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March 2025

Dear friends,
We left Peru on January 20 and received a very cold welcome, temperature wise, in Atlanta, Georgia. The next day we flew to Cleveland, Ohio and spent several days visiting my mom. We were able to celebrate her 87th birthday with her and visit my youngest brother and his wife as well. From there we traveled south stopping in SC for a speaking engagement and visit relatives, including my oldest brother and his family.

We arrived in Atmore, Alabama our home in the US, on the 26th. We have spent the majority of our time here in Atmore visiting friends and speaking in surrounding churches. We have enjoyed seeing so many different faces and sharing about what God is doing in Peru.

It has also been a joy spending time with our boys. Denver still lives in this area and so we see him periodically. We made a quick trip to Hutchinson, KS, where Austin lives, and shared at Word of Life on Sunday morning. Our time there was way too short and we hope to spend more time the next time we visit!

The end of February found us at Good News Fellowship (GNF) leader’s retreat and conference. The workshops and fellowship were like a breath of fresh air to us. We were also encouraged to hear the stories about the faithfulness of God. Also, during that week end Stan was ordained as overseer for GNF Peru.

Since we have come to the states, one of our renters moved out, so Stan has been busy getting the house ready to rent again. It’s made for a very busy schedule but we are thankful for this side income while we are on the field. It provides approximately 25% of what we need to live in Peru.

Someone prayed that we would have “divine appointments”. In that moment I already knew that this was one of them and I thought of the verse in Isaiah that says:

Before they call I will answer;

while they are yet speaking I will hear.

We experienced many such times like this while here, and we are so grateful to all of you who have taken out of your time to allow us to visit. We also appreciate all the words of encouragement that you have spoken into our lives. It has truly been a time of refreshment, and now we are looking forward to going back to Peru and working alongside our brothers and sisters there.

Blessings,
Ruth Schrock

El hombre propone y Dios dispone.

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(Man proposes and God arranges.)

January 2025


This is common saying here and depending on the version you use, its Proverbs 16:1. We can make all the plans we want but in the end we need to remember that it is “God who works in [us], both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”

We were reminded recently why it is so important to always say “if the Lord wills” we will do this or that. We had plans to return to the states December 26th, the day right after Christmas. Early Sunday morning, the 22nd, my co-leader at José Olaya, Juan Sanz, suffered a heart attack. They got him to the hospital right away and the experts said that because of their promptness, he would be fine. They stabilized him and Monday morning he went into surgery for a procedure that the doctors said was very low risk- “one in a million have side effects,” they said. During the procedure he went into heart failure and passed away soon after.

Juan was a 68 year old man that did all the right things health-wise. He ate right, often walked several kilometers a day instead of taking public transportation and was active in the community. He was ordained with me mid August as elder/pastor to take the place of missionaries Dennis and Ruth. Though we were ordained together, I leaned on him in many ways to connect with the local people. We buried him on the 26th, the day that we were planning to return to the United States.

The church at José Olaya has been through a lot this past year. Dennis and Ruth, life-time missionaries, retired and returned to Canada. They had a complete change of leadership with Juan and I being ordained in August. And now Juan past away suddenly from a heart attack.

For these reasons, we changed our plans on returning to the states. The past weeks have been full with reorganizing and putting leaders in place to carry on the work. Who knows, maybe at least part of God’s purpose is so that local leaders step forward and shoulder the work that needs to be done.

We now plan, Lord willing, to return to the states on the 20th of this month. We also are shortening our time in the states. We are not changing our return date to Peru on the 27th of March.

Please pray for:

       🙏🏻 Glendy, the widow, and her 2 sons Jairo and Benjamín

      🙏🏻 For the church at José Olaya as they regroup

        🙏🏻 For the new leaders that are stepping into the gap