Hey everyone! I just thought I'd write a quick update of things that have been going on here over the past month or so.

Towards the end of July we went with some other missionaries that we have been working with occasionally to Yucay (the village that was devastated by flooding last year). Our mission board along with the British Baptist mission raised a significant amount of money in order to

buy seeds for the Quechua people of Yucay who lost all of their crops and many of their homes. We ended up spending the day passing out seeds to approximately 400 villagers. The goal is to have them plant the seeds and then give 10% of their harvest back to the missionaries, who will then use the crops to help out others who have lost homes and crops due to the severe floods. It ended up being a GREAT day! It really helped strengthen several of the relationships we already had, as well as opened some other doors to build relationships with a family we met a few weeks ago. They have asked us to come teach english to approximately 15 youth once a week. This may not seem like a big deal, but they have opened up their home to us and are very welcoming. We feel that they will be very open to us and to the Gospel, which is really exciting.

Another exciting thing was my time in Lima recently. I went to Lima for end of summer debriefing for the volunteer missionaries, and it was awesome to see and hear what the Lord has been doing.

I found out that one of the men, Monolo, from Cabana, where I spent about a month living in the village, h

ad come to know the Lord over the summer. Also one of my good friends in Lima who is a translator for our teams had also accepted Christ! I can't even begin to explain how exciting that was for me. Many times as missionaries we invest so much time into people and never see anyone accept Christ, so it was such an incredible blessing to see God working in these two men's lives! Also, I had the opportunity to meet up with 2 of my landlords, Abel and Laura, and their sister Marta. We have been spending time with them lately and really getting to know them and build a friendship with them. They aren't believers, so we're really hoping for opportunities to share with them. They happened to be in Lima at the same time I was, so we all went for coffee. Religion and what Ellen and I are doing here got brought up. It had been mentioned before, but this time it lead to a fairly deep conversation about what Scripture actually says versus what they have heard. They were so open and interested in hearing what I had to say. They have seen a lot of hypocrisy in the churches and people here, so they had a lot of questions. It was great because I have been praying for opportunities to start sharing with them, and that's exactly what God provided.

I have several prayer requests for the next month or so. Please be praying for the people of Yucay that God would provide for them, but also that they would begin to listen and come to know Christ as their Savior. Please be praying for my friends Monolo and Arturo who are new believers. Pray that they would hold fast to the Lord even though they will have constant opposition from friends and family around them, and please pray that their faith with be strengthened. Please also be praying for Abel, Laura, Marta, and Miguel that they would continue to ask questions and that our friendship with them would grow so that we can continue sharing Truth with them. Please pray that they will each come to know Christ as their personal Savior. Also I want to ask that you guys would be praying about the rest of my time here in Peru. My roommate is going back stateside in 2 months, and I'm not sure if I'm going to be living alone here or if I will be getting a new roommate. Please be praying that God will do what's best and that I will be able to finish out the last 6 months of my term strong.

Thank you all for all of your support and prayers! Hope you all are doing well! :-)