GOOD BUSY SUNDAY ONLY 11½ HOURS LONG

Sunday, October 10:

Two services, one at 10:30 and the other at 5:00 but from start to finish the day ended up being 11½ hours! That included dinner, a short 15 minute stretch and the travel time to and from the services.

The morning service at Iglesia Centro Christiano De Avivamiento was focused on healing. A minimum of ten people testified of being healed as other believers prayed for them. I only prayed for one lady. The goal God laid on my heart was to get the people active in believing God to use them to bring healing to people.

I reminded them Jesus did not heal as God but all the healing He did was because He saw His father do it and therefore He healed. So we as, sons and daughters of God, have the power through our relationship with Him as our Father to also do the works of God. The response was very interesting and the excitement was high as they saw the works of God accomplished before their eyes.

I also was blessed by those who stepped up and said they were willing and desired to do translation for me as their investment in the Kingdom of God in Peru through the lives of Pastors and Church leaders around their nation – a total of six. And their pastor said he would be available again the last week I am here to do more video interpreting for me. Thank God! I will hand out translation assignments and see what we can get together for the last week. I think I have three days available to do it during the day and maybe also in the evenings.

After a braised chicken dinner and a one hour trip we arrived at my evening assignment – a graduation for the first year students of Universidad Pacto de Vida (Covenant Life University) in the city of Ancon at Comunidad Carismatica Cristiana Cristo Sanador with Pastor Everth Ipanaque. We had 21 who have completed their first year and the most exciting fact is that around 8-10 of them are from 16-21 years of age – YOUTH!

Pastor Everth is blind in one eye and 80% blind in the other and has one prosthetic leg, yet he is impacting that area of Ancon and in particular the youth. Not only is he doing that but he also completed very successfully his first year of Pacto de Vida. His goal is to take the youth and start another church in a different area. AND - he also has another church in Ventanilla. There are three pastors who work with him in these churches and they also completed their first year of Bible Training.

One of the pastors told me he has 12 people who are completing their requirements of discipleship training and are anxious to begin their college work.

So the question? Does missions pay? NO IT DOES NOT PAY IT PRODUCES! There is no pay! But it sure does cause a multiplication process when the people are discipled to disciple others! No one can reach their city, their country better than the people who live there and can relate on the same level. And I count it the greatest pleasure in my life to have this opportunity to invest in the training of disciples who will disciple others!

All I have to do now is to get ready for Marilyn and the two grandkids - Allyson and David. That means do my laundry, go shopping and meet them at the airport.

God bless and thanks for your investment into the Kingdom of God!

Dr D