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This year's Cross Street Mission Team was a group of youth and adults not only on a mission trip but on a mission from God! Most of the team had never been on a mission trip before and their hearts were ready to be used by God to love and reach others with His message. I’ve been on lots of mission trips and this one truly was amazing!
Before we arrived in Peru, our preplanned schedule with the exception of the youth camp was pulled from our hands. First we missed our flight in Atlanta to Peru, which turned out to be a God thing. We were given a night in a hotel, with meal vouchers and time to get to know each other better. God knows best! We arrived a day late to Peru according to our schedule but by God’s schedule we were right on time. The public schools we planned on ministering in were suddenly closed for the two days we planned on going to them. Instead, we ended up ministering on the streets and in the poor communities and churches in and around Pachacutec. God knows best! One of the churches we visited had never had anyone come vhelp them in their seven years of ministry. God wanted us there and the team just stepped into this situation (and others) as if they had prepared for a lifetime to be there. Each place we went, people came forward to give their hearts to Jesus! There is nothing more fulfilling in life than to see people come to know Jesus Christ and receive the gift of Eternal Life.
The Peru Youth Camp was amazing as well! This was our fifth year and most everything you could hope for at a youth camp took place. I’ll include a few highlights. The first night, after worship, drama, testimonies and Bible teaching many came forward to give their hearts to Jesus. After that, the whole group broke out in a time of celebration, worship, prayer and dancing before the Lord!
The last morning of camp, there was a call to missions and most of the youth came forward to dedicate their lives to His service. The next week one of these groups came out on a one day mission trip to help the Living Hope mission team in Lomas de Carabayllo. They took a bus to help minister to the children there.
Thank you for helping make all this possible through your prayers and financial support!
Before we arrived in Peru, our preplanned schedule with the exception of the youth camp was pulled from our hands. First we missed our flight in Atlanta to Peru, which turned out to be a God thing. We were given a night in a hotel, with meal vouchers and time to get to know each other better. God knows best! We arrived a day late to Peru according to our schedule but by God’s schedule we were right on time. The public schools we planned on ministering in were suddenly closed for the two days we planned on going to them. Instead, we ended up ministering on the streets and in the poor communities and churches in and around Pachacutec. God knows best! One of the churches we visited had never had anyone come vhelp them in their seven years of ministry. God wanted us there and the team just stepped into this situation (and others) as if they had prepared for a lifetime to be there. Each place we went, people came forward to give their hearts to Jesus! There is nothing more fulfilling in life than to see people come to know Jesus Christ and receive the gift of Eternal Life.
The Peru Youth Camp was amazing as well! This was our fifth year and most everything you could hope for at a youth camp took place. I’ll include a few highlights. The first night, after worship, drama, testimonies and Bible teaching many came forward to give their hearts to Jesus. After that, the whole group broke out in a time of celebration, worship, prayer and dancing before the Lord!
The last morning of camp, there was a call to missions and most of the youth came forward to dedicate their lives to His service. The next week one of these groups came out on a one day mission trip to help the Living Hope mission team in Lomas de Carabayllo. They took a bus to help minister to the children there.
Thank you for helping make all this possible through your prayers and financial support!
CROSS STREET
PERU TEAM REPORT
PERU TEAM REPORT
PERU - EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER
The Living Hope Community Church team wanted to do some building projects and Brian and Hector discussed several possibilities with their team leaders. One was to begin building the walls of the vocational training center in Lomas de Carabayllo (which they did). The other was to build a house for a family in La Gorilla, in Pachacutec. That was the beginning of our extreme home make over Peru style. With limited power tools, some pre fab wood walls, cement, sand paper, varnish, nuts, bolts & wrenches we built a house for Carlos and Veronica – the pastors of the church and feeding center in La Gorilla.
