Day 6 -Wednesday

We stayed in San Vicente on Wednesday and served another day with Jaime. In the morning, we set up the church, then delivered some groceries to a lady that lived on the hill. Nos quedamos en San Vicente en miercoles y servimos otro dia con Jaime. En la manana, hacemos listo la iglesia, luego trajimos comestibles a una senora que vino en la cerro. After lunch we did the children's church and then played with the kids over at the soccer field. Despues almuerzo, tuvimos el servicio por los ninos y luego jugamos con ellos a la losa deportivo.

In the evening we did the adult church. Robin did the teaching that night. Then we took pictures of the families as a ministry. We took the bus back to Surco after everything was cleaned up. We got back at 1:00 in the morning!! En la noche, tuvimos la iglesia por los adultos. Robin enseno el servicio eso noche. Luego, sacamos fotos de la familias como un ministerio. Llevamos el autobus a Surco despues todo la limpiando. Llegamos a la 1:00 en la manana!!

Day 7 -Thursday

On Thursday we went to Santa Rosa to work. Last year, we started building a church there. It was cool to get to work more on it this year. El jueves ibamos a Santa Rosa para trabajar. El ano pasado, comenzamos contruir un edificio por la iglesia. Estaba bueno podria trabajar mas en el edificio este ano.
That night, we had another church service back in Surco. Esa noche, tuvimos otro servicio en la iglesia en Surco.

Day 8 -Friday

On Friday, we returned to Santa Rosa to continue working on the building. At the end of our work day, we went and played soccer with the locals on the soccer field. That was a blast! Then, we played worship on the bus the whole way home. That was fun. Robin and Matt were being silly. En viernes, regresamos a Santa Rosa continuir trabajando en el edificio. Al terminar el dia de trabaja, ibamos y juguemos futbol con los hombres que vivan alla en la losa deportiva. !Estaba muy divertido! Luego, tocamos alabanzas en el micro hasta llegamos a casa. Robin y Matt estaban estado chistoso.

Day 9 -Saturday

On Saturday morning, we had a ladies breakfast. It was a nice time of worship, teaching, and prayer. And good food, too! The guys cooked and served that morning. En sabado por la manana, tuvimos un desayuno por las mujeres. Fue un tiempo bueno de alabanzas, estudias de la Biblia, y oraciones. !Y comida rica, tambien! Los hombres cocinaron y servieron esa manana.

In the afternoon, we went to Villa Maria again. It had been raining a little and there was water where we would normally set up. So, we set up facing this big hill of houses. It was cool. I kept praying that the songs and testimonies would reach all the people on the hill. The Bible says that the word does not go forth void. En la tarde, fuimos a Villa Maria otra vez. Ha estado lloviendo un poco y habia agua donde pondriamos nuestro equipo de la musica. Entonces, pusimos enfrente de este cerro grande de casas. Estaba bueno. Yo estaba orando que las canciones y testimonios alcanzaria todos las personas en el cerro. La Biblia dice que la palabra de Dios no vaya adelante nulo.

This is Jimmy. He serves in the church. He played keyboard most of the times we did worship. He has a really sweet spirit. Este es Jimmy. El ayuda en la iglesia. El toco las teclas casi todo el tiempo que toquemos alabanzas. El esta muy agradable.

Me and Luz, a friend from the church in Surco. I love talking with her. Yo y Luz, una senora de la iglesia en Surco. Me gusta hablando con ella.

The group photo. This is our team of 9 and the missionaries and some of the peruvians in the church there. We are missing Javier, he had already gone home. It was a great trip. El foto del grupo. Este es nuesto equipo de 9 y los misioneros y unos de los peruanos en la iglesia alla. Nos falta a Javier, ya ha ido a casa. Fue un viaje maravilloso.

A torturer Repents

'I don't have much time to tell you all the beauties of the underground church. I should perhaps tell you just one episode which I have lived. We were in a prison cell; some 30 or 40 prisoners. The door was unlocked and the guards pushed in a new prisoner. He was dirty like we were. We had not washed ourselves in three years. So he was dirty, and we were dirty. He was shorn and had the striped uniform of a prisoner. In the half darkness of the cell, we did not recognize him, but at a certain moment, one of us exclaimed, "This is Captain Popescu, I recognize him!"

Captain Popescu had been one of the worst torturers of Christians. He had beaten and tortured even some of us who were now in the same cell with him. We wondered how he had become a prisoner of the communists and how he had been put in a prison cell reserved for Christians. So we surrounded him and asked him his story.

With tears in his eyes, he told us that as he sat in his office, a few months earlier a soldier on duty knocked at the door and said, "Outside is a boy of 12 or 13 who has a flower for your wife." The captain scratched his head. He did not remember that it was his wife's birthday, but in any case, he allowed the boy to enter. The boy entered with the flower in his hand, very shy, but very decided, and said: "Comrade Captain, you are the one who has put my father and mother in prison. Today is my mother's birthday. I have the habit every year on this day, out of my little pocket money, to buy a flower for her. Because of you, I have no mother to gladden today. But my mother is a Christian, and she taught me since I was a little child to love my enemies and to reward evil with good. I thought to give joy to the mother of your children. Please take this flower to your wife and tell her about my love and about the love of Christ."

