Following the 7.9 earthquake in August, the Lord put it in our executive director’s heart to start a mission outreach in Peru. I, along with our director, Mary Alice Isleib, and Bill Gibson, COI Operations director,  visited and saw firsthand the many ministry opportunities to help the people and to expand God’s Kingdom. The Lord blessed us with strong connections there to partner with and develop ministries for this disaster relief.  COI now has ministry in Peru!

The main areas where we’ll be working are the towns of Pisco and Ica, which were most affected by the earthquake.  Right now some shelter homes are being built for the people who lost everything. 

 
One of the most important ministries that we could have here is with the children, because they’re very affected by the destruction and loss.  Some of them lost one or more members of their family, along with everything they had. 

 Also, most of the churches were destroyed or damaged and need to be repaired or rebuilt.  Many pastors are struggling without their churches, and most of their members lost their homes too.  Right now is the perfect time to go and bring the gospel because people are open and hungry to hear what God has to tell them. 

Even with all the disaster and destruction surrounding them, you can see that the people are willing to go on, they have hope that one day they’ll have a home again and are ready to work. It is a great blessing that COI can be part of what the Lord will do in this nation.

YOU CAN BE PART OF THE PLAN OF GOD FOR PERU!  

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