Their original home was a 9 by 12 space with a cement floor and a black plastic roof that billowed down with water in between the bamboo poles that held it up. Cardboard lined the edges of the room where the wood did not go high enough. A clothesline hung across the room to dry clothes that were washed by hand out in the side yard. The home was stuffed with a bunk bed, old mattress, dresser, stove and other small items. It took us less than seven minutes to completely empty the home so that we could remove the old tarp roof and move the walls. In the home were four iron chairs, with no seat bottoms, just an iron support bar. As we moved things, Veronica got a sturdy piece of cardboard and put it on the chair. She sat with the eight-day-old baby on her lap. Her flat expression showed the wear of someone who has struggled to survive. I could see a hint of uncertainty as we moved her things. I know now why Extreme Home Makeover sends the family away during the rebuild.
We laid out the prefab pieces on the road and began the work of sanding and varnishing while part of the group worked on finishing the cement pad and putting in the plumbing for the bathroom. For now, the toilet doesn’t flush and it just empties into a hole in the ground outside the house. Perhaps one day it will hook up to a sewer system and have running water in the bathroom. That would be a luxury!
With two days to do the job, we worked tirelessly. Part of the group spent the afternoons putting on a Vacation Bible School at the church a few blocks away. By Friday Evening at 9:30 we had the house up and 80% of the electric in. We left the finishing touches with Pastor Carlos. He preferred to finish it himself than to pay a worker to do it. We gathered together in prayer and dedicated their new home to the Lord.
God rebuilt many things in our hearts that week. We all need rebuilding some time. For me I received a fresh vision of the work in Peru, the needs and hearts of the people and the purpose God has for me. I pray that God will give you a clear vision of the purpose He has for you.
Psalm 127:1 “Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes in vain.”
If you would like to read more of Anne’s mission stories just go to www.sharedbread.blogspot.com
Their original home was a 9 by 12 space with a cement floor and a black plastic roof that billowed down with water in between the bamboo poles that held it up. Cardboard lined the edges of the room where the wood did not go high enough. A clothesline hung across the room to dry clothes that were washed by hand out in the side yard. The home was stuffed with a bunk bed, old mattress, dresser, stove and other small items. It took us less than seven minutes to completely empty the home so that we could remove the old tarp roof and move the walls. In the home were four iron chairs, with no seat bottoms, just an iron support bar. As we moved things, Veronica got a sturdy piece of cardboard and put it on the chair. She sat with the eight-day-old baby on her lap. Her flat expression showed the wear of someone who has struggled to survive. I could see a hint of uncertainty as we moved her things. I know now why Extreme Home Makeover sends the family away during the rebuild.
We laid out the prefab pieces on the road and began the work of sanding and varnishing while part of the group worked on finishing the cement pad and putting in the plumbing for the bathroom. For now, the toilet doesn’t flush and it just empties into a hole in the ground outside the house. Perhaps one day it will hook up to a sewer system and have running water in the bathroom. That would be a luxury!
With two days to do the job, we worked tirelessly. Part of the group spent the afternoons putting on a Vacation Bible School at the church a few blocks away. By Friday Evening at 9:30 we had the house up and 80% of the electric in. We left the finishing touches with Pastor Carlos. He preferred to finish it himself than to pay a worker to do it. We gathered together in prayer and dedicated their new home to the Lord.
God rebuilt many things in our hearts that week. We all need rebuilding some time. For me I received a fresh vision of the work in Peru, the needs and hearts of the people and the purpose God has for me. I pray that God will give you a clear vision of the purpose He has for you.
Psalm 127:1 “Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes in vain.”
If you would like to read more of Anne’s mission stories just go to www.sharedbread.blogspot.com
Besides putting up the pre-fab home and doing a VBS in in La Gorila the Living Hope team also put up some of the walls in the Vocational Training Center in Lomas de Carabayllo and did an awesome VBS there.
They also brought hundreds of pairs of shoes to give to children in need. A very successful week of mission work with a group of people who came to serve and share the love of God.
They also brought hundreds of pairs of shoes to give to children in need. A very successful week of mission work with a group of people who came to serve and share the love of God.
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