Thursday, August 1, 2013

Looking Forward

With the advent of August, The Petrik Family is looking forward with excitement to the arrival of the Brower Family which is now only 12 days away!  Please join us in prayer for the Browers as they finish up last minute details and say good byes to church, family and friends.  We are looking to the Lord with anticipation of new ministry opportunities!



Ryan and Nicole are back home in Baños with Arianna and getting settled in.  Arianna is well loved by her family, never lacking for attention!




We are thankful for the Lord's provision and the leading of the Holy Spirit for our children's ministry in Carhuaquero.  Relationships continue to grow with the children and recently, with the aid of an interpreter (Cynthia Yohanna Burga), Stan taught on Jesus washing the disciples' feet from John 13.  To complete the teaching, he washed each child's feet, explaining the love and servanthood of Jesus and how this is an example and model for each of us.  This was a very powerful lesson and the children all listened closely.
We are also very blessed by the gift of 2 wooden benches from fellow missionaries, 
Sean and Crissy Heath http://www.heathfamilyjustlovejesus.blog.  
What this means is that our kids won't have to sit on the ground.  They will have a place to sit during the teaching, and they can use the benches as a table during the coloring/craft time.  We are blessed to see different ministries working together here in Cajamarca  for the kingdom of God!  




Please join us in prayer and anticipation as we plan to open our new church location on 
August 25th.  We are so blessed to be able to have our church and children's Sunday School now in one location.  The remodeling has been ongoing since May and is just wrapping up.  We just put up the Refugio Iglesia Cristiana Calvary Chapel sign yesterday!!  



Prayer and Praise for August:  praise for our new location and the new ministry we trust the Lord to bring, praise for the Brower Family's arrival, praise for the gift of benches for Carhuaquero, praise for our new granddaughter, Arianna, now being home here in Baños.  Please pray for health, continued language acquisition, new ministry opportunities as we will now have more servants.
Thank you for your continued prayer and support which is vital to our ministry.  We rejoice that we can partner together in the work the Lord is doing here in Cajamarca!
"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."  -  Galatians 6:9