OUR ASSIGNMENT IN BARRANCA AND PUENTE BOLIVAR IS ALMOST COMPLETED

Last Friday we completed our full course on "Walking with God" in Barranca. Fourteen students will be receiving course certificates from CHAKAM. However, almost 60 people were in attendance on a daily basis.

We had three salvations during these meetings.

We put Christopher to work on the first evening, giving a teaching (preaching) on ¨Warriors for God". He did a fantastic job. The Pastor of the local church, Pastor Rolando, was really impressed with Christopher´s ability as a preacher, particularly at his age. He is getting constructive feed-back and it is almost like a mentoring Bible School atmosphere for him here.
The next day, he gave his testimony at a youth meeting. There were approximately 30 youth, but with the adults in attendance, he had an audience of almost 80. He was so "into it" that he forgot about the time and spoke at lib for about 1 1/2 hours. Again, a wonderful job.

On Sunday evening, our total team went to San Pedro. I preached to a packed "little" church and we were there for the total evening. Three young men gave their hearts to the God and I asked Christopher to lead them to the Lord. HE IS GETTING HIS FEET WET!!!

In between these teaching and preaching assignments, we have to complete other international development assignments including the building of a small church in Puente Bolivar. The church has now been completed (80%), and tomorrow night we have a dedication meeting. This is going to be really exciting for this squatter community close to Barranca.

We are also involved in providing appropriate social housing to single moms (young parents with children) with the valuable assistance of the Saskatchewan Council For International Development. This international development project is totally separate from the work we are doing as a Bible College. The lead role in this project is carried out by Jubilation Program in Prince Albert. So far, we have selected four families. There houses are currently being demolished and replaced with pre-fabricated wooden units. The housing conditions for these families will be improved 1000%. It is so good to see their happy faces when we told them what we were going to do...

Also, in between, since Margaret and Christopher have not been here, when we have time we show them the sites. On Saturday, they saw the pre-Inca ruins of Caral. Yesterday, they were at Chorillos Beach and the Jesus statue in Barranca (on top of a hill overlooking Barranca). Today, they are visiting the seaport of Supe. And, of course, we have introduced them to the wonderful, colourful, "smelly"ful market of Barranca.

Till next time. If you read this posting, do not forget to leave a comment. Thanks.