Peru's Hope Ministries

May, 2005 - Update

CC Huntington Beach arrives June 14th and will be here helping out for about 3 and half weeks. They will be helping in many areas including outreaches, childrens ministry, helping out Santa Fe Springs with the other teams

CC Joshua Springs and CC Santa Fe Springs are teaming up and are going to do several ministries:

• Their first team (CC Santa Fe Springs)arrives on June 14th with a Doctor and two nurses and we will be doing medical clinics in the shantytowns, river communities and whereever the Lord leads.
• Their second team (CC Joshu Springs) arrives on the June 16th to reinforce us with manpower for the medical clinics, to do outreaches Childrens ministry and to help us with the existing ministries.
• Their third team (CC Joshua springs) arrives on the 20th for the Pastors’ Conference. Pastor Bob Wagner, Pastor Ray Loo and Pastor Jackie Roberts will be teaching for 4 days. They are giving a free four day confernce for the Pastors’ of Iquitos

Street Kids Update: The biweekly Bible Studies at the Portales are going great, the kids are not only learning their memory verses but asking for longer verses in order to get larger prizes. I moved up to the bigger prizes for them when they learned the 10 commandments during the time when we were studying Moses. They did a good job memorizing the 10 commandments and were very proud of themselves and still ask me from time to time if I want to hear them say them again. I have heard each child recite them about 20 times each so I consider this a big success and a blessing.

Team News: Luis Alberto Lara and Jose Luis Soto will be here for about 2 months during their summer vacation. Luis Alberto and I are living in the new apartment.

River Ministry: Pastor Javier and I visited the river community of “Pevas” for 4 days this month, about 2 days of travel on the river. There was Baptist Convention and we took advantage of this occasion to meet new River Pastors’ learn about their communities and also to invite many of them to our Pastors’ Conference in June.

Ongoing Ministry: The children’s and adult Bible Studies in Terminal and Masusa continue. Jose Luis took over the week Pastor Javier and I were on the river. The children of Masusa and Terminal were very energetic the week I got back, it was a great homecoming after being away for a week. Since I am busy with the planning and busy work for the conference, Jose Luis is continuing giving the Bible Studies in Terminal and Luis Alberto is leading in Masusa.

Here are some pictures of the ministry in Terminal, It is the shantytown where we go on Saturdays.

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Praise Reports: We moved into our new apartment, with a little help from our friends. Jose Luis, Esteban and Luis Alberto helped me move all the stuff I had in my room. I was amazed that I had a truck and a half full of stuff in my room at the hostal.

Financial Status: We received the full amount to do ministry this month. We still haven’t caught up for the slow start this year, but praise the Lord He is providing for the ministry here in Iquitos.

Prayer Requests:

• That the Lord would provide a location where we can do ministry for the kids.
• That the Lord would bless the Pastors’ Conference.
• That the Lord would bless the medical clinics we will be doing this month.
• That the Lord would build up a team to work here in Iquitos, and that some of those workers would be musicians.
• That the Lord would raise up a Calvary Chapel here in Iquitos.

Thank you all for your prayers and financial support.

            God Bless   

                   Albert Smith 

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