Prayer for South American Outreach Teams
There is inexpressible joy in sending out
> missionaries!
>
> Yesterday morning, we sent a team of four Peruvians
> to Belize, Central America to work with teens and
> children in a youth summer camp hosted by Calvary
> Chapel of Murrieta, California. They traveled by
> plane, bus and boat to get to their destination, and
> should have arrived this morning.
>
> Then last night, we sent a team of 20 young people
> by bus to Cajamarca to do a week long outreach in this
> northern Peruvian city. Half of the team will then
> return to Lima, and the remainder will go on to
> minister in Cuenca, Ecuador.
>
> Would you take a moment to pray for these team
> members by name (the list is below).
>
> Thankful,
>
> John Bonner
>
> Belize Team:
> Kerstin Cuzcano
> Konrad Cuzcano
> Jossy Valverde
> Adriana Valverde
>
> Cajamarca Team:
> Diego Recarte
> Patty Recarte
> Luhana Recarte
> Tamara Recarte
> Ivy Garibay
> Katy Estrada
> Jason Bonner
> Joshua Bonner
> Fiorella
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> Cajamarca & Cuenca Ecuador Team:
> Niki Roberts
> Bridget Vasquez
> Bobby Baer
> Holly Delgado
> Bryan Harnage
> Kayla Kettner
> Kirsten Beam
> Rachel Mach
> Candy Heilman
> Eric Tharaldson
> Lindsey Tharaldson
>
> Traveling Saturday:
> Rick Heilman
> Anna Stalzer
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> John Bonner, Director
> Calvary Chapel Bible College, Peru
News from Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro
We hope that you all are doing great and that your hearts are filled with joy to hear of the blessings that God is pouring out here. We hope that you are also seeing His blessings poured out in your lives in a very visible way.
This month a group of our church members took a day long trip to a city up in the hills called Petrópolis, about one hour and fifteen minutes from Rio. We had a great time together and we got to cool off a lot since Petrópolis has much colder weather and we’re still in winter here in Brazil. We went to a museum which showed some history of Brazil and was full of things from the mid and late 1800s. We also went to see a glass palace and a German style festival. It was a blessed time!
A few weeks ago Lílian (Pastor Alexandre’s wife) and Alessandra (a girl from our church body) started outreach to the little kids that play each Sunday morning in the square at the top of the street where the leadership of our church lives. The kids and their parents responded very well. The kids were so excited to hear that they were going to return every Sunday to sing songs and do activities with them. Bruce & Renata, Russell and Douglas will be going to reach the adults.
June 2006
We have a missionary couple in our church named Bruce & Renata Pryor. Bruce & Renata moved from the city of São Vicente to Rio de Janeiro along with Alexandre and Lílian in March of this year to help in the work here. Bruce is Pastor Alexandre’s assistant here in the church. Renata leads English classes in the church. She also is a translator and helps in organization. Pray for this missionary couple.
We have another missionary that serves in our church who also moved from the city of São Vicente and is sent from the Calvary Chapel there. Douglas also moved here at the same time as the others and serves practically in the church in areas such as cleaning and maintenance. Douglas just began ministering to people in a hospital where he is a volunteer who works with people who have tumors in their bodies. Douglas is reaching the love of Christ to these people.
On Thursday nights Russell has been giving Bible studies on profecy. Last Thursday we had our second study on this theme. These studies have been a blessing and really waking up the church body that profecy is being fulfilled and Jesus could come back at any time. Let’s all be ready! Russell will be going back to the states in August as his visa is running out.
Thank you all so much for your prayer and support!
May God bless you,
Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro
Praises:
Praise God for the doors that He has opened up to minister in the hospital and to the kids in the square!
