Peru Trip by the Numbers

A message from Bill:

Some folks asked me for some ministry stats from our trip. We did not try to record this data during the ministry, but here are some conservative estimates of what happened through your labor of love during the ten days we were on the ground in Peru:

• About 5000 people heard the gospel message of Christ’s offer of salvation and other key truths from the word of God concerning Integrity in Christ, the Marriage Covenant, and encouragement to women.
• Almost 400 prayed to receive Christ as Savior and Lord of their life
• Over 1500 people received prayers for their personal needs and concerns
• Several hundred believers in four churches were greatly encouraged by your sacrifice of self and love for Jesus!

These things were accomplished by the Lord’s strength, and your service to the people of Peru via:

• 3 Women’s Conferences
• 3 Marriage Conferences
• 2 Youth Conferences
• 2 Medical Clinics
• 8 Sports Clinics
• 32 SpellBound Drama presentations
• 8 Sunday Worship service messages
• 2 prayer walks
• And countless smiles, hugs, pictures, conversations!

And we give thanks to our fantastic Peru staff who were instrumental in all that happened:

• 10 cooks and custodians
• 15 translators
• 4 bus drivers
• 5 project managers
• 7 pastors and wives
• 3 medical professionals
• 2 hotel staff
• None of this could have happened without them!

Thank you again, for your strong commitment to the team, your fantastic attitudes early and late and through out each day, your willingness to step up and out of your comfort zones, your joy and laughter in every situation, and your love for Christ and the people of Tablada, Pamplona, Villa Maria, Pachacutec, Good Shepherd Orphanage, and San Juan de Lurigancho. I believe God answered all of our prayers!

May Jesus be praised and may our lives shine brightly for Him!

Bill

Day 12 - Travel

The team is scheduled to return home today. 

So far:

• The Indiana team is home! (Sorry, I don't know any trip details.)
• The part of the Raleigh team traveling on Continental via Atlanta and Newark are home!
• The part of the Raleigh team traveling on Delta via Atlanta and New York are delayed. They expect to arrive at 10:40pm rather than 4:40pm as planned.

Hello from Peru!

Hello from Peru!

Praise God we are alive with all the blessings of Christ!

I know our communication has been limited, but the work of God's Holy Spirit and Holy Word has not been limited at all!

It seems that each day brings something new and unexpected. He is sustaining us with words of encouragement and examples of love. He is opening hearts and transforming minds. He is birthing new things and delivering us from fear. He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

Thank you so much for your prayers for us!

We love you! We will see you tomorrow!

Bill

Day 11 - Church & Debrief

Schedule for Sunday, June 27th
 

7:30am     Meet at Bus
7:45am     Breakfast at the Church (69)
9:00am     Check out of hotel, relocate all luggage and mattresses
10:30am    Attend and preach in local services, share final drama at third church
                Preaching: Bill K, Andy B, Traves F, Scott H
1:00pm     Lunch at the church
2:30pm     Team debriefing
5:30pm     Sack dinners at the church
6:30pm     Leave for airport

Thanks to Bill for the photo

Day 10 - Sports, Drama, San Juan

Schedule for Saturday, June 26th

 
7:30am     Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)
7:45am     Breakfast, Devotions, Praise and Worship, Team Meeting
9:30am     Upward Soccer/Volleyball Ministry #3 – 

                   Tablada Lurin FIRE Team {perform drama}
               Upward Soccer/Volleyball Ministry #4 – 

                   Pamplona RAIN Team {perform drama}

Thanks to Rebecca for this photo from the 2009 trip

12:30pm    Sack lunch at the Church
1:30pm     Travel to San Juan, Street Ministry in San Juan (2 sites x 2 teams)
5:30pm     Dinner Surprise
7:00pm     Praise and Share Service at Sector 3 in San Juan

9:30pm     Leave San Juan for return to hotel

6/25 - Update from Peru

We're well and God is moving among the team and the people here. Most of us are well, some are weary, but we are rounding the last turn of the marathon and heading down the final stretch. We are so glad that Mary Anne is here! 

Too many wonderful stories to tell right now - so please be patient We are very grateful for your prayers for us and for God's message of hope to be given in abundance. The Marriage Conferences are tonight, one in each host church. The Women's Conferences on Wednesday were well received and everyone had the opportunity to minister and serve. 

