a mountain community called Surimana, we had five professions of faith. One young man and his wife are planning on coming to the seminary for Bible training. Please pray that their faith will not be choked by thorns or found depthless upon the rocks. June 24 is a famous day in Cusco known as Inti-Raymi. This is a day when the Inca nation gathered in the Cusco fortress called Sacsayhuaman in order to worship the sun-god. Up until about five years ago, they still physically sacrificed a llama to their false deity. We were able to give out well over 5,000 tracts to the vast throngs of people who gathered that day. Please pray that the Word will not return void and that all glory will go to the SON of God rather than the sun-god.We have been going roughly every other week to a neighboring village to have open-air meetings where, as far as we know, there has never been an evangelical work of any kind. We praise our great God for His marvelous work in saving a man named Victor Rodriguez. It was thrilling to meet for our first discipleship and find out that instead of reading the assigned first chapter of John, he had already read six chapters in the first 24 hours despite a heavy work schedule. Please pray for the continuing growth of Victor. Finally, we have numerous neighbors in the community to whom we have been witnessing. Please pray especially for Efrain, Primo, Hari, Fredy, Wilson, and Fredi to be saved.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Because of email problems, we have a new email which is: fitzgeralds2peru at gmail.com Please email us if possible.
In Christ alone, Buddy and Loren
During June we kept quite busy ministering with brother Chovan. We were thrilled by the arrival of Rachel Tarvin, a new BMM missionary, dear friends Pat and Wendy Campbell who are teaching two classes in the seminary, and Julie Thompson, intern. Please pray for those who are ministering here and for permanent laborers for the fruitful harvest.
We logged many kilometers on the truck these months as we traveled through snow-covered mountain peaks and lush green jungle valleys, preaching the Gospel and passing out tracts all the way. We have been amazed at God’s grace in opening doors for numerous open-air gatherings, family conferences, youth rallies, sports outreaches, Bible-clubs, evangelistic meetings, and church revivals.
During a workshop on stress where I translated for brother Chovan in Calca, a town about 15 minutes from our village, we had about 15 professions of faith! Please pray for the follow-up work that has been started. The next day we presented microscopes to a private school, gave a gospel message, and were blessed to lead the director and his wife to the Lord! Please pray for Hector and Milagros to grow as they are being discipled. We have also been training the seminary students in evangelism and were thrilled as two seminary girls were able to lead two young monolingual Quechua ladies to the Lord in a mountain town called Huilloq about an hour away, where we were having a one day outreach. Please pray for the seminary students’ and new believers’ growth.
During one church revival in a mountain community called Surimana, we had five professions of faith. One young man and his wife are planning on coming to the seminary for Bible training. Please pray that their faith will not be choked by thorns or found depthless upon the rocks. June 24 is a famous day in Cusco known as Inti-Raymi. This is a day when the Inca nation gathered in the Cusco fortress called Sacsayhuaman in order to worship the sun-god. Up until about five years ago, they still physically sacrificed a llama to their false deity. We were able to give out well over 5,000 tracts to the vast throngs of people who gathered that day. Please pray that the Word will not return void and that all glory will go to the SON of God rather than the sun-god.We have been going roughly every other week to a neighboring village to have open-air meetings where, as far as we know, there has never been an evangelical work of any kind. We praise our great God for His marvelous work in saving a man named Victor Rodriguez. It was thrilling to meet for our first discipleship and find out that instead of reading the assigned first chapter of John, he had already read six chapters in the first 24 hours despite a heavy work schedule. Please pray for the continuing growth of Victor. Finally, we have numerous neighbors in the community to whom we have been witnessing. Please pray especially for Efrain, Primo, Hari, Fredy, Wilson, and Fredi to be saved.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Because of email problems, we have a new email which is: fitzgeralds2peru at gmail.com Please email us if possible.
In Christ alone, Buddy and Loren
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