This is a Ceviche, its uncooked fish maranated in lemon. The acid in the lemon cooks the fish without cooking it.

Well it been another week, George and I have been learning alot of Spanish. Last night I could distinguish the different words Pastor was using in his message, though I didnt understand half of them.

Its been amazing how easy it is to share the gospel with people here. When we are dealing with children many times we just start playing soccer with them. Then after about 20 minutes we ask them to sit down and we share the gospel with them. They will sit there and pay close attention throught the whole presentation. Its so different from the states. We just go to a soccer field see kids playing and start playing with them.

Tuesday I got the chance to preach from Eph 5:1-14 with Titus translating for me. It was alot of fun. It was just weird talking through a translator. I had to pause after every sentence while he translated for me. I know it was hard for Titus but he did a good job of translating it.

Wednesday we took a trip to a nearby town called San Clementa. We are exploring the area so Titus can figure out where he would like to come back as a missionary. So we are taking trips to various nearby towns to get a feel for the area. It was a cool town of abou 20,000. We found about four Pentacostal churches there but we are not sure if any teach the gospel or not. From what Titus says the Charismatics in Peru tend to add things to the gospel.

Tonight we went out with the Pastor and people from the church. We visited a family of beleivers in another part of the city, then walked around handing out tracts downtown. It was alot of fun. Pastor´s 10 year old son got saved about two days ago, and he probably handed out the most tracts. He was so excited about telling others.

Please pray that God would,
1. Use the gospel in these peoples lives.
2. Help the young church in Pisco grow both in numbers and maturity.
3. Use the four of us for his purposes.
4. Help us with our health, a few us have some intestinal problems.

With love,
Ryan (aka Mateo here in Peru)

This has been a amazing week. God has been helping us with our Spanish and given us many opportunities to talk with people. On Wednesday we played soccer with some of the local kids and invited them to church. As I am writing this two of the kids are hanging out with us in an internet cafe. On Thursday we walked the streets handing out tracks, then went to the church service at 7. One of the older men in the church really got a kick out of me. He told me I would lose my extra weight walking the streets of Pisco. I laughted and told him I needed to lose it. I am really loving the people.

I think we will learn alot about ministry from Pastor Zabiato and the church in Pisco. What impressed me is how much work he puts into the ministry. We have been out with him almost every afternoon and he has a Sunday morning and night service, as well as a Tuesday and Thursday night service.

Please pray for us, tomorrow we start a childrens program at 10am, then we will walk the streets handing out tracts, and finally we will help with a teen program Saturday night. I am excited but kind of nervous. We will rest in God and trust him to give us ¨"...the will and to do of his good pleasure(Phil 2:13)."

Also pray that we will be good examples to this church, almost all of them are first generation Christians who have been saved two years or less.

With love to my Church family and all my friends,
-Ryan

Walking the streets handing out tracks with Pastor Zabiato

The church we are working with

The other three members of the team acting crazy on a pier

Our hotel for most of the first week