Many of our kids are sharing the Gospel for the first time and are loving it. May God raise a new army!

We love you!

Bill

Day 9 - Street Ministry and Marriage Conferences

Schedule for Friday, June 25th

 
7:30am     Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)
7:45am     Breakfast, Devotions, Praise and Worship, Team Meeting
10:00am    Street Ministry FIRE Villa Maria and RAIN Pamplona, Hope TBD

Thanks to Bill for this photo from the 2009 trip

12:30pm    Sack lunches at ministry sites
4:30pm     To hotel to clean up and begin packing (no time for this on Saturday!)
6:00pm     Dinner at the Church
7:00pm     Marriage Conferences

• Villa Maria   Speaker: Wayne and Jill; Testimony: Karen C.
• Tablada       Speaker: Bill and Julie; Testimony:  Carla
• Pamplona    Speaker: Jay and Karen; Testimony: Andy

 Thanks to Bill for this photo from one of the marriage conferences in 2009

10:00pm     To Hotel

Day 8 - Pachacutec and Good Shepherd Orphanage

Schedule for Thursday, June 24th

 
7:30am     Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)
7:45am     Breakfast, Devotions, Praise and Worship, Team Meeting
9:30am     Drive to Pachacutec and Good Shepherd Orphanage
                 RAIN visit GSO in the am and Pachacutec in the pm
                 FIRE visit Pachacutec in the am and GSO in the pm
                 HOPE GSO and TBD

Replacing mattresses at the orphanage, summer 2009

Thanks to Rebecca for the photo

12:30pm    Sack lunch
PM            Ministry in Pachacutec and GSO (Perform drama in Pachacutec 2 times)

Thanks to Rebecca for these photos from the 2009 trip

Loving the children of GSO

5:30pm     Dinner Surprise
7:00pm     Fun Event
9:XXpm     Return to hotel

6/23 - Email Update from Bill

We're busy!!!!

Doing well! God is moving! Pray for strength for us to do all God commands.

Women's conferences tonight will be vital to the life of many. 

Pray for God's power to flow and be available.

We love you!!!!!

Bill

Day 7 - Drama, Compassion, and Women's Conferences

Schedule for Wednesday, June 23rd

 
7:30am     Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)
7:45am     Breakfast, Devotions, Praise and Worship, Team Meeting
10:00am    RAIN visit with Compassion Ministry kids in the am and Pamplona Street 

                 Ministry
                FIRE Pamplona Street Ministry in the am and visit Compassion Ministry 
                 kids in the pm
                HOPE Team Compassion and TBD
12:30pm   Sack lunches at Ministry sites
4:30pm     Prepare for Women’s conferences
6:00pm     Dinner at the Church
7:00pm     Women’s Conferences

• Villa Maria   Speaker: Mary; Testimony: Brenda, Annette;
                     Net: Wayne
• Tablada       Speaker: Susan; Facilitator: Christina S;
                     Testimony: Carla, Karen C.; Net: Carlos
• Pamplona    Speaker: Jan D; Testimony: Jan S, Iremig P;
                     Net: Scott

10:00pm     To Hotel

Thanks to Bill for providing the photo from the 2009 trip

Day 6 - Sightseeing

Schedule for Tuesday, June 22nd

7:30am    Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in free day clothes!)
7:45am    Breakfast, Praise and Worship, brief Team Meeting
9:00am    Team Free Day (Devotions will be at the Park)  
               Sightseeing, shopping, eating out, etc. (All)
6:00pm    Dinner at the Church
7:30pm    Story Time, and/or Rest, and/or Surprise

Thanks to Bill for the photo from the 2009 trip

Day 5 - Street Ministry and More

Schedule for Monday, June 21st

7:30am    Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)

7:45am    Breakfast, Devotions, Praise and Worship, Team Meeting

10:00am  Street Ministry for FIRE drama Team #1 Pamplona

               Street Ministry for RAIN drama Team #2 Villa Maria

Thanks to Rebecca for the photo from the 2009 trip             

               HOPE Team #3 has three opportunities:

• visit GSO to “prepare” for the Thursday visits
• some men may assist Northlands on a bathroom construction project
• some may help with another Medical Clinic, but the drama teams will visit also

12:30pm   Sack lunches at ministry sites (78)

6:00pm     Dinner at the Church

7:30pm     Story Time, and/or Rest, and/or Surprise

Prayer and Praise Report - a message from the team

Hi Prayer Team,

Supported by God's grace and strength, greetings and blessings from the Southern Hemisphere! And Happy Father's Day!
We are so blessed; God is moving and showing Himself strong and mighty! Our team has really entered into the harvest fields to beckon and call people to a living relationship with Christ. Young and old men, young and old women, each realizing, that apart from Christ Jesus, they have no hope, no future, no life. People are responding to the Gospel! He has truly blessed us with the opportunity to share His love and truth with people here, despite difficulty and trials. Praise His holy name!

