First Worship Service in Lunahuaná

Great news from Peru....last Wednesday (July 6th) was the first worship service in Lunahuaná! After three years of praying, the Lord opened the doors for services to begin and I am excited to be able to share that with you today. Here is a little bit about how the day went:

Since all the missionaries are now living in Lima, Anthony, Jamie, the Eisold family, and I got up early on Wednesday morning to drive to Lunahuaná. We arrived at about 9:30am and some of us began inviting people to come while the rest took care of getting tables to the worship location (Hotel Las Brisas- found in the picture). We also drove to invite many of my former students from the English classes. It was a busy morning and early afternoon, but we had some great conversations with old and new friends.

In the afternoon, part of the team went to Lucumo which is where Jamie, Anthony, and I used to travel to do Bible study with a family every Saturday morning. We went to Lucumo to continue Children's ministry there for about 45 minutes and invite the families to worship in Lunahuaná. We sang song, read a Bible story, and played a game with the kids during our time there.

After Lucumo, everyone met at Hotel Las Brisas to begin our activities there. Jamie led the adults in a Bible study while Anthony and I led the Children's ministry. We did a craft, read the Bible story, and played a few games. We also learned the phrase, "¡Jesús es nuestro sanador!" which means "Jesus is our healer!". Jesus physically healed the lame man in the story (Mark 2:1-12), but he also heals us from our sins. What a wonderful message!

After Bible studies, everyone came together to worship. There were 31 Peruvians at the worship service and about 7 more who came to Bible study, but had to leave before the service began. What a blessing! We plan to return to Lunahuaná the first and third Wednesday of each month to continue with Bible studies and worship. Please keep those days on your prayers.

"For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." Psalm 57:10-11