Remember those crazy bus captains that dress like clowns?  Swallow goldfish?  Well, I have joined their ranks!  Yesterday the adults lost the Sunday School contest by ONE POINT!  The adults needed 55 and the children needed 70.  The children had 85 and the adults 54!  SO… I had to swallow a live fish!  Not bad with coolaid!

On a better note, we had 139 for Sunday School, which is a record for us.  Also, we had another rarity… Nobody came or left between SS and church, so we had 139 for the AM service on Sunday!  Sunday night we had 97 with a total of 18 visitors for the day.

Another sweet blessing that God gave us was the first visit of our old neighbors.  Becky has been inviting them for over 3 years and yesterday they came to both SS and morning church!  Their 7 year old boy passed away 3 weeks ago, he had severe cerebral palsy.  Please pray for the salvation of Iris, Jesus and Rodrigo.

Next Monday a group of teens and men are traveling to Arequipa to climb the volcano Misti.  Misti is 21,000 feet.  Yesterday it snowed on Misti, so pray it melts so we can get to the top!  Also pray for our safety and for a special time of bonding and spiritual growth for the men.  We will be going with a group from our church in Arequipa.

Our schedule is filling up for our furlough in 2007.  We have lots of openings in April and May for Florida, Georgia and the Washington DC area.  Pray that we will be able to make contacts for that time.

Please remember to pray for the following needs:  1. Children’s home-schooling materials, 2. Several church families in spiritual need, 3. Funds for benches, hymnbooks, roof, van for bus routes, new property, 4. Theme, organization and plans for 2007 (next week we have a leadership retreat), 5. Spanish preaching tapes.

We would love to hear from you!  We pray for you all regularly, so please share with us special prayer requests.  Thank you for your friendship in the ministry.

Fellow laborer,

Jonathan