What’s for lunch? Or is it for breakfast? See culture tidbit at the end…

April/May 2025

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Please pray for Ruth’s health. When we arrived from the states the 1st of April, Ruth started experiencing exhaustion and lightheadedness and at times pressure in her chest. After running different tests the doctors think she may have atrial fibrillation. This is something that they don’t recommend treating here so we are evaluating our options. She has a remote consultation scheduled with a cardiologist on June 10^th.

Pastor Willie and his wife Nancy live by faith. I recently asked him if the church (of 20-30 attendees) supports him and he said sometimes someone gives him a gift. Like most pastors, his daily work is visiting people, sometimes traveling several hours to visit someones relative in a different city. Finding a job that gives this kind of flexibility is difficult.

He doesn’t talk about their economic situation much but his wife Nancy told us how one time someone called from the hospital and they needed to go visit them. Nancy thought that they just couldn’t go because they only had enough gas to get there. But Willie was confident that God would provide. As they were leaving the hospital, someone ran over to their car and gave them some money to get home.

Another time they were out visiting people and did not have anything to eat. Nancy shared that Willie again was confident that God would provide. They went into a cheap lunch place and sat down. The waitress brought them food and told them that someone had already paid for it. They never knew who it was.

During the night Willie does taxi service with Uber. I asked him how much he makes. He said that after paying for gas, he makes about $60 per week, but God always provides. (A common working man’s wage is $150-$200 a week.)

Maybe God is asking you to assist in carrying Pastor Willie and Sister Nancy’s load.

We are starting a “Support-a-Pastor” program for pastors with GNF Peru. The idea is to provide temporary financial assistance until their congregations can help support them. Please consider helping them carry their financial burden by committing to send a small gift of $30 a month. If God is asking you to do this, please send your gift through our church MCF, 245 Tenant Drive, Atmore, AL, 36502 and mention its for Support-a-Pastor.

Culture Tidbit

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” James Beard

This is especial true here. If conversation lags just start talking about your favorite Peruvian foods and they love it! The other day I was buying fruit in our local market and I walked by the meat stall and saw this:

Sheep-head soup anyone? I heard that it is very delicious and makes a good breakfast!

Blessings,
Stanton and Ruth Schrock