I therefore [the apostle Paul] urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the ‘vocation’ to which you have been called. Eph. 4:1

Dear friends,

I was recently challenged in my studies about how the christian life is more about living out our faith everyday in our vocations. So often we put church work and ministries in one box in our minds and our everyday work in another. And yet the gospel of Jesus changes, not only our hearts but also how we live our everyday lives. I see this missing at times here in Peru, perhaps because of the faulty example of us missionaries. The missionary mission model that we use of supporting our missionaries with foreign support (and is often required by the governments) is weak in demonstrating to the local people how Christianity works out in everyday living. This is simply an observation and one of the reasons we have the workshops.

Talking about workshops- Ruth found someone to help her teach the last class, which was a blessing for her because of her back problems the last several months. Thank you, Christina, for helping out.

Changes to the church Esperanza de Vida- we replaced the entrance doors to the garage to make an entrance to both our house and the church that is more inviting. We can now open the big doors when we have services to expose the glass entry doors. And it is much tighter to keep the cold out.

The marriage classes sparked an interest in forming men’s and women’s groups in both churches. We were hoping to wait until we came back from our US trip in July, but the brothers in the church Esperanza de Vida wanted to start immediately. So we helped them form groups and put people in charge to lead them while we were away.

We left for the states at the end of June and our sons drove from different parts of the US to meet and pick us up at the airport in Louisville, KY. We then spent a family day together at the Ark Encounter before driving up to a family reunion in PA. We had a great time visiting with Ruth’s family and then rode back with Denver to the Atmore area. We plan to visit my folks and Austin for a few days in New Mexico before flying back to Peru at the end of July.

Please pray:

• for the newly formed men’s and women’s groups
     
• for healing for Ruth’s back
     
• for the financial need of a vehicle 

Blessings, 

Stan & Ruth

commissioned missionaries by Good News Fellowship