Father, give this family wisdom as to how to deal with everything on this list. I pray for unity at Christmas for them; if there is a way for their daughters to come to Lima and the family to be together please provide it. Thank You for their willingness to serve in Peru and the renewal of their minds in this foreign culture.
Help Lydia's visa to come through rapidly...or more rapidly. Give them each a sense of Your love and direction, and encourage them in their walk with You. Help them reflect Your love to each other and to everyone they meet today. Protect them, healthwise and driving. I pray for the Hari Krishna people to come to know You.
In Christ we pray. Amen
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Newsletter November 2009
Peruvian Holidays
There are two US holiday celebrations we are encountering in a new way at this time of year: Halloween and Christmas.
Halloween is popular. On October 31st, young children go from home to home or from store to store with a parent, or several children go with a few parents, saying something like "Hal-een" and holding out little orange plastic pumpkins, into which merchants or homeowners put several pieces of candy.
Most times, the children were dressed in costumes, and the most common ones this year were: Superman, Spiderman, Snow White, witches, devils, and Michael Jackson. The same costumes appeared all over our area of Lima.
Businesspeople in Peru imitate business practices of the US and Europe. Thanksgiving does not exist here, so the next merchant's holiday is Christmas, and marketing for Christmas begins about the day of Halloween, similar to the practice in the US.
We are in a desert. Therefore, people buy small artificial evergreen Christmas trees at Wong or other "supermercados" (something like Walmart). You are able to buy lights, ornaments, and so forth, all at Wong.
One of Julie's hobbies has been collecting nativity sets, but we gave up much of that when we moved to Lima. However, for her birthday in October, I bought her a ceramic nativity set in Andean motif, made in the Ayacucho area of Peru, complete with shepherd and his vicuñas.
We pray for people in Lima at these holiday times of the year, that they may find true blessings in Christ. We pray for our students, that they may pass the gift of the love of Jesus Christ to everyone they meet.
And we pray for, you. May you be blessed during the holidays.
How are we doing?
Present Ministry: We are excited about what we have been doing and what is ahead. We are seeing evidence of the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit in what we are doing, thanks to your continuing prayer and financial support.
Residency process: Hopefully, Lydia's process is nearing completion.
Prayer Requests:
• For our students in their studies.
• Seminary, parish, and diocesan ministries and finances.
• That we spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in all that we do.
Blessings! – Shaw, Julie, and Lydia
There are two US holiday celebrations we are encountering in a new way at this time of year: Halloween and Christmas.
Halloween is popular. On October 31st, young children go from home to home or from store to store with a parent, or several children go with a few parents, saying something like "Hal-een" and holding out little orange plastic pumpkins, into which merchants or homeowners put several pieces of candy.
Most times, the children were dressed in costumes, and the most common ones this year were: Superman, Spiderman, Snow White, witches, devils, and Michael Jackson. The same costumes appeared all over our area of Lima.
Businesspeople in Peru imitate business practices of the US and Europe. Thanksgiving does not exist here, so the next merchant's holiday is Christmas, and marketing for Christmas begins about the day of Halloween, similar to the practice in the US.
We are in a desert. Therefore, people buy small artificial evergreen Christmas trees at Wong or other "supermercados" (something like Walmart). You are able to buy lights, ornaments, and so forth, all at Wong.
One of Julie's hobbies has been collecting nativity sets, but we gave up much of that when we moved to Lima. However, for her birthday in October, I bought her a ceramic nativity set in Andean motif, made in the Ayacucho area of Peru, complete with shepherd and his vicuñas.
We pray for people in Lima at these holiday times of the year, that they may find true blessings in Christ. We pray for our students, that they may pass the gift of the love of Jesus Christ to everyone they meet.
And we pray for, you. May you be blessed during the holidays.
How are we doing?
Present Ministry: We are excited about what we have been doing and what is ahead. We are seeing evidence of the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit in what we are doing, thanks to your continuing prayer and financial support.
Residency process: Hopefully, Lydia's process is nearing completion.
Prayer Requests:
• For our students in their studies.
• Seminary, parish, and diocesan ministries and finances.
• That we spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in all that we do.
