Dear Friends and Supporters,
We trust this letter finds you enjoying the presence and power of God in your lives. How wonderful to think that God not only loves us and saves us, but even uses us to accomplish His purposes in the Gospel. We rejoice in the small part He has given us in His Kingdom work.
Since our last communication, we have retired from MTW but are not retired from the ministry God has given us, partnering with MTW missionaries working with the Quechua people of the central highlands of Peru. The end of May and early June saw us involved in meetings in Lima dealing with ministry issues in Huaraz in the mountains, and in Pucallpa in the jungle. Don was asked to bring the commencement message at South American Mission Academy from which our grand daughter, Whitney, was graduating. The hundred or so people attentding the graduation service were U.S. and Swiss missionaries, Hispanics from Pucallpa, and Shipibo Indians who live on the lake where Whitney lives. Quite an eclectic group! The graduating class was only five but was the largest class ever graduated from the Academy. These five young people had gone to school together for the past twelve years and basically had been together for eighteen years. Don called their attention to Jeremiah chapter nine where God says that what brings Him delight are lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness. If you want to please God, practice these three actions in your life decisions.
We had planned a trip to Huaraz around the middle of August, but the International Director for Latin America decided there was no need for us to make the trip. So our next assignment will be to meet a team in Lima, coming from Bay Area PCA in Houston, Texas, on September 21, get them up to Huaraz, help with oversight and translation matters, and then back to Lima on the 29th. After that we will spend time with the MTW team in Huaraz, dealing with mission and ministry related items.
As always we thank you for your prayers and support. As you can imagine, since we announced we were taking retirement, a lot of our support has dropped off. Some have chosen to remain part of our support team to help with travel expenses and for that we are very grateful. We remain solicitous of your prayer and interest.
Praise:
- For the great time we had at Whitney's graduation
- For the faithful couple, the Rockwells, who carry the ministry burden in Huaraz.
- For continued good health and the ability to travel.
Prayer:
- For Whitney as she heads for the University of Miami where she will study medicine/nursing, and for Kara as she transitions into
Westminster Academy for the Fall Semester.
- For at least one more couple for the mountain ministry in the Huaylas area.
- For some young Quechua men to work with Larry Rockwell in his village outreach.
In the Savior,
Don and Sue Gahagen