End of the 2nd day in Matucana, Peru

As our 2nd full day in Matucana is winding down, I think I can fairly say that we are all in awe and wonder of our all-powerful God. He has been pouring out His Spirit everywhere we seem to go and we are amazed at how open and receptive these people are for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Much of the issues in our conversations with them have been through their influence from Catholicism. Yet their respect and high value of the Word of God is evident. Through this we have shared with them what the Scripture truly says about salvation through Christ alone (Ephesians 2, John 14:6). God´s Word is truly alive and powerful and we are seeing it pierce the hearts of several people who we have talked to. Here in Matucana we have shared through music, skits, and Bible stories in the town square where we have seen some great crowds, mainly kids, to spend time with and talk to.
As John shared in an earlier blog, four of our team members (Joel, Tim, Matt, Martin(our translator)) left for a mountain village named Marachaca and will be roughing it out for 3 days before returning to Matucana. Janet has nicknamed them the mountain men :) Pray for them that they would follow the Spirit´s leading, build relationships, and preach the gospel in both word and action. Pray also for those who they will be discipling. We have no contact with them ourselves so they have been constantly on our hearts and in our prayers.
The other team leaving for another mountain village is heading out tomorrow at 8 am. This team is John, David, Tiffany (the missionary), and our translator. Please continue to pray for them as the conditions in that village are similar to the Marachaca village, not good at all. They have concerns over the fact that there are no bathrooms or food they should eat. The last team that came from there all got sick so they will be bringing their own food to keep from the same thing happening. Pray for their hearts to be at peace during their time there as well as their focus and passion to be on Christ as they reach out to these people through the gospel and God´s Word. Pray for the hearts of those villagers to be opened to the gospel and that they would come to a saving faith through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The rest of our team will be staying in Matucana. Two of the teams here in Matucana will be teaching in the school (Miss Janet, Celine, Katie, Morgan and Alnardo, plus Britney (one of the other missionaries). They had their first day teaching today and are all excited for the privilege of teaching these children and sharing the gospel with them. Pray for their hearts to be submissive to the Holy Spirit´s leading as it is hard to know exactly how to interact and speak to these children to direct them to Christ. Pray as well for the hearts of these children as well as their opportunities to go home and share Christ with their families.
The other part of our team (myself (Dan), Chad, Joe, Ryan (translator)). We will be focusing on building relationships with people and setting up times to meet with them at their houses or somewhere in the area. We have had some great opportunities to share Scripture and the gospel with people in the town. We have three home visits tomorrow with people who we have spoken to and want to learn and grow more. The three people are Gary (new believer), Amancia (owner of the hostel we were staying at), and a woman from the town square we met tonight. All of them seem to have hearts which are wide open to the gospel and excited to grow. We sat down with Amancia today for awhile and answered her questions through God´s Word, specifically combating her Catholic religion with the truth from Scripture. We walked out of there with her saying that she understands that it is truly through Christ alone and her pleading for us to come back tomorrow and share more through Scripture. We shared with the other woman who saw Jesus as a good example with good teachings about forgiveness. We were clear with her that Jesus teaches that He is God and the Savior who has come to the world to offer salvation from our sins and take on the punishment that we deserve. Please pray for all these people as well as others who we will be meeting.
We thank you all for your faithful prayers and we are seeing the results of God´s people who are supporting us in prayer. Of course everything that has been done and is going to be done is by the power of God and is all for His glory alone. Please continue to be diligent to intercede for us and we pray that God will fill you with the joy of being a part of His kingdom work in Matucana and surrounding villages.

Always in Christ´s Hands,

Daniel Rumeau