Blessings! – Shaw, Julie, and Lydia
Weekly Prayer Mail
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Prayer,
Peace be with you.
This is our public Prayer Mail for 9 November 09:
1) Thanksgiving that Lydia´s visa process moves forward. Her notarized birth certificate has arrived in Lima. More meetings ahead.
2) Thanksgiving for the ministries in which we are participating at the seminary, parish, and in the diocese.
3) Thanksgiving for all our supporters, financially, in prayer, and with resources.
4) Thanksgiving that a date has been set up for the coming Albany short term mission trip to Lima next year.
Prayer requests:
1) For Lydia´s visa process. More meetings ahead.
2) For the people we meet and minister to, at seminary, in the Mission of Ascension, and in the Diocese of Peru.
3) For the priorities, finances, and resources (including prayer resources) of the Diocese of Peru, the seminary, and the missionaries here (including us).
4) For Mudge family Thanksgiving and Christmas celebration plans. We will be in Peru (that is one set of plans), and we will have family in the US (that is another set of plans).
5) For the Diocese of Albany short-term mission trip next year. As it turns out, the team would be down here during the national holiday in July, which happens to be my birthday. This is great.
6) For the Hari-Krishna restaurant behind our apartment building which sometimes plays music at such a volume that it is easy to imagine that we are in India instead of Peru.
7) For a Provincial Youth Leaders retreat coming up on November 20. We may be helping to lead a Life in the Spirit seminar for them on that weekend.
8) For the students in our classes as exam week nears (exams begin November 30).
9) For the seminary´s administrative and course planning, and the planning of the diocesan ordination process. We are involved in all of this.
10) I will be preaching in Spanish this coming Sunday at the Mission of Ascension, at 11 am (same as New York time).
Thank you for praying for us. I pray for you every day.
God bless you.
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia.
Diocesan Missionaries, Lima, Peru
Peace be with you.
This is our public Prayer Mail for 9 November 09:
1) Thanksgiving that Lydia´s visa process moves forward. Her notarized birth certificate has arrived in Lima. More meetings ahead.
2) Thanksgiving for the ministries in which we are participating at the seminary, parish, and in the diocese.
3) Thanksgiving for all our supporters, financially, in prayer, and with resources.
4) Thanksgiving that a date has been set up for the coming Albany short term mission trip to Lima next year.
Prayer requests:
1) For Lydia´s visa process. More meetings ahead.
2) For the people we meet and minister to, at seminary, in the Mission of Ascension, and in the Diocese of Peru.
3) For the priorities, finances, and resources (including prayer resources) of the Diocese of Peru, the seminary, and the missionaries here (including us).
4) For Mudge family Thanksgiving and Christmas celebration plans. We will be in Peru (that is one set of plans), and we will have family in the US (that is another set of plans).
5) For the Diocese of Albany short-term mission trip next year. As it turns out, the team would be down here during the national holiday in July, which happens to be my birthday. This is great.
6) For the Hari-Krishna restaurant behind our apartment building which sometimes plays music at such a volume that it is easy to imagine that we are in India instead of Peru.
7) For a Provincial Youth Leaders retreat coming up on November 20. We may be helping to lead a Life in the Spirit seminar for them on that weekend.
8) For the students in our classes as exam week nears (exams begin November 30).
9) For the seminary´s administrative and course planning, and the planning of the diocesan ordination process. We are involved in all of this.
10) I will be preaching in Spanish this coming Sunday at the Mission of Ascension, at 11 am (same as New York time).
Thank you for praying for us. I pray for you every day.
God bless you.
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia.
Diocesan Missionaries, Lima, Peru
Friday, November 6, 2009
Weekly Scripture Prayer
Revelation 15: 3b-4
Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways, King of the ages.
Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
For your righteous acts have been revealed.
Lord, we continue to thank You for the blessings that You have bestowed upon the Mudges. Thank You for working along side of them in Lima, Peru. We praise You for the way that Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie and Lydia bring glory to your name and reveal your righteous acts to all those to whom they minister. Thank You for their part in bringing the people of Peru to come and worship before You. Amen.
Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways, King of the ages.
Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
For your righteous acts have been revealed.
