The Goshorns Step by Step March 2018 This month we started a prayer group in our home. This is something we should have started long ago. It’s very encouraging to have a group of people praying for one another and praising the Lord together in our home once a week. If you have any prayer concerns we would love to hear them so we can pray for you in our weekly prayer group. We’re excited that we have both Hilda and Angel in college now. As we told you in the past, we have sponsors in the states that are willing to pay for their education. This is a big opportunity for them coming out of the orphanage. They are doing great as of now. They’ve also agreed to attend a weekly Bible study at our house. I started a men’s group a couple months ago and as of now I’m very pleased. This community is ravaged with abuse and alcoholism. I had 12 men one week and 4 the next, attendance is irregular but I truly feel it will grow. We discuss life problems, and struggles they face. The men approached me about learning things such as wiring and better ways to farm. We will work on these things together to build trust and give the men some useful skills. We are studying the book of Matthew. What we do is read a verse and then someone repeats it from memory. The group adds what was missed in the retelling. They tell what part of the passage they like the most and what
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it reveals about God and who they might share this with. This is very slow, but we have time. We are very busy preparing for a couple teams this year. The main purpose is to open doors to share Christ by meeting some physical needs. The medical team will be serving in Andamarka which is a bit deeper in the Andes. I have to travel there quite a bit in order to get everything set up with the community regarding sleeping arrangements, food and so on. We are blessed that the military has offered to fly the medicines there by helicopter. This will insure it arrives safely. They also have a military base on site. The construction team will be coming to Huancayo to help a local Christian family in great need of a dry and secure house. Please keep these teams in your prayers.
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.
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Chance of a Lifetime
. On the first page I told you about Hilda and Angel having the privilege of attending the University here in Huancayo. They are both 18 years old and have lived in the Orphanage for most of their lives. There stories are amazing. They were both picked up while living and sleeping on the streets by the police and taken to the orphanage. The abuse, hunger and hopelessness they’ve known is something most people will never experience. The only home they ever really knew was the orphanage and the were quite nervous about leaving. They loved living there because it was safe and they had 3 meals a day. The law of Peru requires they leave the orphanage the day after their 18th birthday. Last year, Jennifer and I could sense the anxiety in them because they would be turning 18 and had no idea what they would do. We heard them talk about wanting to go to college but they knew it was completely out of reach for them. When Jennifer and I were in the states last year we shared about them and in one church we had people come up and tell us they would sponsor them through all their college years. We were blown away. When we returned to Peru we were able to tell them how their life took a major turn. This is definitely a chance of a lifetime. On Angel’s first day of classes I asked him what he thought and he said it was “beautiful”, I’ve never heard of college described like that. Hilda and Angel can’t figure out why people that they’ve never met from the states would do something like this. They do know that this is a gift from God and they want to learn more. This is a life they’ve never known and so this is going to come with lots of challenges and temptations. We will do what we can for them. What they need is for all of you to keep them in your prayers.
Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Matthew 19:13-14 Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
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The Goshorns Step by Step
P raye r R e q u e s t s a n d P ra i s e s
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
Prayers for the Medical and Construction teams this summer.
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 travel mercies in Peru.
Prayers for Jennifer’s mom Joan as she battles cancer.
Prayers for parenting from a distance. And safety for our children in the U.S.
Prayers for Matthew, he is having wrist surgery soon.
Prayers for Zumilinda and her family.
Prayers for the prison ministry and home visit ministry.
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
Please help by sharing this with whomever you wish.
Isaiah 58:7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?