| 17 June 2019
Hi! yes, it is June already. Here it is cold, especially at nights and early mornings, and it is finger and heel splitting time for me. Knuckles, heels, and thumbs are affected so far, but this problem is only for a couple months, so we will survive! We have so much to thank the Lord for, no time for complaints.
Bob and some others are up for special meetings in the mountain town of Lucco this weekend. We are thankful Bob can still travel and minister to believers and others in these areas. It is an encouragement, and we thank the Lord for the freedom we enjoy still here.
May was a busy month. We had a good Mothers Day program at school, Bob spoke to the Moms, encouraging them to be making a home for their children, being present in their lives. So many have to work outside the home and the kids are left in the care of family members, or on their own, which is tragic.
Now Father's Day is coming, and around half our chldren sadly don't have their fathers present with them in their homes. Please help us pray for the fathers and for the homes today. Our society is suffering greatly with broken homes and lives. Children see violence and fighting at home and are torn between mother and father, disillusioned by both. We thank God for the school where we can help these kids know Christ and His Father, Who truly loves them and will never leave them.
Also in May an uncle of one of our youth here was lost. Sr. Miguel had suffered from dementia, and wandered out of the daughter's home he and his wife were visiting in Cusco. The family and the police, etc. spent several weeks searching for him, and finally the police dogs found him dead in a ditch by Sacsahuaman, (cold mountains around Cusco). Anyway, the family brought his body here to Arequipa and there was a huge funeral, wake and burial.
Bob was able to speak at the wake to many of the family members who are not believers. We are not totally sure of the Spiritual condition of Miguel, though he and his family had sometimes attended church here. The young guy from our church and his mother are believers. We are thankful for the opportunity to present the Gospel to this family.
Again, thanks so much for your faithful prayer for us and for God's work here in Southern Perú. The support address for us is:
Christian Missions in Many Lands, Inc.
P.O. Box 13,
Spring Lake, NJ, 07762-0013 (with a note: for Bob Rich, Perù)
Thank you so much! And a very Happy Father's Day to all you great Dads! You are needed and appreciated! Blessings, Noél for us
