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Doug Fakkema e-mailed me the other day asking how the Ministry is going down here. I thought others might be interested in the same thing and this is how I responded:

The work is a lot different than I expected. I haven´t really participated in much of the construction to this point. Most of my time is spent helping set up services and make everything run smooth. Mario is somewhat of an Apostle overseeing a number of projects and Churches so we have service of some type 5 nights a week. I have been overwhelmed, excited, disappointed, and the gambit over and over again in the two months that I have been down here. The next two months will be so little like the first that it is hard to say what will come to pass even next week. The only thing that is keeping me down here really is the surety of calling. I really feel that God closed the door that I opened and opened this one on his own. So although in the world and in my mind it is super easy to get tired of things my welfare can be more accurately tracked by how much time I am spending with God and how close I am to him at any given point. If I don´t seek God´s face at some time during the day I get depressed or pissed or overwhelmed but more often than that I am revelling in the presence of Jesus as I worship, read the word, or simply soak. I guess that all goes to say that I´m holding in there by the grace of God and am excited for the next two months, more to see where God takes me as I lay my life at his feet than because of any construction or any other thing that is happening here in Peru.

On that note this phase of construction is actually finished I´ve got some pics and Mario has more so I probably won´t get it all on the website until Mario returns in June. Expanding the school ended up costing around 1700 dollars and moving a great door (pictures will come) sucked up the rest. On one hand it was exciting to see how far the money went on the other there is so much more to do. I have a great peace and joy with the work that was accomplished thanks to all the money that you guys donated.

I definately need your intercessory prayer and I know that it is helping me keep my head above the water sometimes. Thanks for everything, Luke