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.
Not Knowing where to Start I usually try and tell you a story about someone in each newsletter. This month, I just don’t know where to start. Fransico, a 31 year old Venezuelan who is completely alone in Peru, was diagnosed with tuberculosis and HIV positive. The law says the hospital has to help with TB because it’s contagious but not with anything else. He was in so much pain but they would not give any pain medicine. All meds have to be paid for, and so if any money came in it would go towards the meds that they supplied and not for pain. They ended up tying him down and taping his mouth. This went on for quite awhile and when we checked on him again they had released him and we have no idea where he is. Nora is a 30 something Venezuelan who has cancer throughout her body. She’s in Peru with her older father who sells popcorn on the streets. Nora decided she wanted to help others with the time she has left. She was actually trying to help Fransico and she also has no idea where he is. She has no way of paying for any treatment for herself and so we’ve been helping her too. Erica is a 28 year old Venezuelan who lives in Peru with her 3 young kids. She was having trouble feeding them and when we started bringing food the kids would run out to the street to help and yell to their mom “look we have food”. I found out she was starting to sell her body to pay for food and rent but for now she’s stopped. Rosanna, Dulce, Isa, Myra and so many more became so excited to find jobs. They work for around 50 cents an hour, 6 day a week and 10 to 12 hours a day. Like I said, they’re so excited until they work for a month and the employers don't pay. Myra is in her 50’s and the owner told her if she started giving massages she could make more money, but Mayra would not agree to do that. So, now she is selling candy on the street. The families that worked in the petroleum business in Venezuela, the professional sports players, the nurses, doctors, teachers and lawyers make up some of the families we bring food to each month. They can barely pay rent and just survive day to day. Some attend Bible studies in our home and it’s very rare to hear anyone complain. Salvador is one of our Peruvian teammates. He and his family have very little money but want to serve the Lord. He sees what we’re doing and is amazed. I tell him it’s the Lord working through all of us. He had some coffee from his farm and he asked if I would drive him to a small co-op so he could sell it. I dropped him off and waited in my truck. When he returned he held out the money that he made and said he wanted me to use this to buy food for the Venezuelans and that he was sorry for the way they are treated by some of the people in his country. As you can understand, I just didn’t know where to start. Luke 3: 10-11
“What should we do then?” the crowd asked. John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”
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P r aye r R e 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.
Pray for Gianfranco & that he will learn to speak and learn.
Praises for our Peruvian team and the opportunity to serve in Peru.
We are thankful for the support of the body of Christ. Thankful for new partners.
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 Zumilinda, Luzmilda and their family.
Thankful we can provide food and medical help for families in need during this crisis
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
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Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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