Hello Dear Friends!
Ask me how the last two months have gone and you would get answers like insane, busy, crazy, whirlwind, wonderful, great and amazing. But most of all, I’d say it has been most definitely good.
Deputation Update
In the last two months I have finished developing my materials for deputation (thank you so very much everyone who worked hard helping me do so) and I have started travelling. I’ve had the chance to present my ministry opportunities in a number of area churches, allowing several hundred people to learn about my burden and develop one of their own for the precious people in and around Cieneguilla. I have had both churches and individuals make a commitment to support me financially, and many more have committed to pray not only for me, but the children, teens and adults I will have the opportunity to minister to.
Every chance to present the ministry has come with a learning experience or two like slowing down in my speech and making sure I’m ready to present when technology fails, but each chance has come with twice as many blessings. At one church I had a five year old approach me and tell me he wanted to be a missionary so he can tell kids about Jesus too. At another church I got the opportunity to spend time with a wonderful older lady who showed me through the example of her life how a person can find a way to minister no matter what challenges God allows you to encounter, sometimes it just takes creativity or thinking outside the box. I’m blessed.
Support Update
As far as support goes, I currently have 20% of what I need to be on the field coming in each month, partially from churches, but more so from individuals. Approximately 22% of my “set-up” fund covering my expenses to get me to Peru and set up there (made up mostly of one-time gifts) has been graciously supplied. Thank you!
Prayer Update
Over the last year God has continually showed me the power of prayer, and in the past two months your prayers have over and over again evidenced themselves in my life. I’m becoming more and more comfortable in my presentations and God’s granting me chances to present in churches I never expected to hear from.
I continue to ask for your prayers that other churches would give me the opportunity to share my burden with them. And, please pray that I would continue to trust His timing on this journey of deputation. Finally, pray that as I travel and find myself at my home church I’ll have the chance to minister and serve as an ambassador for Christ, forgetting my own needs and seeing only those I get to minister to.
Serving as an Ambassador for Christ,
Pam Drout