Dear Friends of Project New Hope,
On a recent visit to Santo Domingo, Ecuador, and Trujillo, Peru, I worshipped with the Santa Marta church in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. The church is full of life, and you could sense the impact that transformation is making as the young and old, the new Christians and seekers, all mingled and expressed joy to one another.
But it was Gabriel’s testimony that inspired me the most!
Gabriel used to be an alcoholic single father. Now he is a leader in the church and preached a powerful sermon on the morning I visited. He is growing as a father and is steadily leading the rest of his family to Jesus.
Then there’s Wiley, a 21-year-old man who, despite being a Christian for just a couple of years, is a member of the team in Trujillo, Peru, that has started five new house churches and baptized 10 people in the first few months of this year. Wiley has dedicated himself to caring for the people in his barrio. He has shared Christ with his mother, a very influential woman in the barrio, and she was baptized about four months ago. Since then both his brother and father have become Christians.
Through Wiley’s ministry the youth group in Trujillo has grown spiritually and numerically. He directed the youth event the Friday I was there; 18 young people attended.
The ministries in Peru and Ecuador are growing because lives are being touched through new initiatives like these:
- The after-school tutoring program where children and adults learn to read
- Four new micro businesses
- Four new house churches in Santo Domingo
- Five new house churches in Trujillo
- A new discipleship program with 40 participants
These new and growing initiatives require an additional $2,400 per month to support continued and future growth.
Would you commit to give $50 or $100 per month through 2017?
Or would you consider giving a special contribution to join God in what He is doing in Trujillo and Santo Domingo?
You can send your check for Project New Hope to CMF International, PO Box 501020, Indianapolis, IN 46250.
You can find additional information and photos, and give online here.
Thank you for your prayers and financial gifts for Project New Hope. You are a part of bringing glory to God as lives are transformed in Peru and Ecuador!
Steve Palich |