The Goshorns Step by Step August 2019 Since the last newsletter, we’ve had a few visitors. First was Daniel. It was awesome having him here for a week. We traveled to the jungle and he was able to drive on some jungle back roads. I think he enjoyed himself:) It’s been 2 years since he’s been in Peru and his Spanish is still better than Jennifer and mine. Not fair. After I took Daniel back to Lima for his return flight to the states, I picked up Julia. Julia was an intern from Asbury that spent 6 weeks with us. She was involved in the programs and attended the prison with Jennifer. She also made a couple trips to the jungle. We enjoyed are time with her very much. Katherine had a great time with her also. While Julia was here we had a team from Covenant UMC come. This was one of the easiest teams we’ve had to prepare for. They spent a week with us in our home and helped with our weekly programs. The team blessed the children in our feeding programs with Bibles. Also, we are thankful they were able to enter the prison and give the women reading glasses, hand out Bibles and have one on one counseling sessions with each of them. We had a little carnival type day at the orphanage and they bought the orphanage two desk top computers and a printer. Pastor Mel also gave the message at two different churches. They, like all our other teams were awesome. If you would like to visit us any time:))) just let us know. I’ve been traveling to the jungle quite a bit lately managing coffee farms and talking to pastors in the area about having Bible studies. Katherine also traveled with me and she was a huge help. We hope to take a medical team there next year. We will have about 8000 pounds of high altitude, organic coffee to ship to the states soon. We’ll
need help finding buyers:) The coffee tested very high in quality. Jennifer and Katherine will be traveling to the States the 20th of August. They’ll be there about two months. They want to spend some time visiting Caleb (The Grandson), and of course the rest of the family. They will be able to speak at a few churches during this time. Let us know if your interested in having them visit your church, it all depends on the dates.
The Christmas food and gift program is coming up. This has been a huge success the past couple years. Families have been blessed with a months worth of food and many kids received their first ever Christmas gift thanks to your support. To sponsor a family it takes $50.00. Let us know if interested. We need to concentrate on raising our support. Please consider joining us if you haven't yet. If you could share our needs, that would be great.
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.
GOD’S MERCY Starting the farm in the jungle has given me the opportunity to meet different people and build relationships with them. I've heard that in a lot of the communities witch doctors are very important and don’t like having outside influence interfere. I haven't experienced this problem yet. What I have experienced are loving people that are open to the Word of God. One of the people I’ve come to know is a woman, we’ll call her Anna. She was involved with the communist terrorist group, The Shining Path. During this time, it was not uncommon to have some family members join the military and others join the terrorist group. Family members fought against each other in battle. Anna and her father were part of this group when the terrorists were very strong in Peru. She was 18 years old and joined because her father did. This group hated Christians and went out of their way to kill them, along with many others. After a couple years, she and her father were captured by the military. The military wanted information but they wouldn’t talk. As a result, they beat her father to death with the butt of a gun and raped her repeatedly for a month. After a year in the military prison she was released. Anna returned to her home a broken woman. My friend, Salvador, was a friend of the family and also a soldier that fought against them. He’s a very strong Christian and helped many that were captured from being abused. He said she was very bitter and her mother didn’t know what to do to help her. Salvador spoke with Anna and she said she didn’t understand how Christians weren’t afraid to die and even prayed for the terrorists before they killed them. Salvador spoke with Anna many times about Christ and his Mercy. After about a year, she started changing and has now devoted her life to Christ. She is now the wife of a pastor and lives very close to our farm. She comes to help clean the fields and pick coffee. It’s very humbling to me when I see the brightness in Anna’s face, knowing what she had done and had gone through. She will not hesitate to share Christ with someone and tell them how He has changed her life. All of us need to do the same and share Christ every chance we have.
Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins”
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P r aye r Re q u e s t s a n d P r a i s e s
Prayers for continued physical, emotional and spiritual protection.
Prayers for additional financial and prayer support.
Prayers for the prison ministry and home visit ministry.
Prayers for travel mercies in Peru.
Prayers for Jennifer’s mom Joan as she battles cancer.
Praises for our Peruvian team and the opportunity to serve in Peru.
Prayers for parenting from a distance. And safety for our children in the U.S.
We are thankful for the support of the body of Christ. We are thankful for our health.
Prayers for Zumilinda, Luzmilda and their family.
Prayers for the Bible study/ feeding programs in Cullpa and Pallian
Pray for Gianfranco & that he will someday hear. Prayers for Jennifer & Katherine while traveling.
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 936559 Atlanta, Ga. 31193-6559 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
Please help by sharing this with whomever you wish.
2 Corinthians 9:7 “
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver”