Prayer Requests

We're reaching the home stretch of my stay here in Matucana. I wanted to get another quick blog in for prayer requests as this current team wraps up our meetings, training, english classes, etc. Others will be following us throughout the summer to continue the services. For example, another team from ASU in Boone, NC will be here for a week after we leave - they are arriving this Saturday. It is my understanding that they are mostly college kids who have dedicated their spring break to missions in Matucana. What an example that is! Please pray for their safe trip to and from Peru and their experience here in Matucana.

In addition, please pray for the following:
1. The Almonacid family and their continuing work to lead house church meetings in their home.
2. Believers (in Matucana, Huaripachi, Puerto Nuevo) who are not currently worshipping in fellowship with other believers. Pray that they will be led to worship at one of the house churches meeting in their community.
3. The Christian family I mentioned last week - Augosto, his son Gabriel and daughter Hephzibeth. Pray that they will continue to be involved in meetings and strengthen the body.
4. The family running the hostel where we are staying.. especially Maribel.
5. Zoila, who is hosting the house meetings in Huaripachi, and Jessica, who is a regular attendee. Zoila would be a great leader for that community, but her Catholic background is preventing her from accepting the true path to salvation. Pray that she can break through that barrier.
6. A great family in Puerto Nuevo that have hosted several house meetings now. Doris, Julie, Nancy, and William.. all adult siblings. Also attending are their mother and Julie's husband Wilmer, along with several kids. Julie is a believer and the rest of the family is eager for more bible stories and discussion.
7. Edgar, Karen, Tracy, and Jared - Brittne will get a chance to share more with this family now that they are back from vacation.
8. Salvador, who is going through some personal trials and needs our prayers. He has been such a great help to us during our stay and I beleive his impact on God's work here is yet to be seen.
9. Freddy, who is Salvador's closest friend and now a literature teacher at the local high school. What an interesting guy .. a writer, a poet, and a thinker. Right away he was curious and asked us about salvation as he too has had a strong Catholic background (5 years in Catholic seminary before dropping out). I believe he is genuine in his search for the Truth. We gave it to him the other night, and look forward to more conversations with him.

Thanks to all who are wading through the details of my requests and lifting them up to the Lord.. please remember that this is the ONLY way that our team and others following us will see progress in these communities.

In Christ-
Greg