03 February 2019
|Hi and greetings from cool Idaho! Yes, groundhog, keep up the good climate!
We are with Bob's brother, Peter in their northern Idaho home, where Peter and his wife are working on translating Scripture for their Manchenere tribe where they worked for years. God has been so good to us here in our travels. We have had good weather even though parts of the U.S. have had below freezing temperatures. Hopefully the good climate will continue, we have a little over three weeks left here.
We have visited several of Bob's relatives. Some have serious health issues and some have passed into glorious life eternal. We do miss Peru and "our" Arequipa, with our dear brethren in so many areas and churches. We pray for them daily, and hear some good reports, but some disturbing news too.
Please pray for one of our leaders, Vicente Kacma. He needs a couple of surgeries. He and his family have an outreach in Polobaya and its annex, Agua Buena. He has led some to the Lord there and has a small meeting with the believers. These are towns about 2 hours drive from Arequipa and have no church. Vicente is a good brother, please do pray for the correct treatment for him and complete recovery.
Do please pray for these new believers too. Right before we left Peru a lady from there was baptized in our main Arequipa church. We are concerned for some other leaders too in different locations. But God's church is growing and we are thankful.
Please pray for the school too, they are on vacation this month of February, but we are praying for the Lord to bring dedicated Christian teachers. And for the students to be enrolled. We pray the school will be a light to all involved. We should be back in Arequipa the first day of March, Lord willing. School starts March 4!
Thanks so much for praying and sharing for God's work here. Our support address is:
Christian Missions in Many Lands Inc.
PO Box 13, Spring Lake, NJ, 07762-0013 with a note:for Bob Rich Peru
Thanks so much, and many blessings, Noel for us