Ilo, La Pampa, and Ite
This week we're in Ilo staying with Trevor and Christine Morrow. It has meant so much to see them again, along with Andrew and Rebecca, and Jenny McKay who's staying with them at the moment. It hardly seems like six years since we were here, and its great to see both Trevor and Christine in good health.
On Saturday Trevor took us down to see the Ite Camp and Conference Centre for the first time. It is difficult to describe how it feels to suddenly be physically present at a place for which you've been praying, and which you've seen so much of in photos. The camp is well under way in construction terms, is in a beautiful location, and is bursting with potential for youth and children's work in South Peru. Last weekend the site had a little bit of a trial run when a team who were visiting from Carrick hosted a weekend for some local young people. It was a real success, and has given Trevor and Christine a little foretaste of how the facility will be used in coming years, God willing. Our photo does no justice to either the scale of the complex, or the sense of latent potential that the site possesses. Managing workers and making plans is a massive workload, but God is lending grace and His name is already being glorified through the project.
Yesterday (Sunday) we worshipped in the La Pampa Church. On our last visit this was a building site, but is now a fully functional facility, with a warm hearted people worshipping within its walls. Thanks to all who prayed for Andrew preaching - the Lord undertook, and we were both made to feel tremendously welcome among God's people. The Pastor of the La Pampa Church is Mario who, along with his wife Herlinda, has been serving here for five years. He is a lovely man, of quiet disposition, who is serving faithfully and showing a challenging degree of pastoral care for God's people here.
Obviously Trevor and Christine's ministry extends beyond the construction of the Camp and Conference Centre. The greater percentage of the rest of their time is invested in the evangelism and church planting work in the village of Ite. Carolyn travelled across with Jenny and Christine to witness the children's meeting. She was so encouraged by the attention which the children displayed, their keenness to be involved and the pleasure they obviously took in the activities.
In the evening we returned to Ite for a gospel service. This was well attended, and again Andrew was encouraged to sense people's prayers as he preached. It is simply amazing to see a work which is pioneering the gospel in this village. It is not an easy area to work into, with discouragements as well as encouragements, but Trevor, Christine and Milagros (one of the Peruvian national workers, much prayed for at home) have won respect by the way in which they have conducted their evangelism. Milagros has moved away from family to live in the village among the people, and the people of Ite can have no doubts that the folks from the mission care about them and are interested in investing their time in the village.
It has been great to witness all of this within the past few days. We're looking forward to the Prayer Meeting and Bible study in Ite tomorrow night, and then will God willing return to Tacna on Wednesday or Thursday.
On Saturday Trevor took us down to see the Ite Camp and Conference Centre for the first time. It is difficult to describe how it feels to suddenly be physically present at a place for which you've been praying, and which you've seen so much of in photos. The camp is well under way in construction terms, is in a beautiful location, and is bursting with potential for youth and children's work in South Peru. Last weekend the site had a little bit of a trial run when a team who were visiting from Carrick hosted a weekend for some local young people. It was a real success, and has given Trevor and Christine a little foretaste of how the facility will be used in coming years, God willing. Our photo does no justice to either the scale of the complex, or the sense of latent potential that the site possesses. Managing workers and making plans is a massive workload, but God is lending grace and His name is already being glorified through the project.
Yesterday (Sunday) we worshipped in the La Pampa Church. On our last visit this was a building site, but is now a fully functional facility, with a warm hearted people worshipping within its walls. Thanks to all who prayed for Andrew preaching - the Lord undertook, and we were both made to feel tremendously welcome among God's people. The Pastor of the La Pampa Church is Mario who, along with his wife Herlinda, has been serving here for five years. He is a lovely man, of quiet disposition, who is serving faithfully and showing a challenging degree of pastoral care for God's people here.
Obviously Trevor and Christine's ministry extends beyond the construction of the Camp and Conference Centre. The greater percentage of the rest of their time is invested in the evangelism and church planting work in the village of Ite. Carolyn travelled across with Jenny and Christine to witness the children's meeting. She was so encouraged by the attention which the children displayed, their keenness to be involved and the pleasure they obviously took in the activities. In the evening we returned to Ite for a gospel service. This was well attended, and again Andrew was encouraged to sense people's prayers as he preached. It is simply amazing to see a work which is pioneering the gospel in this village. It is not an easy area to work into, with discouragements as well as encouragements, but Trevor, Christine and Milagros (one of the Peruvian national workers, much prayed for at home) have won respect by the way in which they have conducted their evangelism. Milagros has moved away from family to live in the village among the people, and the people of Ite can have no doubts that the folks from the mission care about them and are interested in investing their time in the village.
It has been great to witness all of this within the past few days. We're looking forward to the Prayer Meeting and Bible study in Ite tomorrow night, and then will God willing return to Tacna on Wednesday or Thursday.
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