Daniel and Amparo are a wonderful couple that God blessed to have a part in bringing to Christ many years ago. Daniel’s mother was one of our first members of Hunter Baptist Church back in the early 90′s. It took a very long time for Daniel to come around and accept Christ as his personal Savior. He finally did accept Christ at a youth meeting where he was waiting for his girlfriend (which is now his wife). Amparo also came to christ many years ago and they have been serving in ministry together for many years. Most recently they have been serving in the country of Uruguay for the past three years.
After a lot of prayer they felt the need to return to Peru and work here and this is where the story gets interesting.
Nobody knew what we were about to face when my brother announced they were expecting. But, God has everything mapped out and knows what’s going on! God was leading Daniel and his family back from Uruguay for the “unknown”. The doors have been opened for Daniel to come be a part of Omega and work as a paid co-pastor. He will definitely help lighten the burden of Chris’ absence while in the U.S. Please continue to pray for the following people that are going to be taking charge of the church while Chris is gone: Edgar Galdos
He is also on staff at the church as a pastor. Daniel Lopez
I’ve already told you enough about Daniel. David Gardner
I will be working as the music pastor and also the youth pastor. I’m sure there will be plenty of other things I need to fill in with. Jeremy Hall
Jeremy is doing great with his spanish and will be able to help in so many ways. He is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met.
Please pray for each of these people as we are taking on this new challenge. Thank you for the time you have already invested in praying and giving, but the game isn’t over, we still need you. Keep praying, keep going, keep giving.
Alex has really come a long way and God has definitely been working in his life in great ways since he accepted Christ last year. I thank God for giving me such an awesome privilege of having a part of seeing him grow and also being able to baptize him. Please pray for him as he is growing and starting to bring many of his friends along with him.
this is the second baptism in the church, but the first baptism in the church building. Everyone was excited to see a young man get saved, discipled and baptized all through the church. I can’t tell you how excited I am to just be a small part of what God is doing. I really am humbled and amazed at all that He is doing through us.
Here is the video. Enjoy!
Now that I have finally been allowed back into my blog by the wonderful people at WordPress, I would like to update all of you on a huge event that we are planning for Sunday. Inauguration Sunday!
Please be praying this huge event. We are praying that it will be the biggest event we have had yet at Omega! Our highest attendance was around 135 people (if I’m not mistaken). But, we want to get up to 300 on Sunday. We have passed out over 8,000 flyers throughout the city, we have rented inflatable slides for the kids from the neighborhood and a whole lot more. We are trying to do all that we can and leave the results up to God. I’m not asking you for money, so it’s okay! Don’t panic! I just want you to pray with us that many will come be part of the service and hear the gospel of Jesus. Thanks in advance for all of your prayers!
Praise God! Yesterday we had a meeting with the landlord of the building we are trying to rent for the new church plant (Omega Baptist). We were able to negotiate everything and should be signing a contract on Monday. With all the excitement of a new church building we also have the need for our startup fund ($10,000). The church has already given some of that, but we are still far from our goal. Please pray with me that God would raise that money for the church. There are so many plans and dreams for the church but we need God in the middle of it all. He will glorify His name through all of this. Stick around to watch or even join in and be a part of it.
I will post some pictures and video soon. Stay tuned.
Please be praying for our opportunities to rent a building that is in a great place right next to one of the biggest colleges in Arequipa. The price for the rent is extremely cheap for the space and the area that it is located in. There have just been some disconnects between the landlord and ourselves and we are trying to get all of that worked out. The landlord is an elderly woman that is confusing us with some other people that have been interested in the building. I think the question of the day was when she asked “how are you guys going to start a night club and a church in the same building?”. Anyway, just pray that things go well from now on.