Other than some fatigue (ha!) and a little sickness, (please pray for Stephen T) everyone is well and thrilled to be in the Lord's service. We do need a few more blankets at night (which we will get today), but God has warmed our hearts by His love and compassion for people here. We have seen Him save, encourage, and feed His people by the word of God and from our daily provision of food.

Some comments from the team:

• Everyone here says hey to everyone there!
• God is good!
• Praise the Lord that all our luggage made it (all 3000 pounds of supplies to give away)!
• The food is great (but they told me not to tell you about the fresh-squeezed tangerine juice we have each morning)
• Please pray for Mary Anne from Indiana to get her Visa and join us as soon as possible.

Thank you for your continued prayers for us. Please pray that we remain willing and delighted in the work of believing God. Pray for tonight's Youth Conference in Tablada (last night was in Villa Maria).

We love you all!

Gloria a Dios!

Day 4 - Church

Schedule for Sunday, June 20th

7:30am     Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)
Am…         Preach/Attend Local Church Services (Drama at 2 churches)
                Preaching: Tim G, John B, Susan B, Mary M
12:30pm   Sack Lunches at the Church
1:30pm     Street Ministry Tablada and Pamplona
4:30pm     Clean up, change into AMOR shirt, prepare for Youth Conference
5:30pm     Dinner at the Church
7:00pm     Youth Conference at Villa Maria Total Integrity in Christ!
                   Speaker: Andy; 

                   Testimonies: Josiah, Ginny, Carlos, Anne H

Thanks to Rebecca for the photo from the 2009 trip

Day 3 - Sports, Drama, Medical Clinic, Youth Conference

Schedule for Saturday, June 19th

7:30am     Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)
7:45am     Breakfast, Devotions, Praise and Worship, Team Meeting
9:30am     Upward Soccer/Volleyball Ministry #1 – Tablada Lurin FIRE Team
                 {perform drama}
                Upward Soccer/Volleyball Ministry #2 – Villa Maria RAIN Team 
                 {perform drama}

10:00am    Medical Clinic …Pamplona HOPE Team/Northlands Team
12:30pm   Sack Lunch at Ministry sites
1:30pm     Street Ministry for drama teams, Pamplona and Tablada
                Finish Medical clinic and put away supplies for team #3.
4:30pm     Clean up, change into Total Integrity shirt, prepare for Youth Conference
6:00pm     Dinner at the Church
7:00pm     Youth Conference at Villa Maria Total Integrity in Christ!
                    Speaker: Traves; 
                    Testimonies: Stephanie, Matthew, Stephen, Anna E

Thanks to Bill for the photos from the 2009 trip

Street Drama – Spellbound: Toymaker & Son

The drama Toymaker & Son was first presented by a group of students in England in 1978 (see Toymaker & Son history). A few years later, it was adapted for YWAM street ministry (see The Masterpiece – an adaptation of Toymaker & Son).

Here's an article about the original Toymaker & Son drama, from the Schenectady Gazette in New York, printed June 27, 1987.

The CrossWave team performs Spellbound on the streets of Lima, Peru to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that is spiritually meaningful and easy to understand. Everyone on the team is involved in the 20 minute drama, which is narrated in Spanish. The colorful costumes, make-up, and props help to vividly portray the message of the Gospel to all ages!

Last summer in Lima, the team performed Spellbound several times a day. A large group of children at a local school got to hear the Good News at one of those performances:

 

Thanks to Bill for providing the picture from the 2009 trip.

Hi from Lima! We made it to Peru!

Hi from Lima! We made it to Peru!

Everyone arrived before midnight, and once we made it through immigration and customs, met our hosts, loaded the buses and went the hotel. We got there, unloaded and mostly into our rooms by 2:30 AM (CDT).

