Dear Brothers and Sisters
Greetings to you and your families. I pray God to continue to bless you in all your endeavors. Here is my report of my last trip to Requena and Iquitos: According to my schedule, on October 30-November 8 I traveled to the rainforest of Peru to serve two churches. In Iquitos I was at Maranatha Baptist Church, which is administered by Pastor Milton Zambrano. In Requena I was in Bethesda Baptist Church, which is led by Pastor Lucio Pinedo. In both churches we are training our brothers and sisters who want to grow in their spiritual life and better service to our Lord Jesus Christ.
At Maranatha Baptist Church: I was in Iquitos since October 31 to November 3. I taught from 4 pm to 9 pm from the day I arrived. In total, there were between 15-20 brothers in class. We studied Synthesis of the Old Testament. This was our first class in Iquitos. Lord willing, we will continue with more classes on February next year. If God gives us life, we hope they complete 10 courses of Bible Training Centre for Pastors and leaders. I have seen enthusiasm in the students, in Pastor Milton and siblings from Maranatha Baptist Church. This has encouraged me in this new project. Those who attended classes at the Maranatha Baptist also came from two other sister churches in Iquitos. For me, start a training center through modules in Iquitos was an ideal that until this year I could not perform. I ask your prayers for the ministry of training that we started in Iquitos. Pray to the Lord that none of those who are supporting this ministry dismayed. Thanks for your support in prayer. (Photo: The students of Maranatha Baptist Church – Iquitos).
At Bethesda Baptist Church in Requena I was on November 4-7. In that city I am working in the training center since 2007. When we started the center had about 30 students in that group; 18 students completed the 10 courses of BTCP, most of them were pastors. The other study groups were not as large as the first group, but very irregular. In this last class I had 10 students. Most of them are not pastors, but brothers in Christ who want to grow in their spiritual life.
New goal in Requena. The Board of ABCDE in Requena and I talked about how we can serve in a better way to pastors and churches in Requena. After talking a while, we will embark on a new challenge. Let’s start conferences for growth and spiritual awakening. The lectures will be focused on brothers and sisters from churches in and around Requena. (Photo: The students in Requena – Bethesda Baptist Church).
So far we have focused on pastors and church leaders; this time we will focus on people from churches. We want to encourage churches to spiritual growth and fulfillment of the Great Commission. Please pray for this new challenge. I always want to continue working in that part of Peru and that’s why I’m starting the conferences. Pray for us and for expositors who will participate in those conferences.
Four workers from Iquitos and Requena will be prepared in Trujillo. Along with revival conferences in Requena and the new training center in Iquitos, I thought it would be convenient for some key pastors from Requena and Iquitos to get more training at Baptist Seminary of Peru in Trujillo. At Baptist Seminary of Peru, on January and July, two weeks per month, there are courses for pastors and missionaries already in the work of God. Lord willing, on January 2015 they will go to Trujillo to study for two weeks. They are: Manuel Guevara and Medardo Chanchari (Requena); Milton Zambrano and Douglas Ferreyra (Iquitos).
Miltón and Douglas have already experienced classes in Trujillo. They have also been with me at a conference in Tarma city on November 17-21. I’ve seen them growing more in their faith in Christ precisely because of their coexistence with pastors and missionaries from churches of the coast and the mountains of Peru. Manuel and Medardo have not had these experiences and I think it will help them a lot. (Photo: Pastor Milton Zambrano, I and Douglas Ferreira in Tarma – November 2014).
Will we need more funding for the revival conferences project in Requena, and for the new training center in Iquitos, and for trip expenses of students from Iquitos and Requena to study at Trujillo Seminary? It might. If any of you want to help, let me know through an email . I’ll tell you how you can help.
Finally. In the last trip to Iquitos and Requena I went alone. This allowed us to save some money, which I will use to pay the tickets for four students from Requena and Iquitos to Trujillo. On this trip I had setbacks from the beginning. I missed my bus and I had to buy a new ticket. When I was in the fast boat returning on the Ucayali River, it almost stranded on the sand. I was a miracle that we did not flipped. God gave us a new chance to live to all who were in that boat. When I arrived at the airport, my flight had already left. Thankfully, the airline helped me and I could go home safely. God kept me on this trip and I have to move on. Thank you for your prayers on my behalf. (Photo: We were in danger in this part of Ucayali River).
In Him,
Segundo Rodriguez
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