The Devotional - by Emmy

Emmy always is trying to model her dad.  We us my book for family devotions, so Emmy decided to start writing her own devotionals. She did it all on her own and then brought me her first day.  She wanted me to post it on our blog so here it is with her spelling and grammar.

 

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.  And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.  God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.  God called the light "day" and the darkness he called "night."  And there was evening and there was morning the first day.

 

We should try to wake up and be in a good mood.  And should be thankful to God that we lived other day.  You might not like mornings but be thankful.

Are you thankful?
yes         no

Do you read the bible every day?
yes         no

Draw something you are thankful for.





I hope this helps you.

Emmy

Back in Cusco and More Baptisims

We made it back to Cusco without problems.  The trip started out with our plane from Helena being one hour late and then a frozen plane in Minnesota that we had to change.  However, it was all smooth after that.  We traveled a long ways to get to Cusco and never slept for 29 hours.  We dropped the suitcases at the door and went to bed. 

 

We enjoyed many things about our time in the States, but we are very glad to be back in Cusco and back with our church family.  The prayer meeting tonight was full and it was excellent to sing and pray again in Spanish.  It was so good to be with our Peruvian family once again.  It looks like ministry will not wait and I will be very busy right away.  We will be baptizing two more members soon!  Miguel, a man in his 50's, has been coming faithfully to our church for around 8 months.  God saved him during his time here and it seems he is really growing.  However, there are family difficulties because of his new faith.  Wehrner's brother Breitner is the other guy being baptized.  We attended his wedding in August of last year.  He grew up knowing Christianity, but did not want anything to do with it.  About a year ago, God really started to work in his life and convict him of sin.  He was saved and is now growing greatly in the faith.   

 

Our apartment made it through the time fine, other than an infestation of sugar ants who ate 100 times their weight in Fig Newtons from the States the first night.  We are now in a war with the colony using chemical warfare as well as hand-to-hand combat. 

 

Thank you all so much for your prayers. 

Returning to Peru

Our time is over in the States.  Time flew by and it seemed that we never had enough time with everyone.  We leave tomorrow at 6am from Helena to Minneapolis to Atlanta to Lima, and finally arrive in Cusco Tuesday morning, God willing.  Please pray that our flights are not canceled, we have no problems with immigrations, and that all our bags arrive.  There is plenty of snow and it is still snowing in Montana, as well as a winter storm warning for tonight, so please keep us in your prayers.  Please pray for us as we leave Chase behind as well.  It will be an adjustment in Cusco without him.  Please pray that God will give us grace to trust in His sovereignty no matter how our travels go.  We enjoyed our time in Montana, but we are also excited to get back to Cusco and the work of the ministry.