Lord, we continue to thank You for the blessings that You have bestowed upon the Mudges. Thank You for working along side of them in Lima, Peru. We praise You for the way that Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie and Lydia bring glory to your name and reveal your righteous acts to all those to whom they minister. Thank You for their part in bringing the people of Peru to come and worship before You. Amen.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Dear friends in Prayer,
This is our prayer public mail, for 3 November 09:
Thanksgivings:
1) We have had some great weather here today, perhaps the clearest day in years.
2) We had a great time with "Mudge Sunday" during the All Saints Day service at Ascension Mission in Surco yesterday morning, and we had a great time at a mission last night in San Juan de Miraflores. Both services were wonderful. We sensed the presence of the Holy Spirit at both.
3) Our seminary classroom teaching seems to be going very well.
4) The Diocese of Albany mission trip to Peru next summer under the leadership of Fr. Gus Calvo has been approved by Bp. Godfrey. We look forward to seeing everyone who will be here.
5) Our mission work was mentioned in the current edition of the Trinity School for Ministry publication: Seed and Harvest. They included a photo of us, as well as the now famous Mother's Day octopus that we ate.
Prayer requests:
1) Our daughter Hannah is still in flu recovery, so we would appreciate your continued prayers for her.
2) Continued prayer for Lydia's visa process. The document we are waiting for, is en route from the US to us.
3) Prayer for priorities, finances, and mission work for the Diocese of Peru, the seminary, and ourselves. Pray that we would continue to be a blessing to everyone we work with and with whom we meet.
4) For travel safety as we go out and about. Taxis are very inexpensive here, but there can be a trade-off. I am reminded by the taxi drivers from time to time to make sure that our doors are locked in certain parts of the city. This is in addition to prayers for protection from auto accidents, several times each week. (It can be exciting when our taxi's engine dies in the middle of a busy intersection.) We can sense your prayers, and praise God.
God bless you.
Thank you for praying for us. I pray for you every day.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Lima, Peru.
This is our prayer public mail, for 3 November 09:
Thanksgivings:
1) We have had some great weather here today, perhaps the clearest day in years.
2) We had a great time with "Mudge Sunday" during the All Saints Day service at Ascension Mission in Surco yesterday morning, and we had a great time at a mission last night in San Juan de Miraflores. Both services were wonderful. We sensed the presence of the Holy Spirit at both.
3) Our seminary classroom teaching seems to be going very well.
4) The Diocese of Albany mission trip to Peru next summer under the leadership of Fr. Gus Calvo has been approved by Bp. Godfrey. We look forward to seeing everyone who will be here.
5) Our mission work was mentioned in the current edition of the Trinity School for Ministry publication: Seed and Harvest. They included a photo of us, as well as the now famous Mother's Day octopus that we ate.
Prayer requests:
1) Our daughter Hannah is still in flu recovery, so we would appreciate your continued prayers for her.
2) Continued prayer for Lydia's visa process. The document we are waiting for, is en route from the US to us.
3) Prayer for priorities, finances, and mission work for the Diocese of Peru, the seminary, and ourselves. Pray that we would continue to be a blessing to everyone we work with and with whom we meet.
4) For travel safety as we go out and about. Taxis are very inexpensive here, but there can be a trade-off. I am reminded by the taxi drivers from time to time to make sure that our doors are locked in certain parts of the city. This is in addition to prayers for protection from auto accidents, several times each week. (It can be exciting when our taxi's engine dies in the middle of a busy intersection.) We can sense your prayers, and praise God.
God bless you.
Thank you for praying for us. I pray for you every day.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Lima, Peru.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Deuteronomy 32: 1-3
Moses spoke the words of this song, “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Ascribe greatness to our God! The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.”
Heavenly Father and Jesus, the rock that saves, we thank you for the good reports that we are getting about the Mudges in Peru. We thank You that the first healing service at the Mission of Ascension was so well received and that Your Holy Spirit touched the lives of everyone there. We praise You for the wonderful reports about the Mudge’s Old Testament course being such a blessing. We know that You are blessing the Mudges in a wonderful way. Lord, we pray that your anointing continue to be upon them and that their work bears much fruit. Let the earth hear their words and let their teaching drop as the rain. May their teaching get right to the essence of what You would have them say. Let them continue to proclaim Your Holy Name and ascribe greatness to You, teaching of your justice, your faithfulness, and your perfection. Amen
Moses spoke the words of this song, “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Ascribe greatness to our God! The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.”
