|
| Travel to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean will now be an important part of our ministries. |
In the last two years the Lord has allowed us to experience accelerated church planting and accelerated travel. Both experiences are now part of the fiber of our lives and ministry.
The Lord gave a fantastic missionary challenge to His people in Isaiah 54:2 which we believe should be applied today.
“Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.”
For over 35 years we have been serving in the country of Peru and then we had a crisis ministry outreach in Asia which is developing into a fantastic spiritual opportunity. The Tsunami that touched Asia at Christmas time 2004 moved our hearts and eventually led Rich to help with ABWE relief efforts in the region.
In May 2006 the School of Missions (SOM) teams began going into costal villages with Vacation Bible School for the children. Following that week of DVBS our first CELL GROUPS began meeting. By November 2006 there were 111 cell groups meeting in 25 different villages with a total attendance of 2,077. That was a sufficient basis for starting 24 new churches. By Easter of 2007 13 daughter churches have been started bringing the number of SOM churches to 37!. We are teaching the church planters that the Great Commission commands us to continue reproducing local churches until the Lord comes!
This entire project began as a result of the Lords working after the Tsunami and the ABWE relief effort with our partners in the region. Exciting things are happening at this moment as the School of Missions has completed training church 33 planters with a vision to reach the present day population of India by the year 2016!
We hope you will enjoy discovering some of the wonderful things the Lord is doing in India, Peru, Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Our desire is that this little corner of the Internet will provide information that will be helpful to each person who drops by to see what’s new.
This site is easy to navigate and will allow you to learn about the areas of our ministries including the New Life Baptist Church in Monterrico, the Monterrico Christian Schoo.
In 2008 we will share many exciting opportunities opening up in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. We have returned to live in Lima, Peru to finish some of our ministries there along with the responsibilities as ABWE executive director in Central America and the Caribbean.