Updates

Eli and I had one person baptized from Urcos but seven came to watch and support them. It looks like three more will be baptized this next month. We do have a lot of firm people, some firm families who have showed a lot of progress this month. We are very impressed with a young man named Wilson who is only 15 and very determined. His whole family has this same attitude and Eli and I are excited to see where it leads.

Eli and I met a woman named Marta (Wilson’s mom) in the street one day and she invited them to her home. They began discipleship classes with her and she has shown and increased interest in studying the Bible. She reads the bible with her kids and teaches them what she learns from the classes each week. Her son Wilson finished all seven lessons in one week. We’ve been at the house when Marta has yelled up to her son Wilson “Wilson, what are you doing up there?” he responds “Mom, leave me alone, I’m talking to God!”
One day Marta needed to take a trip to visit her mother and collect her salary. She needed to go to another town about five hours from where she lived but had little money to get there. There was no bus so she sat down in the plaza of Urcos and began to pray. She prayed and prayed for a bus to pass by and that the bus would have open seats so she wouldn’t have to stand for the whole journey. Then, all the sudden, a bus showed up with open seats. She praised God for sending it and prayed the whole trip there. When she arrived she still had no money and needed to get yet another bus to get her to her destination. Everyone was telling her that there were no more cars that day. She prayed while she was walking and looked down to find 60 soles on the ground. She praised God for the money saying “now I have the money I just need another bus” and another bus came.
The man she had to collect money from has always insulted her and she has always insulted him back, they have always argued. This time she said she wanted to respond not by arguing but with a better attitude. She let him insult her, got her salary and left without saying anything regrettable. After receiving her money she left to visit her elderly mother. She heard God telling her, that he blessed her with that money so she could bless others. So, she gave 20 soles to her mother, 20 to her uncle and kept 20 for her return trip home.
We have never met someone with so much faith. She wants to apply everything she’s learned from the Bible and has faith in God that he will take care of every situation.

Update

Eli and I have really been advancing a ton in Urcos lately. We have recently also started working in Huaro which is about a 10 minute walk from Urcos. We started also working there for many reasons but mainly because there are already 7 Christian churches in Urcos. But the work is growing and the Gospel is being taught. We have recently also started doing church services in Huaro and it has been growing every time. Thank you all so so so much for all your prayers and support.
PS, We had to repaint and almost redo everything in and outside of the building. Ha, it took about 2 months.

Well we are back from vacation and things are still going great. We are just picking up were we left off. Ill keep you updated on things when they happen. Thank you all so much for the prayers and support. God Bless

So things are really taking off here in Urcos, we have about 6 strong contacts that we are decipeling and about 10 not strong but new contacts. We are now out everyday apart from monday from 8am - 7 or 8pm everyday. Its getting crazy but its teaching me a lot along the lines of serventud and love. Have you ever served any one before? Like really devoted your time to them and life to them? I talking if they call at 1am to come and talk to them you do. Im not just talking about "you get me from 8am - 10am" but everyday serving and just putting your self out there. And the crazy thing is you cant start doing this until you´ve put your self 2nd and put them 1st. We have to learn how to love them more then we love our selfs. Im learning more and more of this everyday. I still have my days like after about 4 hours of work I somethimes feel like just going back to the house. But I push through to love them more than my self. Itshard and I strugel everyday, but thats what we are called to do. So if you could just pray for stangth for my new partner Eli and I that would be awesome. Thankyou so much for you continual support and prayers.

fun times

The other day I went with one of my contacts named Oswaldo to his work. Oswaldo's job is a "tecnico" which is kinda like a vet for animals in the "compo" which means out in the country. So I woke up at around 5 am and left the house around 5 30 am. I grabbed a bus and headed to Andahuaylillas where I was going to meet with him and head on out to the compo. We took a taxi for about 20 to 30 minutes up into the mountains and got out. Then we headed up higher on foot. Well, it was raining all morning so everything was very wet. Also, the road was mud so every step up the hill I sank a few inches and also slid back a few more. After trying my very best not to fall we got to the first house. Oswaldo needed to inject the bulls with vitamins. So my job was to hold the massive bull's nose with some clamps while he would inject the bull. But now let me tell you the bull's did not like that at all, so I had to cause more pain by twisting there nose with the clamps. They were just really mad at me the enter time. After finishing about 5 bull's, 2 pig's and being about 10 pounds heavier with mud I went back to Urcos and ate with him. After we were done eating I hopped on another bus and went back home. But with all that aside it was an awesome experience.

Updates
So my partner Jorge is not returning back to be my partner. And before you ask there was no explanation. So Extreme has another partner for me named Eli. He will be here on the 14th of February, so I guess he is my valentines day present.But no in all reality please pray for us. Eli and I have not really had the greatest run in's in the past and have had our problems. But Im trusting it is Gods will and everything will work out. Also on another note my 20th birthday is on February 11th!!! (Just a reminder)..

Breaking down Walls

Hey everyone, sorry its been awhile with Christmas / New Years break but lately things have been good. I've been mostly going out to work with Tyler because Jorge took a month off to recuperate for his appendix surgery. These pat few week's I've been contacting people from the Filex film that we had shown about a month ago. We now have about 4 new contacts in Urcos. There names are Edwin, Oswaldo and his girlfriend and Visidia. I am also going to go visit more people this saturday about 3 more to be exact. But with the help of God we are now breaking down the spiritual walls in Urcos. Thank you God.




Hola a todos, lo siento su sido un rato con las vacaciones de Navidad / Año Nuevo, pero últimamente las cosas han sido buenas. He sido en su mayoría va a trabajar con Tyler porque Jorge tomó un mes de descanso para recuperarse de su cirugía de apéndice. Estas pocas semanas de Pat he estado en contacto con la gente de la película de sílice que había mostrado hace un mes aproximadamente. Ahora tenemos cerca de 4 nuevos contactos en Urcos. Hay nombres de Edwin, Oswaldo y su novia y Visidia. También voy a ir a visitar a más personas este sábado cerca de 3 más para ser exactos. Pero con la ayuda de Dios estamos rompiendo las barreras espirituales en Urcos. Gracias a Dios.

Felix Vargas Film

So on the 9th of december I showed the Felix Vargas film in Urcos. Jorge could not be there because he was recuperating in the hospital form his appendicitis. But it was so awesome, we showed it in the Plaza and there were at least over 120 people at minimum there and about 43 people accepted Christ. Praise God! Here are some pictures of that awesome night.