Short Term Mission Report: July 27

Dear Friends in Christ,

Peace be with you.

We had a great day today, holding a vacation Bible school day in a poor section of Ventanilla, about an hour and a half by bus, north, from the convent where the team is staying in Lima.

I include two pictures from today, below. Shortly, I hope to set up sample fotos from the mission trip in my Facebook account. To see them, go to the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=230929&id=629731941&l=80ece73599

We prayed for healing in several peoples´ homes, and had a prayer walk through the community. While we were in the neighborhood, a pregnant lady´s water broke, and so the family and friends wondered if we could drive our bus to the hospital. But our bus driver was away, and in a few minutes, an ambulance arrived and took her to the local hospital.

Amelia Brown has provided us with marbles, colored pencils, and pencil sharpeners for the ministry at this mission. They are just what is needed, among other things. Thank you to the Browns, especially to her parents who also made this possible.

Yesterday morning, Catie Love gave a spectacular presentation during our team devotion time, paralleling our experience with the artist at La Ascension to what God does in our lives. I was truly blessed.

We have had the same bus driver since the day after the team arrived. This morning, one of the bus driver´s sons asked me where there is an Anglican Church in his neighborhood. I put him in touch with one of the leaders of the mission today, who told him of a mission about 3 or 4 blocks from his home in another district of the city. Praise God.

Please pray for today´s mission and its work and growth. Please pray for our team in its final days in the mission, for all the logistics, and activities. Please pray for me tomorrow. I get to celebrate my birthday along with the birthday of the nation of Peru, and the closing hours include a sleep-over of four teenage girls.

Having a birthday on the day of the birth of the country, is really interesting, here. I have this feeling from two conversations today that when some people discover this, it is like I have a special relationship with them, that my birthday is a sign that I am part of the national heritage in a special way. Please pray that it would be a special day for us all, here in Peru, and for you in North America, as well, to the glory of God wherever we are.

Thank you for praying. I pray for you every day. It makes a difference.

God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+ and Lydia.