The Goshorns Step by Step The last few months have been very busy, actually the last 2 years:) We’ve run into a few problems with our residential visas. Every year we need to renew them and since everything was shut down for over a year, there was no way of renewing them. This doesn’t seem to matter to the government and so it’s been challenging. We’ve actually had appointments to get things done and then they shut down again. As of now everything seems to be in process. Please pray that it finishes smoothly. We also had a surprise. Our son Daniel his wife Audrey and their children Calab and Charlotte came to Peru for a month. While they were here they started preparing so that they can move to Peru as missionaries. Please keep them in your prayers and stay tuned for ways of helping them with support. Our Saturday program continues to grow. We have an average of 80 kids and 20 moms. Our team member Natalia is doing a great job leading the lessons. We are also blessed with a little more help preparing the food. Many of these kids and moms have very little to eat each week and so this is huge for them. Our Sunday program just started back up 2 weeks ago. There are around 30 kids that attend this program. Cesia is awesome in leading the kids with Bible lessons and they are also fed a hot meal. We have a meeting with the director of a home for pregnant teenagers. There are around 40 young girls and most are there for protection. We also found out there’s a nursing home not far that we are trying to get permission to enter.
We have consistent groups on Sunday and Tuesday for Bible studies. The studies tend to go pretty long because they have a lot to say and many questions. It’s become very fun:) Along with these things, everything continues as before. There is no work for people and most of them are Venezuelan refugees. We’re still delivering food to around 110 families. The need for medical emergency help has grown. People have no way of buying medicines for diabetes, seizures, heart and many other ailments. Help with rent and utilities has become staggering. We’ve helped with several funerals and also with the difficult deliveries of babies that they said wouldn’t make it. Through all of this help many doors have opened to share Christ. We were finally able to get the cochlear implant surgery done for Gianfranco. He has attended our kids program for many years. Gianfranco was born completely deaf. When we found out he could hear with a surgery we started raising funds. In Huancayo, there’s no program for deaf people and so he could not read or speak. For 9 years he’s been in complete silence and he’s now learning his name, vowels and everything else, just like a newborn.
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.