Heavenly Father and Jesus, the rock that saves, we thank you for the good reports that we are getting about the Mudges in Peru. We thank You that the first healing service at the Mission of Ascension was so well received and that Your Holy Spirit touched the lives of everyone there. We praise You for the wonderful reports about the Mudge’s Old Testament course being such a blessing. We know that You are blessing the Mudges in a wonderful way. Lord, we pray that your anointing continue to be upon them and that their work bears much fruit. Let the earth hear their words and let their teaching drop as the rain. May their teaching get right to the essence of what You would have them say. Let them continue to proclaim Your Holy Name and ascribe greatness to You, teaching of your justice, your faithfulness, and your perfection. Amen
Monday, October 26, 2009
Weekly Prayer Mail
Dear Friends in Prayer,
Thanksgivings:
1) That Hannah is recovering nicely from the flu. She went to theCDC regional statistics website for her area and figured that there was a 2,700:15 possibility that she had the swine flu.
2) The prayer service that was held on Sunday evening was awesome. It was the first healing service at the Mission of Ascension, and the Holy Spirit touched the lives of everyone there in some way. Among the people we prayed for were Hap Carrier, Faye VanDermark, and Nigel Mumford. It was just awesome.
3) That the courses that we are teaching continue to be a blessing to the students. We are hearing reports as far away as Belize that the Old Testament course is a blessing.
Prayer requests:
1) Lydia's visa process. An attorney at our parish yesterday speculated that the way forward is the path that we are on, and that confirms what the sense that I have had when I pray. The current step is that Lydia' birth certificate be notarized in Hartford, Connecticut.
2) For the courses, mentoring groups, and ministries that we are involved in. This coming Sunday is a Mudge Sunday at the Mission of Ascension: I celebrate the Holy Eucharist. Julie preaches. Lydia is on the healing prayer team. All in Spanish. It is All Saints Day.
3) For the Priorities, Finances, and Ministries of the Mudge family, Saints Augustin Seminary, and the Diocese of Peru.
4) For health, for those needing healing prayer, including: Hannah, Nigel, Faye, Hap, John, Dave, Sonia, Juan, Bp. Godfrey, Raquel, Celia, Luis, and the others on our hearts and minds.
I pray for you daily. Thank you for praying for us.
God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Lima, Peru
Thanksgivings:
1) That Hannah is recovering nicely from the flu. She went to theCDC regional statistics website for her area and figured that there was a 2,700:15 possibility that she had the swine flu.
2) The prayer service that was held on Sunday evening was awesome. It was the first healing service at the Mission of Ascension, and the Holy Spirit touched the lives of everyone there in some way. Among the people we prayed for were Hap Carrier, Faye VanDermark, and Nigel Mumford. It was just awesome.
3) That the courses that we are teaching continue to be a blessing to the students. We are hearing reports as far away as Belize that the Old Testament course is a blessing.
Prayer requests:
1) Lydia's visa process. An attorney at our parish yesterday speculated that the way forward is the path that we are on, and that confirms what the sense that I have had when I pray. The current step is that Lydia' birth certificate be notarized in Hartford, Connecticut.
2) For the courses, mentoring groups, and ministries that we are involved in. This coming Sunday is a Mudge Sunday at the Mission of Ascension: I celebrate the Holy Eucharist. Julie preaches. Lydia is on the healing prayer team. All in Spanish. It is All Saints Day.
3) For the Priorities, Finances, and Ministries of the Mudge family, Saints Augustin Seminary, and the Diocese of Peru.
4) For health, for those needing healing prayer, including: Hannah, Nigel, Faye, Hap, John, Dave, Sonia, Juan, Bp. Godfrey, Raquel, Celia, Luis, and the others on our hearts and minds.
I pray for you daily. Thank you for praying for us.
God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Lima, Peru
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