This morning we've gathered at our host church in Villa Maria, studied God's word and worshiped together, and practiced the drama extensively. We've just prayed through our week's plans asking the Lord for strength to accomplish his Will with joy in our hearts and glory on our faces. We have also met the full support team here, three pastors and their wives, 10 translators, and 10 hospitality/kitchen servants who will prepare meals and care for our physical needs. May God be praised for raising up such a groups of saints to bless and encourage us. May we do no less to serve Jesus and all His people here.

Thank you for praying for us - we realize that we cannot do this in our own strength but need to completely rely and count on God to bring about His plans.

Love to you from Lima, Peru!

Bill

Day 2 - Practice, Training, and Drama

Here's the team schedule for today:
 
Friday, June 18^th

8:00am         Meet at Bus to travel to Church (in costume!)

8:30am         Breakfast, Devotions, Praise and Worship, Team Meeting

10:30am       Drama Practice and Unpack Supplies

12:30pm       Sack lunch

1:00pm         Team Building and Prayer Walk for the Mission

3:00pm         Upward Sports Ministry Training with Peruvian Leaders – Carlos and Christina Salinas

5:00pm         Dinner at the Church, then get make-up on

6:30pm         Street Ministry - Villa Maria (first site with entire team, followed by separate sites for each drama team individually) HOPE Team and Northlands Team will assist at Drama sites

Day 1 - Over 4,000 Miles of Travel

Today, the Peru team will travel about 4,380 miles from Raleigh to New York to Atlanta to Lima. They will arrive at the hotel after midnight, so we pray for a much-needed restful night's sleep!

View Peru in a larger map

Prayer Meetings for the Peru Team

There will be two prayer times in Raleigh for the Peru Outreach:

Monday 6/21 @ 7pm
Ebenezer UMC 6020 Rock Quarry Road Raleigh, NC 27610

Thursday 6/24 @ 7pm
Gateway Christian Fellowship 4900 Waters Edge Drive Raleigh, NC 27606

Departure for Peru this Thursday

The team will depart for Peru this Thursday, June 17 and return on Monday, June 28, and they appreciate your prayers while they are gone.

The Peruvian culture struggles with poverty, abuse within families, drug problems, high unemployment, loneliness and other problems you would see in developing nations. Pray for the team to have God's love for the people as they present the Gospel message through interpreters, and that the people would understand what Jesus has done for them and receive God's love and hope for their lives. Pray also for the team's safety, strength and boldness as they serve with God's love.

The team will be in a different part of Lima, Peru where they have never been before, serving through local churches there. They will be having 3 simultaneous marriage conferences,  2 simultaneous women's conferences,  a 2 night youth conference, simultaneous volleyball clinics and soccer clinics, helping with a medical clinic, preaching in area churches, visits to orphanages, work on construction projects, plus performing the Toy Maker drama with the Gospel message on the streets daily.

Check here for frequent updates from the team over the next few weeks.

Praise Report from Teays Valley, West Virginia

Let’s give God thanks for the terrific drama rehearsal weekend He gave to us in Teays Valley! He blessed us with the powerful presence of His Spirit of love that we so desperately need! Lord, all we have accomplished you have done for us! (Isaiah 26:12b) You have rescued us and we praise You Lord! You have created us in Your image yet show Your strength and glory through our weaknesses. Praise Him from the highest heavens! Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord! Reveal your truth and your love to the nation of Peru! We join the angels and shout ¡Santo, Santo, Santo, Dios!

Drama Practice Weekend in West Virginia

This Memorial Day weekend, the Peru team will travel from Indiana and North Carolina to meet up in West Virginia for several days of planning. Their objectives for the weekend are:

1. Make every effort to glorify Jesus in all they think, say, and do, and give Him thanks
2. Learn the SpellBound drama really well
3. Appreciate and thank the church in West Virginia for their generous hospitality
4. Yield themselves to Christ for rich personal revival in heart, mind, soul, and body
5. Get to know and to love and to serve each other, deeply, from the heart
6. Prepare their minds and spirits as much as they can for the ministry in Lima, Peru

In addition to getting in a lot of drama practice, the team will be preparing their personal testimonies and practicing presenting the gospel in a concise and simple way.

This weekend will also be a time for planning the many conferences, outreaches, clinics, Sunday sermons, and more that will take place in Peru. The team will need many speakers for all these events.

23 days until departure for Peru!