We Love Missions

While we love our missionary life and would not trade it for anything in the world, there are certain aspects about life in these United States that are absolutely priceless.  We will sorely miss some things as we return to the field, and few of them have to do with the material. 

• We will miss the peaceful drive down the country lane. Traffic in Peru is utter chaos everywhere you go! There are no peaceful drives, ever.
• Trees, lots and lots of trees and rolling green countrysides. In Peru we live in a dessert city of 8 million people where it does not rain.
• We will miss a reliable postal service with front door parcel post delivery.  Third world countries don’t offer mail delivery to your door, and picking up a package is a day spent in the customs office. 
• We will miss the pick-up basketball games in the driveway with the neighborhood friends.  There are few basketball goals, and even fewer driveways that would allow for such.  Driveways are for cars, confined within the 4 walls of your property, and most people are leery of their neighbors.
• There are no baseball games, either little league or professional.
• We will miss the handshakes that imply that someone is giving their reliable “word” that they’ll follow through.
• There are no fluffy white clouds that hang in the sky, no Old Glory waving in the wind.  There are no garage sales.  And perhaps missed the most, there is no corporate worship in our mother tongue.

     Though there may be times during a four year term when we long for some of these, the price of giving them up is small compared to what is gained.  We sign up to go back again because:

•  it is the way to live a life that will end with no regrets.
• We have God’s smile on us as we follow His will.
• We get to share the gospel with people who will enjoy eternity forever because we went.
• We have the privilege of doing something not everyone can do.

The best $100 we spend each month is to support Elias Huaman.

Elias is an amazing leader.

Here’s his account from his recent trip to the mountains:

“From the 6-11 of May I went on a missionary journey to the province of Cuzco, specifically to the ñawinya community about 15,000 ft. above sea level.  Each day, nearly 500 people gathered from the surrounding communities, some having walked 3-4 hours. I preached to them and many made decisions for salvation. We baptized 40 persons and I married 15 couples.

The need there is so great, that the people cry out to hear the Word of God and there is no one to lead them spiritually.

Please pray much for them. I’ll be returning every 3 months for a week to conduct intense leadership training classes, taking a couple of workers who can speak Quechua. I want to have my own translator next time.”

Elias has been a church planting missionary for the last 12 years and as helped start 6 churches in Boliva. He helped us start our first church in Peru.

Have you ever wished you could be a missionary?
Even if it was just for a little while?

Living on the mission field is an exciting life. Missionaries get to learn another language, enjoy another culture and see God’s had at work in miraculous ways. Missionary stories are some of the most inspiring stories we hear.

That’s why at Welovemissions, we are going to tell stories.

We want you to be able to:
Observe the hand of God working through your missionaries
Feel the struggles that missionaries and nationals go thru
Hear of the opportunities to pray in a way that will impact eternity
Enjoy the results of your investment of funds, prayers, and encouragement.

We missionaries have the greatest privelege of seeing God transform people right in front of our eyes and we want to share it with you.

One day in heaven we will have all the time in the world to tell the stories about how God changed lives forever. For now, we’ll just have to satisfy ourselves with a little glimpse now and then of the amazing ways God is working.