Building His Church(es)

We spent a week in Ica helping a church build a Sunday school building as well as the house of the pastor. We dug all the footers, repaired water and sewer lines; we built the columns, moved over 10 ton of large rock by hand (for foundation) and manually mixed cement and poured the foundation. With the foundation and the columns up, they are now ready to lay brick. Pastor Manuel is doing well, but he has experienced a dew trials. He lost his house in the quake, as well as his cat—a 10 foot wall fell on it. Also, his wife is away in Lima because a baby is on the way and the hospitals are much better in Lima. And, the last day we were there, we buried his dog. In the midst of all the trials, his spirits are high.

While in Ica, we ran a kids program in the center of town. We had over 80 kids with many parents and young people as an audience. We played games, sang songs, and had a mini-drama presentation witch led into a gospel presentation. We then gave all the kids, their parents, and other people watching tracts. We also got to go to a poor village and distribute food and clothing to earthquake victims. We then had another awesome opportunity to witness.

On the way home we cruised through Pisco—the costal city closest to the epi-center of the quake. As we drove into town we saw a trash pile almost a mile long full of all the rubble. Three-fourths of the houses were completely leveled, and probably half the roads are un-passable. Most of the 500 + deaths from the quake were in Pisco. Massive fatalities are a wretched thing, but an even worse tragedy is to find out that there is no gospel preaching church in Pisco. Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone could GO there, MAKE DISCIPLES, and PLANT CHURCHES? Who will go? Here I am Lord if You will.