June Update

This month has been amazing. We have seen many people saved through our street dramas, medical clinicis, and conferences. Holly had the opportunity to speak all weekend at the women's conferences. She took Alison Lusted's place as she was not able to come to Peru this June. Last night was the last of the three conferences, and Holly did an awesome job. She was preaching in front of 250 people like she was just talking to me. By the time she was finished, we asked her to stay up and give an altar call for salvation. Then she invited everyone up for prayer, and God just kept moving. The focus for the conference was on Purity, and a lot of these women got their purity back because of the healing that the Lord did in their lives.

We have also seen a lot of amazing things happen on the Drama Teams and in the Medical Clinics. Tody we had our 5th medical clinic, and there were about 200 people seen. It is amazing to see how these things go. We do a full medical clinic for those who are sick and need medicine. We also have an eye clinic for those who need glasses. We are able to give away hundreds of glasses each year during June and November. Alex was out with the Drama Team today, and we stopped at five locations and lead people to the Lord through drama. It is so amazing watching mostly teenagers work together so that people can receive Christ in their lives. These teams go to bed late most nights (12am) and get up early, but they push through all of the tiredness to get the job done. Holly and I welcome them, as it is the only time we really get to hang out with a lot of our friends here in Peru.

Holly and I pray everyone is doing well, and we look forward to seeing you all soon. Please send us an email or give us a call when you can.

Blessings,
Alex and Holly

An Unusual Morning

Yesterday was not a normal morning by any means. NCM's Director of Medicine, Jan, and I were suppose to start the morning by touring two new churches to decide how the medical clinics were going to be set up for next week. Apparently, we had a more important job before we were to leave the church. At about 9:45am, I heard a loud screaching sound like wheels from a bus locking up and then a loud bang. Jan happened to be close to me but did not know what had happened. I grabbed her and told her what had happened. She asked me if we should go check on the man, and I said yes. When we got over to the man, he was not moving, and there was already a big gathering of people. All of them were arguing with one another about whose fault it was, and not one of them was checking on the man. The police were already on the scene, since they stay on the corner where the accident happened. I had to tell them that we were medical professionals so we could get to the man. Jan is, of course, but I am not. The man was not moving at all, and there was blood all around his head.

I ran the 50 yards back to the church and grabbed what we needed (gloves and gauze). When I got back, other police officers had already showed up, and I had to tell them again that we were medical professionals in order to see the man. Jan and I put on gloves and did what we could to stop the bleeding from his head. The man was barely breathing and was not with it at all. Jan told him that Jesus loved him and prayed over him. We then had a pastor's wife show up next to us, and I asked her to share with him the Lord's Prayer. I saw his head move a tiny bit one time when she talked to him about being saved. After that his eyes had no life, and the ambulance was finally showing up (30 minutes after he had been hit by a bus). Unfortunately, the man died in our hands. There was not a lot we could do but hold him and pray with him. There is much more to the story, but I do not want to put that on the blog. Please pray for me, as it has been a little hard. I am not sure how to take a man dying in my hands, but I have had a lot of friends around me that I can talk to.

Blessings,
Alex

May 2008 Newsletter

Hello wonderful people! Thanks for checking up on us and reading our newsletter. If you click on the images, they will enlarge so you can read them easier. We'd love to hear from you! We hope you are well in body and spirit. Thanks for your prayers. You are in ours too!

Blessings,
Alex & Holly