Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,

Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail.

Here we are at the shortest days of the year....south of the equator. Winter has arrived.

Thanksgivings:

1) For arriving safely in Lima this past week, and for the start we have made on the tasks ahead.

2) For my progress in Spanish. I kept it up a bit while I was in the US, and I seem to have made progress. I attribute the progress in part to specific prayers that people prayed for me before we returned to Peru. Thank you.

3) For the church services today. Julie and Lydia attended La Ascension in the Surco District of Lima, in part to sort out some details about the upcoming missions trip, and I celebrated and preached at the Cathedral in the Miraflores District of Lima. My Father's Day sermon was well received.

4) For the reception that we have had in Peru since we have arrived back.

5) For the opportunities before us to transform lives by what we do.

Prayers:

1) For our priorities, as we sort out what to do next, while reintegrating back to Lima.

2) For fruitfulness and discernment, for the people, relationships, ministries, finances, resources, and priorities associated with the Diocese of Peru, Saints Augustine seminary, and the Missionaries in Peru (including us).

3) For the Albany/Peru short term mission trip plans for July 19 to 30.

4) For ministry at the Cathedral in Lima to July 15, course preparations (effectively planning four courses: New Testament 1 and 2, and Church History 1 and 2), Commission on Ministry plans, and Lydia's educational plans.

Thank you for praying for us. Your praying really makes a difference, and I pray for you every day.

God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Missionaries of the Diocese of Albany, serving in Lima, Peru.