Praise God for the Bible studies on profecy that have been a blessing
Praise God for the life of Russell who has served here for almost six months
Prayer requests:
Pray that God would use and cause these new ministries to reach souls for Him (hospital and the kids)
Pray for our missionaries Bruce & Renata and Douglas as they continue to serve here
Pray for the Holy Spirit to be waking people up to the truth of His word through the Thursday studies and that Russell who is teaching would have a blessed remainder of his time here in Brazil
If you would like be a part of the financial support for Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro money can be sent to:
Calvary Chapel Corvallis
P.O. Box 965
Corvallis, OR 97339
(make the check out to Calvary Chapel of Corvallis and note: Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro)
Far Reaching Ministries
Jesus Atencio is a brother from the fellowship who is planning on serving the Lord this summer in Africa. Here is his latest update:
Dear family in Christ,
I will like to keep you up to date on the plans for the mission trip to Africa. This week I got a call from Far Reaching Ministries and Ed Gauntt and Sara B. informed me that the mission trip to Kampala, Uganda for the August 1st-14th has been cancel do to lack of members participation. They explained to me that it was only one brother from North Carolina and me that were willing to go for those dates and the time was getting to close to finalize the trip with only 2 members participating. They need at least 10 members in order to get a discount on the air fair.
Therefore, FRM suggested if I was interested to go to Nairobi, Kenya. I expressed to them that I am going to be doing God's work and I am willing to go whenever the Lord desires for me to go. The date of the trip also changed to August 10th through the 24th. I had made arrangements with work taking those days off from my vacation days. Also, I took all my vaccinations necessary to attempt this trip. With God's help, I will be ready to go to this mission trip to Kenya, and I pray that He will fill me with the Holy Spirit so I can be effective for His kingdom.
In the next couple of weeks, FRM will send me a list of things that the church at Nairobi, Kenya needs at this time. I told FRM that CCK wants to be a blessing in any way we can as a body of believers.
Please feel free to contact me at my cell 305-989-1983 or via email, if you have any questions.
Thank you so much for your help and God bless you.
Your brother in Christ,
Jesus A. Atencio
The Lord's Work in London
This email is from missionaries Bob and Cindy, who are serving the Lord in London, England.
Dear Friends,
God continues to amaze us by His provision for our needs here in England. We are now in the system here and everything has gone much faster than anticipated. Cindy and the children are doing well. We have made many friends and are enjoying a cool summer.
Bob's new department (Knowledge Stewardship) has now launched a secure website where our field workers spread across the 53 countries can interact with each other, download resources and find training opportunities. One of Bob's roles is to moderate this site so that our field workers can share and learn from each other in addition to having access to some of the best resources for our work. Its very exciting to see all the ways in which God is building His Church around the world.
Please pray as we look for a new house to rent. It has been amazing to see how our new friends have rallied around us and are scouring our village (called Lane End) for possibilities. We need to be out of our current house in early August and have already had two landlords reject us as possible tenants because of having four children. In our short time here we have made so many friends in the village that we really don't want to start over. God has provided some key people in our village to help and we are eagerly awaiting how He will work things out. We've given up our "right" to live in Lane End and trust that God's plans are good, no matter how things turn out.
Bob and Cindy
Peruvian Pastor Sergio Andres
We received this email on July 2 from our dear friends in Lima, Peru.
Dear Friends and Family,
Last evening, Peruvain pastor, Sergio Moreno, of one of our sister churches, Calvary Chapel Las Crucetas, went home to be with the Lord. He was 42 years old. Sergio had a brain anurism late Sunday aternoon as he prepared for his evening service. He underwent a nine hour surgery Tuesday night but his vital organs began to shut down shortly thereafter. Please pray for his wife Febe, and their four year old son Sergio Andres. Pray also for the members of the Las Crucetas church who deeply loved their pastor and are stunned by this unexpected loss. Indeed, the Christian community is grieving in Lima today.
Gratefully Yours,
John Bonner, Director
Calvary Chapel Bible College, Peru
I met Sergio in 1995 when he was the worship leader for the first Calvary Chapel in Peru. He had a great smile, a warm heart, and a wonderful laugh. Please keep his family, friends, and church in prayer.
Thank you.
Pastor Pat Sieler