It was too much even for a communist torturer. He was also a creature of God. He also has been enlightened with the light which enlightens every man who comes into this world. He embraced this child. He could not beat any more. He could not torture anymore. He was no longer useful as an officer of the communist secret police. He came to suffer together with the children of God and was happy for this new state. Let us have before our eyes the love of Christ, who saved us. Continue to simply believe in love. (Edited extract from If Prison Walls Could Speak by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, -Voice of the Martyrs)


I realize that not only do I need to teach my own children to love like that, but I need to learn as well. How affective children can be for the kingdom of God!

Peru

Here are some pictures from our trip to Peru. On Saturdays, we went to Villa Maria. We did worship, dramas, and teachings there. It was my favorite place we went. We also went to Santa Rosa in Puente Piedra to do ministry with the kids and adults. They are so beautiful. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we took a bus for 2 hours to Canete. We did ministry in Playa Hermosa and San Vicente with the pastor there, Jaime Inga. San Vicente is Robin's favorite place. I will post more pictures later.

Aqui estan fotos de nuestro viaje a Peru. En sabados, fuimos a Villa Maria. Estabamos hecho musica, mimos, y estudios alla. Estaba mi lugar favorito que fuimos. Tambien, fuimos a Santa Rosa en Puente Piedra para ministrar con los ninos y adultos. Ellos son muy bonitos. En martes y miercoles, sacamos un autobus por 2 horas a Canete. Ministramos en Playa Hermosa y San Vicente con el pastor que vive alla, Jaime Inga. San Vicente es el lugar favorito de Robin. Ensenare mas fotos despues.

Jimmy in Villa Maria

Villa Maria

Santa Rosa, Puente Piedra

Allie

Doug teaching and David translating in Santa Rosa, Puente Piedra Doug ensenando y David traduciendo en Santa Rosa, Puente Piedra

Worship in Surco Alabanzas en Surco

One of my favorite things from our trip is that I got to play worship with David and Jimmy all week. It was a big blessing to me. Sometimes some of the guys (Matt, Bobby, & Chris) would bust out the percussion, too.

Uno de mi cosa favorita de nuestra viaje es tocando alabanzas con David y Jimmy toda la semana. Fue un bendicion grande para mi. A veces, los hombres (Matt, Bobby, y Chris) tocaron los tambores tambien.

Inviting to the Jesus film in Playa Hermosa Invitando a la pelicula de Cristo en Playa Hermosa

Lionel the Lion

Lollipop drama in Playa Hermosa Mimo de paletas en Playa Hermosa

Nuestra cita Our date

Esta noche, Robin y yo teniamos una cita. Fue muy bueno. Tomamos cena y despues, fuimos a una libreria. Conoci a una senora que estaba trabajanado alla quien es de Peru. Ella es de Ica. La dije un poquito sobre nuestro viaje a Peru y que queremos movir alla proximo ano. La dije sobre Jesu-Cristo y que queremos ir alla para ayudar la gente conocer a El mejor. Fue una conversacion muy buena. No tenemos esperar que vivir en Peru para ministrar a Peruanos.

Tonight, Robin and I had a date. It was very nice. We had dinner and afterwards, we went to a bookstore. I met a woman that was working there who was from Peru. She is from Ica. I told her a little about our trip to Peru and that we want to move there next year. I told her about Jesus Christ and that we want to go there to help the people to know Him better. It was a very good conversation. We don't have to wait to live in Peru to minister to Peruvians.

Una nueva creacion A new creation

Por lo tanto, si alguno esta en Cristo, es una nueva creacion. !Lo viejo ha pasado, ha llegado ya lo nuevo! Todo esto proviene de Dios, quien por medio de Cristo nos reconcilio consigo mismo y nos dio el ministerio de la reconciliacion: esto es que in Cristo, Dios estaba reconciliando al mundo consigo mismo, no tomandole en cuenta sus pecados y encargandonos a nosotros el mensaje de la reconciliacion.
2 Corintios 5:17-19

Me encanta estos versiculos. Los oigo a un estudia de la biblia por mujeres dos noches pasado. Nunca los habia leido en esta manera antes, que Dios nos dio el ministerio de la reconciliacion. Por supuesto, es significado de estar correcto con Dios, de estar perdonado de nuestos pecados. Tambien, creo que nececitamos estar reconciliando con nuestros hermanos en Cristo. ?Como le me aplica a mi vida?

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creacion; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the messsage of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:17-19

I love these verses. I heard them at a women's Bible study 2 nights ago. I had never read them in this way before, that God gave us the ministry of reconciliation. Of course, it means being right with God, being forgiven of our sins. I also think that we need to be reconciling with our brothers and sisters in Christ. How does this apply to my own life?