Great Day One in Lima

Our plane rides were long but good, we arrived in Lima right on time until we could not find one piece of luggage. It took forever to get out of the airport and to our hotel, our team was so wasted by 2:00 AM when we got in our rooms. Peru is a great country, it has so many unique things and the people are so cool. We missed it, we have not been in Peru since 2007. We quickly connected with old friends David and Carlos.

El Condado Hotel is really nice and we had our normal breakfast, tons of fruit here. We got to Huaycan and Will Kemp was teaching the pastors. He saw us and quickly rapped up so that we could begin. It was great seeing the Prince of Peace people that we totally love, especially are old Peru leaders like Rosaline, Richard and Catherine, Lori H and new ones too like Susan W.

We taught on Leadership and Self-Deception (Oscar), Marriage unity (James, see pic on left), the Spiritual Life (Kirk) and Outreach (Mark, pic on left bottom). The ladies did their own session. Peruvians in Huaycan were so open. Many broke down as they shared stories of their struggles. Our own team was quite moved by the ministry already, many tears were shed today by both the locals and our team.

One pastor told me that he came to Christ at the age of 50. He was an alcoholic, adulterer, idoltere and non-believer. His wife kept praying for him. One night he had three different dreams where God told him to find an evangelical church. . . he woke up, told his wife and his life was changed immediately. Soon people began to congregate in their home and he became a pastor. He is now 65 years old.

We got an opportunity to lay hands and pray for several people, it was amazing. Many shared deep hurts, problems and needs. Our team worked beautifully today. I am so proud to be their friends. I also thank God for PLI (Pastoral Leadership Institute) and the concept of mission trips to all pastors. I agree, all pastors should go on at least one foreign mission trip.