We have arrived!

Well, you know what I mean! We have arrived in Lima. LOL

We had a delay in Miami. At least they found the maintenance problem before we took off that's always a good thing. We had to wait for a plane from LA to come in and use it.

We arrived around midnight as the majority of the flights. So, we had a line in immigration that corresponded to that! We finally arrived at 2 AM at Hotel Santa Cruz. We got a good night's rest and are ready to go.

Today is an unusual day in Lima. It's SUNNY!! We are gradually thawing out from the snow and ice in Denver. It sure feels wonderful. We will be in Lima until the 4th at which time we head for Tarapoto. We will be there a couple of days and head on to Yurimaguas. Dorcas, one of Pancho's daughters, has already emailed me excited and wondering when we'll ever get there! It won't be long now!

On Our Way

As we continue to see the snow fall here in Colorado, dreams of the heat in the Amazon get a step closer to becoming a reality. We hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas remembering the birth of our Savior.

December 28th we will be heading, once again, to Peru. We are looking forward to being with our Chayahuita brothers and sisters for their annual Bible conference. This year it is in Palmiche. Please pray that everyone arrives safely and that nobody gets sick! This is a very buggy village and very hot usually.

Continue to keep us in prayer for our travels. We aren't sure at this point where all God will lead us this year, but we know that no moss will be growing under our feet. Time is running short and we all need to do our part to reach the unreached. Please pray for our indigenous brothers and sisters as they have alot of responsibility in reaching those that only they are able to reach.

We should be able to give you some updates most of January, however, from the 10th - 19th we will be out of touch while in the village. When we get out we will let you know how the conference went.

We appreciate your partnership with us whether it is by prayer, financially or both. Thank you so much.

Muslim Missionaries in Venezuela

For all our praying partners, we just wanted you to have another glimpse into the type of battle going on with the Indigenous in the Amazon. We really need to pray diligently for them. We realize this article is from 2007 but this continues to the present. This is from the Citizens in Defense of Defense blog:
http://defendingdefense.blogspot.com/2007/09/hezbollah-muslim-missionaries-and-south.html

Thursday, September 20, 2007
Hezbollah, Muslim missionaries and South America.

These are disturbing developments that Jose Brechner writes about in From Illych Ramirez to Osama bin Laden (English and Spanish versions):


In a nearer and more dangerous scenario which also has Venezuela as a starting point, Hezbollah in Latin America, also called Hezbollah Venezuela, converts to Islam any indigenous Chavista it can, because they are the ones that least understand what is going on. Evangelical missionaries have disappeared from the jungle because according to Chavez they are genocidal spies. Evo Morales in Bolivia repeats Chavez's same words.

Chavez has invited Iranian Shiite "missionaries" to convert the Guajiros and other indigenous peoples in Amazonia. The entire Wayuu tribe is now Muslim, women wear veils while men go to Kalashnikov shooting practice. Some have themselves photographed wearing suicide vests loaded with bombs, and the Venezuelan government distributes the photos, publicizing its friendship with Ahmadinejad and Middle East terrorist groups.

Hezbollah Venezuela refers to Jose Miguel Rojas Espinosa - the mastermind of the terrorist attack against the American Embassy in Caracas - as "the first mujeheddin, an example of strength and dignity in Allah's cause, the first prisoner of war of the Revolutionary Islamic Movement in Venezuela." The group is linked to Argentinian socialist-terrorist Norberto Rafael Ceresole, who is allegedly linked to the AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) attack in 1994, and who is the acting ideologue for Chavez and Morales's regimes of Socialism for the 21st Century.

Network in Peru

Ken just returned from his 10 day whirlwind trip to Pucallpa, Peru. Indigenous leaders from many tribes met to discuss how they can better network within the country along with mestizos and foreigners. This will allow them to progress in many ways. This is just the beginning of many wonderful things as the help each other.

Please pray for the newly chosen board as they seek ways to be more effective. Pray for their spiritual as well as physical health. The enemy doesn't want them to succeed.