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Equipping to Send

Even before arriving in Peru one of my great desires was not just to train Peruvian pastors and leaders, but also to equip some to become church planters and missionaries themselves. The process of developing men, who have previously had little to no access to training, into missionaries is a slow one. However, we are starting to see progress toward that goal.

This was especially highlighted a few weeks ago when Andy Miller, Jim Steenland (a pastor from South Texas who works with us in this site), and I taught our course on missions and church planting to our group of pastors in the jungle. We finished the week by breaking them into groups to design a plan for sending and supporting missionaries from their churches. They then presented their plans to send missionaries from their churches to the unreached throughout their area of the jungle. Meanwhile, the rest of the group acted as their 'church' giving feedback and asking questions. Each group did a great job thinking through and presenting their biblical philosophy of missions and how that would be carried out in a practical way by their churches.





Perhaps the greatest encouragement came when the president of this denomination stood up and encouraged the group to not leave their plans as a project that they worked on in class, but to take them back to their churches and put them into practice. This was met with great agreement and enthusiasm from the entire group. Again, there remains quite a process to realize this dream but it is great to see the wheels slowly begin to turn.

Building Gospel-Partnerships with Peruvians

Right in line with what I wrote above, I have really begun a greater focus on building what I would call "gospel-partnerships" with Peruvians. "Gospel-partnerships" simply means intentionally teaming up with Peruvian brothers to accomplish specific ministry tasks. It seems that the best way to realize my desires of training up Peruvians who will train other pastors and leaders or to plant churches is to more intentionally focus on pouring into and working with Peruvians. Moreover, building several different gospel-partnerships seems to better follow the model of the Apostle Paul in the New Testament in which we can see him working with perhaps more than three dozen different missionary partners to accomplish specific ministry objectives. Finally, like Paul's model, this wider web of gospel-partnerships will allow the work to have a more far-reaching influence.

By God's grace, I am already seeing the Lord bless this approach. For example, as I have mentioned before, I am traveling with Pastor Aurelio every month to preach and teach in rural villages. I am also partnering with another brother, Martin, in sharing the preaching load in a local church whose pastor is working through being restored to the ministry after falling into sin. The pastor of our local church, Darwin, and I are working on partnering in a few different areas.  Beyond that, I have started to more intentionally identify several pastors in our trainings who have good potential to teach others. As a result, I have begun spending more time with them and will be developing deeper training for them with the hope of eventually having them teach alongside me. As, I said above, the process of developing national brothers to partner with in the ministry is a slow one. However, I truly believe it is worth the long-term benefit it will ultimately produce not only in the lives of men that will be working alongside me, but also for those they will teach and equip. 

The best part of these gospel-partnerships is the mutual learning and encouragement that happens between my Peruvian brothers and me. 
Pictures
  • Tito's baptism
  • Nora's baptism
  • All five kids going down a bouncy slide together
  • Jill is really into books now

Family Update


Unfortunately, we have been dealing with some sickness in our house recently. Ethan, Titus, Nora, and Ellie have all been dealing with mono to various degrees so that has not been particularly fun. On the other hand, Betsy and the kids have been on a break from homeschooling which has allowed us to spend some special time together. Because the Peruvian school year runs from March to December, Ellie is still in school but she does not mind too much because she really enjoys it and has still benefited from the laid back schedule here at home. Finally, this Sunday, July 28, is Independence Day here in Peru and we will be hosting a party for our church at our house. We are really looking forward to celebrating with them. 
Praises
  • Titus and Nora were baptized!
  • We have recently come through some difficulties within our team. Betsy and I are thankful that we feel at peace with how we, as a couple, sought to glorify God and follow His will through it all. 
  • Healing and health for our family.
Prayer Requests
  • For Ethan, Titus, and Nora in their walk with Jesus.
  • That Martin and I would be a great help to the church we will be helping and that their pastor will be restored to the ministry.
  • That Betsy and I would delight in Christ in our life and marriage.
  • Healing and health for our family
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