ABWE - Association of Baptists for World Evangelism

May 7, 2012
Steve and Debi Douglas

• Pray for a meeting June 14-16 in Lima as the South America educators’ team works on a new MA study program. 
• The Douglas family is making the transition to S.A. missionary/administrator ministry as they receive the baton from Bob and Lynne Trout. The official changeover is Oct. 1. Pray for the right leadership to replace them in the ministry at New Life Church. 
• The seminary is working on ideas to take advantage of some of the virtual classes and the new MA program. Pastor Pablo will be the rector.
• The camp is functioning well under their national board. They just added a new member, Bruno Ricalde, who has a vision for the camp ministry.  

May 7, 2012
Glenn and Dorothy Budd

• The logistics for their Easter evangelistic outreach were incredible; they couldn’t have done it without help from many people. The reward was an excellent attendance of 68 (48 unsaved).
• Pray for the unsaved husbands of their church. Glenn has taken them out to lunch to talk about their spiritual needs. Those who are under conviction are faced with strong family pressure to not abandon their religious traditions.
• The Budds years of mentoring David P. is producing a capable coworker with a passion for the ministry. He, along with others, will help cover the ministry while the Budds take a four-month furlough.  

April 30, 2012
Dave and Melanie Woodard

• Dave and Melanie Woodard (furlough) are fully supported again.
• Friends in Peru informed them that there has been serious flooding and mudslides in the mountain villages of Arequipa. 
• Also pray for the leadership team and church family as they continue reaching into the community and prepare for Mother’s Day. 
• Dave continues his medicine transition. Pray that his body would accept this new medicine and it would be effective, or that the Lord would make it clear if he should not continue with it.  

April 30, 2012
Sandy Heim

• Sandy Heim has moved to an apartment within walking distance of her church in Lima. A friend from the U.S. came for two weeks to help with the move. Her sons, fellow missionaries and Peruvian church family have been very helpful and supportive as well. 
• It has been five months since Neil’s homegoing and she is grateful for God’s direction and help during this time of transition. The seminary has 97 students this year and Sandy is teaching a course on "Reading and Study Methods."
• Continue to pray for God´s direction as to the location and purchase of a property that will allow for the continued growth and development of the seminary. 
• Sandy and two other ladies she has discipled in the past are teaching the Ladies Bible Study at church. Her sons and their families are also serving at the church.    
• In May she will begin teaching The Story of Hope at the New Life Prenatal Center.  

April 16, 2012
Lynn Porter

• Lynn Porter is teaching the Wednesday Bible class at the Christian school and helping with some teaching times at the church.
• Please pray that the team they are forming will also be able to reach out to the deaf along the Amazon River.
• Lynn is teaching a class on Christian Evidences to four students. The class lasts until May 10, and after that she may be free of formal teaching responsibilities at the Bible Institute. She will be able to concentrate on taking Source of Light teaching to the deaf in Iquitos. Please pray that the Lord’s will be done in all of this.

April 16, 2012
Andy and Stephanie Pace

• Andy and Stephanie Pace’s church held their first baptism and first Lord’s Supper on Easter Sunday. About a dozen new visitors attended. 
• Victoria was first introduced to Christianity and the Bible while she and her husband lived in Pakistan many years ago. Then, through a series of providential events, when she returned to Peru she attended a Bible Study Fellowship group where she trusted Christ as her personal Savior. Years later, she and her daughter and son-in-law began attending the Paces’ church and recently she decided to obey God’s design and be baptized.

April 9, 2012
Cherri and Donivan Crawford

• Cherri and Donivan Crawford will be serving for their third short-term ministry with Glenn and Dorothy Budd (Chiclayo, Peru) in the camp ministry. 
• Please remember the Crawford family as they serve in Peru, the camp ministry, and for Donivan and Cherri as they continue to consider future career ministry. 
• Nathanael Wilson, a high school student, will also assist in the camp ministry. 

March 26, 2012
David and Evelyn Stone

• Eighty students are registered at the Lima Baptist Theological Seminary. Thirty students began the year studying a mission module "Mission Impossible: Reaching the Unreached," taught by a local pastor who has a dynamic world vision.
• Classes began March 19 and David is teaching Analysis of Daniel and Pastoral Epistles. Evelyn is teaching Self Confrontation and Biblical Applications of Counseling. 
• Pray for wisdom and skill for their son, Jonathan, who has been named the new rector of the seminary.
• Our classrooms are crowded, and we are in urgent need of a new campus. Please pray for God's provision.
• This semester there are students registered via internet from five different cities in Peru.