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"If you read history,
you will find that the Christians who did the most for present world
were just those who thought most of the next."
(C.S. Lewis)
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Celebrating Thousands
off New Children in God's Kingdom
Preparing for the Thousands to Come (Mission San Juan, Iquitos
Peru)
November, 2007
On October 22, 2007, a team
of over twenty Christians from various churches across the
states responded to God's calling and departed for Iquitos, Peru
to join Eternity Minded Ministries' team on a mission to win
souls for Christ. The Lord was faithful to the ministry team and
to the people of Iquitos, Peru as thousands of souls were added
to God's Kingdom.
The Plaza in the center of
the San Juan district was filled with people young and old in
the evenings as the sound of praise music blasted through the
speakers and was heard for miles around. The name of Jesus was
lifted up through singing, dancing, and even strong-men acts
during each of the three evening festivals. Each night Dan Owens
captured the crowd's attention with a different message of God's
love, spiritual healing, and an invitation to accept the gift of
salvation and to come forward for prayer and counseling. And
every night we watched as hundreds and hundreds of new children
in Christ stepped forward and we celebrated their new life in
Christ and praised the Lord with singing, dancing, and
fireworks.
During the daytime our
ministry team spread out through the San Juan district of
Iquitos where parasite medicine, vitamins, and eyeglasses were
distributed and the Gospel message was presented wherever the
team traveled. During previous visits to Peru, President Valera
of Loreto told Dan Owens,
'I am very concerned about
the health of our children. They are so small due to the
parasites that are stealing nutrition from their bodies."
Eternity Minded
Ministries responded to Valera's concern by providing parasite
medicine and vitamins to over 1,200 children, parents, and
teachers across the Santa Clara Village in Iquitos.
Consuelo Carmen Oriva,
principle of a kindergarten school in Santa Clara says
"Thank
you very much for this help, in the name of the parents and the
children of this institution."
Eternity Minded Ministries
also provided aid to the Glass of Milk feeding program in
Iquitos by distributing over one hundred portable stoves to
committees in the San Juan district of Iquitos. Each committee
typically feeds up to fifty families in their village daily.
These stoves, provided by our partners, will enable the
committees to cook faster and feed more families in their
villages. We were able to watch as one of the committees cooked
a large pot of a milky-like porridge full of nutrition, and
children ran up with cups and pitchers to collect this food for
their family. One grandmother was so grateful for the help to
her village that she repeatedly cried out "Thank you, thank you,
thank you!"
Some of our ministry
teammates from Grants Pass, Oregon brought over 1,000 pairs of
eyeglasses to Iquitos and we setup eyeglass clinics at various
places throughout the district of San Juan. At each clinic,
people lined up to have their eyesight tested and receive help
for their physical sight, and they were also given the
opportunity to speak with a counselor about Jesus and receive
help with their spiritual sight. A woman, who was last in line
at one of the clinics, told us that she had been praying for six
months asking the Lord to heal her eyesight so that she could
read her Bible. The Lord honored that request!
Nearly 300 pastors and
family members in the district of San Juan attended a three-day
seminar where Dan Owens, Doug Dennee, and Floyd Roseberry
encouraged them to maintain a healthy spiritual heart and
strengthen their daily walk with the Lord. The seminars were
full of biblical principals and scripture, and provided them
with the knowledge and tools to be good pastors.
The Lord was faithful to
the people of Iquitos and we are celebrating with our new
brothers and sisters in Christ. This is just the beginning of
our two-year commitment to the city of Iquitos. Before the end
of the year we will be returning to follow-up with the pastors
of San Juan, Iquitos and plans are already underway for the
district of Belen in Iquitos. We pray that it will be your
desire to continue to partner with us to reach out to all of
Iquitos.
About
Eternity Minded Ministries
Eternity Minded Ministries is a non-profit 501(c)(3) evangelistic
ministry founded and led by Dan Owens, evangelist, author, and speaker.
EMM is devoted to proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ to a lost
and hurting world, providing humanitarian aid, training disciples, and
promoting renewal and spiritual growth in local churches.
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