We were blessed to have another mission team from Prince Ave visit Peru. For those of you considering going, please pray through the possibilities. I can't remember ever going on a bad mission trip. Our experiences have all been good.
Our English classes and friends we have built through those is going well. Please pray for these students and that they would come to know God. This post contains pictures from the Sacred Valley area near Cusco. This is the region of Machu Pichu. This is the first time that Jesus and Tim were both able to go with the mission team from Prince together. Recently a Retired Baptist Pastor has been attending our church. He preached in Lima the Sunday we were both gone. The team was divided into tow groups that were focused on lay leader and pastor training during the day and evangelism events in the evening. These events were either in the town square or in the churches or a soccer court. Many people rededicated there lives, came for prayers for medical issues, came for council or made decisions for Christ. It was a great week.
Joy will be returning to the states for about two - three weeks in March to have an outpatient skin cancer appointment. Please pray that this goes well and the Doctor is able to remove all of this cancer. This procedure is not available in Lima and it is recommended that it be done as soon as possible.
Please prayerfully consider being a member of an international mission trip. There are many children in the private schools and public schools that would welcome a mission team that came from the states. The mission trip could be focused on something as simple as a basic youth VBS week in English. Many of the same materials or stories,events, activities that you would plan to do for your summer VBS would work in Lima. Also, please remember,The Peruvian school year starts in March and ends in Dec. Therefore our summer is typically in the middle of the school year.
As always we thank you for your prayers. We saw God at work in many different ways a few weeks ago in the mountains of Peru. Many people had the opportunity to hear the Gospel. That is one of the keys to the Great Commandment: Go and Share...
As you pray for Joy and her surgery. Please pray that Tim, Jacob and Luke survive without her for a few weeks.
God's Blessings and Peace, The Mitchells
