The Goshorns Step by Step August 2015
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We started off the month in Lima. After we saw our team off at the airport we spent an extra four days taking care of our yearly residency papers at the immigrations office. I guess we’re becoming more Peruvian because we can’t wait to leave Lima and head back to the more mountainous areas of the country. Jennifer continues at the women's prison on Mondays. The guards at the door have changed, so now they have some difficulty getting in. They still have access, but are given a hard time. Please be in prayer about this. We also continue traveling to Tinyari on Wednesday’s to help out with the kids. Please continue to pray that these children will continue to grow in knowledge and faith in Christ. Things are going great at the Orphanage. We can see such difference in the staff and house moms since this director has taken over. This is the third director change this year, and everyone seems much more happy and relaxed. She seems much kinder and cares a lot more for the children. Looking ahead we’ve been discussing teams for next year. We have needs for both medical and construction teams. The orphanage is in need of a lot
of repairs, such as windows, doors, paint, plumbing, roof repairs and much more. We would also love to have a kids club along with the construction team. In addition, we have several locations for medical and dental teams. We need doctors, nurses and volunteers to help with everything else. Hosting teams takes a lot of preparation and time, therefore we need to know who is interested as soon as possible. Short term teams from the States really help build relationships, open doors for sharing Christ and allow us to start future discipleship groups. So please prayerfully consider being a part of this ministry. Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
We humbly thank you for your continued prayers and financial support. If you haven’t yet, we ask that you would prayerfully consider financially supporting this ministry in Peru. Without more financial partners this ministry can not continue to grow. We love you all and thank you for being part of God’s work in
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Accepting Christ for the Wrong Reasons
Last month I told you about our team that traveled to an area of Peru that no foreigners have travel to for 70 years. We went there to build relationships in order to share Christ. We did this by constructing a church building so the people of this community would have a place to fellowship, and become stronger disciples for Christ. We had Kids Club everyday so the children of the community could also fellowship and learn about Christ. This is just a part of what happened that week. What I often times experience is that God is working in ways that we haven’t planned for. This was the case during our week in Lucma. Salvador, a Peruvian friend of ours is a huge part of most things we do here. We’ve been blessed to have him in our lives and he was a huge blessing to us and the team this week. Early on in the week Salvador informed us of a woman that has been sick and in bed for two years. He asked if some of us could go and pray over her. When we arrived we had to walk around the back of another building in order to get to her home. To say that people live very primitively is an understatement. We had to climb a ladder up to an outside platform that had dark cloth hung in order to keep the weather from her. Her name is Tiadora, and she has not left her bed in two years. She has been in extreme pain all this time. Her family has not moved her from her bed and she can’t see outside because of the dark cloths used for walls and no windows. When we started talking with her we learned she didn’t speak Spanish, she spoke an indigenous language called Quechua. Fortunately, Salvador speaks Quechua. We wanted to find out if she knew Christ. She informed us that she accepted Christ a few months earlier because she wanted the pain to go away, but it didn’t work. We informed her that you have to accept Christ for the correct reasons. Just because you accept Christ doesn’t mean your life will be better. In fact a lot of times life becomes harder, and that’s okay because we’re guaranteed eternity. She seemed to understand this and we prayed with her for her eternal life and healing. Healing for her could be her eternal life. When we were leaving, the family members were interested in knowing more and we found out that only the 28 year old daughter could read. We visited them again and I gave the daughter a Bible and she seemed very thankful. Her and her husband, who helped with the construction of the church, want to travel to Huancayo and visit with us. We will be sure to visit with them when we return to Lucma.
Before you can have assurance of salvation, you have to believe and be saved. You have to confess Jesus Christ as Lord. Some people assume they are saved because they grew up in a Christian home, or they have gone to church all their lives, or they have been baptized, or they have tried to live a good life. Yet they’ve never personally confessed Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. The Bible teaches that we are all sinners separated from God by a sinful nature. We can never earn, buy, or climb our way into heaven. We can never be saved by our own efforts. That’s why God became a man who lived a wholly righteous life, died on the cross, shed His blood for us, and rose from the dead. He paid for our sins, took our judgment upon Himself, and He offers us the opportunity to be born again and have eternal life. 1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Romans 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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P raye r R e q u e s t s a n d P ra i s e s
Continued physical, emotional and spiritual protection.
Continued financial and prayer support, as well as new financial and prayer partners.
Prayers that relationships at the orphanage will grow.
Prayers that discipleship groups will grow and spread the word of God.
Saftey as we continue to explore ministry opportunities.
Prayers for prison ministries
We are thankful for the body of Christ. We are thankful for our health.
That we trust in the Lord for everything and stay strong in our faith in Him. For Jennifer’s mom, Joan.
Praises for the people in Peru so willing to help.
Prayers for discernment about new ministry opportunities.
Pa r t n e r w i t h u s God has been very clear that we cannot do anything alone. First we need Him, second we need the Body of Christ. We will never be effective ministers of God’s word without your prayers and financial support. Please consider partnering with us to further God’s Kingdom in Peru.
All tax deductible donations may be made to: The Mission Society PO Box 922637 Norcross Georgia 30010-2637 USA Designate gifts to: “Goshorn Support 5/540” Or online at: www.themissionsociety.org/connect/connectmissionaries/people/goshorn
Or visit our website at: www.goshornstepbystep.com Email: teejaygoshorn@yahoo.com Skype: tim.jen.goshorn US Phone (works wherever we have internet): 859-474-2494
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Proverbs 22:6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.