Hi Everyone,
Here is our January / February 2013 update;
The CC Murrieta team kept very busy, they did a Children's program every morning for the children of our church at El Terminal and they did a second program each day in the afternoons at different sites around Iquitos. I'm sorry that I didn't get many good pictures of them doing ministy but here are a few of the pictures that I have.
 Veronica helping with a craft |
 Nate helping with a game |
 Zack with the kids |
One of the places we visited was a new Shanty Town (below) across the highway from El Terminal, I had been wanting to visit these new families, but it was a more powerful visit arriving with the CC Murrieta team. Now when I visit they know who I am and what I do. The fruits of this visit is that we have 7 of those children now attending our Children's Church, next we need to focus on getting their parents to visit.
 The CC Murrieta team brought a parachute |
 The children during the worship |
 The CC Murrieta team |
We also took advantage of having a Pastor from my home church (CC Murrieta) to pray for Raul and make him the Assistant Pastor at our church - "Calvary Chapel El Terminal".
 Our leaders and Pst. Tony praying for Raul |
 Our women leaders praying for LuzMila |
 Reminding the congrgation to pray for Raul & LuzMila |
I need to get a new camera, this one is stating to make me look old!
We also had Ines Olivera and her children come back and help us with ministry. They stayed for 40 days this time and mainly started discipleship training with the women and our teen girls. Ines also taught many of the Women's Ministry meetings at El Terminal, Ucayali Street and even at Kilometer 43 (Puerto Seguro). Her son Christian taught our Youth Groups and a few of our services. Her daughter Claudia helped teach the discipleship classes to our teen girls. They also helped with the Ucayali Street Bible Study and Children's program there.
I didn't get many good pictures of them either, but here are a couple.
 Ines teaching her last Women's study at Quistacocha. |
 Ines at our Ucayali Street Bible Study |
That $60 mainly went to Estrella, whose family has been living in a tent for a couple of months because their home is flooded. The rivers are high again this year and many families have been displaced, not as many as last year, but it is still quite a problem for those who are.
 Estrella and her family |
 Estrella and her family inside their tent |
 The basic school supplies, we will get the rest later |
 New school uniform for Estrella |
If you would like to contribute to our Children's Fund, it is used in many ways, you can even pick where your gift will be used, just let me know.
If you would like to come along side some of our children you can send a check to
Friends of CCBC, Peru (CCBC = Calvary Chapel Bible College, Peru) 1771 E. Palomar Street Chula Vista, CA 91913 Memo: "Iquitos - Children"
You can see us on Facebook now, where you will see more pictures and more of the ministry in Iquitos = Calvary Chapel Iquitos.
We had a lot of sickness during the past 2 months.
Prayer Requests:
If you would like to contribute to any of the following ministries\expenses:
Friends of CCBC, Peru (CCBC = Calvary Chapel Bible College, Peru) 1771 E. Palomar Street Chula Vista, CA 91913 Memo: "Iquitos - XXX"
(Where XXX = Ministry House, River Ministry, General Fund, Children's Ministry, etc...)
*Note: The dollar is currently 2.54 or 254 soles for every $100 (U.S.).
Thank you all for your prayers and financial support.
and God Bless
Albert Smith
Pastor Javier & Raul's offering go through Friends of CCBC, Peru (CC Chula Vista), (above)