The Way

In Proverbs 22:6 we read, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." (NIV) It is interesting because it says that if we want mature adult christians then we must train them when they are children. As I have written in my newsletter once when I first came down here to serve I struggled with the fact that much of the ministry was to children. It seemed like a waste of time for me. I wanted to see the finished product. I wanted to share deep theological truths with adults. Now I see that children's ministry is just one part of the work that God does in the church. A farmer first has to plow the ground and then has to sow the seeds then he has to water the first sprouts. It is not till years later that the tree gives fruit. God is the farmer and we are called to work in his fields whatever the season. Here are some of the children we are training in the Way.

World Cup Fever

With all the world cup fever going on a group from Koinonia decided to play soccer one day on a near by court (In Peru soccer is played on a concrete slab). As you can see from the photos just like the rest of the body of Christ we were a mixed group. I also noticed something interesting, during a world cup game just about every T.V. in every store and home in Peru (and probably the rest of the world except U.S.A.) has the game on. It makes me think about the prophecy in revelation that describes the bodies of two witnesses from God being seen by people all around the world. "Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves." Revelation 11:9 (NKJV)