Dear Friends and Family,

 

Happy New Year!  God has given us a new calendar year to serve Him faithfully and purposefully.  May God receive all the glory for all we do in Jesus’ Name!

 

We ended 2006 enjoying God’s blessing on our Christmas Cantata, Christmas dinner and Vision Night on New Year’s Eve.  We had over 100 in attendance as we announced our theme and cast the vision that God has given us for 2007.  We had wonderful fellowship, preaching and food (of course!).

 

January has launched our busy summer schedule we call “crazy summer”.  We started with VBS in our church neighborhood.  We had 45-70 in attendance with over 20 volunteer workers from the church.  The gospel was plainly given through the 10 Commandments.  We have had a number of the kids and parents visit our services at church, praise the Lord!

 

Last week we had our first Couples Retreat with 26 in attendance!  The response was incredible to the practical teaching and preaching.  The teens hosted a wonderful banquet and supplied music, skits and a great meal.  We praise the Lord for at least 2 salvation decisions as a result of that retreat!

 

This past Sunday through Wednesday we had our first Revival of the year.  We invited Pastor Montaño and his wife, Magdalena, from California to come for both the Couples Retreat and Revival, but immigrations in Lima would not let him enter with his Mexican passport!  We were very sad about that!    In spite of that disappointment, God chose to use us in a special way.  Our attendance for the 4 nights was 129, 118, 114 and 150.  We had more than 60 first time visitors during the Revival!  God brought many to a saving knowledge of HIM and we are looking forward to visiting each house and following up on each decision.

 

We now have a week before our Leadership Camp, 2nd VBS and Missions trip.  We covet your prayers as we desire a great harvest of souls, spiritual growth in our leaders and MOST of all to honor our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

 

Also, please pray about some special needs we have as a family.  We will need a van for our furlough in April (12-15 passenger).  Also, airline prices have really jumped and we are scrambling to be able to purchase tickets, plus our sales tax here is 19% which is a big hit!  Please pray for God’s provision.  He’s never failed us yet!!!

 

We are still trying to sell our van so we can purchase property in Arequipa for Pastor Henry.  We are also still constructing here in Tacna and are needing to purchase at least 2 acres.  We are excited to share with you all our 5 year plan when we visit your church during our furlough.  If we don’t make it to you church, we will send a DVD.  God is doing great things here in Peru!

 

Thank you for your prayers and support.  We are honored to represent you in Peru!

 

Fellow laborer,

 

Jonathan and family

 

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