The Goshorns Step by Step August 2018 This is the longest we’ve ever gone without a newsletter and I apologize. Since we arrived back in Peru we’ve been somewhat slammed. Lucky for us, Matthew returned to help out for 6 weeks. I’ll try to fit what I can into this letter:) When we arrived in Huancayo we had to hurry and finish all the preparation for the medical team arriving in one week. Matthew and Jerrod were able to travel to Lima to pick up the team while I finished with the arrangements. We transported around 40 people to the high jungle of Andamarca. This is in the red zone of Peru which means drug trafficking and other things. We had over 400 people in 3 1/2 days and 40 of them were Peruvian soldiers with their commander. This is not a common occurrence. After all the people went through the medical process they visited the spiritual area and talked with our spiritual leaders and received Bibles and other information. Several of the soldiers along with other Peruvians spoke for quite a long time with our leaders. We had 228 people accept Jesus as their Savior. We are now setting up a Discipleship group for them. Our Peruvian team kept our other programs going while we were in the states and working in Andamarca. When we returned to our program in Cullpa there were no kids. We were a little surprised and as we were leaving 40 of our kids came from around a building to surprise us. It was a an emotional moment.
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Next we had to get the legal process done for Zumilinda to live with us. We thought it best for her 11 year old sister Luzmilda to also live with us. The process is done and both parents signed the documents. This is not an adoption. We now can make medical decisions and more. We also enrolled Luzmilda in the same Christian school as Zumilinda. They seem so very happy and they won’t eat now without praying. We also had a week where Asbury UMC in Kentucky helped build a house for a family of 7. They are a very strong Christian family that could not finish a house they had started. Dale from Asbury did an amazing job representing the church. Matthew and I were able to travel to the Jungle and get some important business done. He was so much help and we just loved having him here.
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 Peru.
BIG NEWS!! We are going to be GRANDPARENTS or should I say Daniel and Audrey are going to be parents? It’s so hard to believe that the little boy that traveled with me to Peru 11 years ago is going to be a DAD. I know without a doubt that he and Audrey will be awesome parents. They are due in February of 2019. Please keep them in your prayers.
How much can we love our children? Thinking of our children and now a grandbaby coming has made me think of how much I love my kids. John 3: 16 tells us “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” I feel like no one can love their children more than I love mine, but the Lord has topped me. I’ve heard people say how can the mother of Zumilinda and Luzmilda give them up like she did. She let them go and live with foreigners 8 hours away. She must not love them very much. I think it’s the very opposite. It’s because she loves them so much that she has done this. She knows that they will receive food that she can’t provide, warm beds that she can’t provide, security and medical attention that she can’t provide. We are doing everything we can to keep her involved, but it’s not the same as living with and providing for your children. Could I do this, I don’t know. The thing is I don’t have to. And most of you don’t either. We see the poor and work with them but we’ll never know the pain and sorrows they have. The Lord has put this family in our life and we’ll do our best to glorify Him. Please keep this family in your prayers. 1 John 3:17 “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?”
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Prayers for continued physical, emotional and spiritual protection.
Prayers for the Bible study/ feeding programs in Cullpa and Pallian
Prayers for additional financial and prayer support.
Prayers for Angle and Hilda attending college
Prayers for travel mercies in Peru.
Prayers for Jennifer’s mom Joan as she battles cancer.
Prayers for the prison ministry and home visit ministry.
Prayers for parenting from a distance. And safety for our children in the U.S.
Praises for our Peruvian team and the opportunity to serve in Peru.
We are thankful for the support of the body of Christ. We are thankful for our health.
Prayers for Matthew, he is having wrist surgery soon.
Prayers for Zumilinda, Luzmilda and their family.
Pray for Gianfranco & that he will someday hear.
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: TMS Global PO Box 922637 Norcross Georgia 30010-2637 USA Designate gifts to: “Goshorn Support 5/540” Or online at: www.tms-global.org/give and go to “give to a missionary” and use our name. 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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Philippians 2: 3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.