To Our Faithful Supporters,
I read a quote recently that said:
“Escape from Routine Life into favorite moments”.
These last two months have not been out of routine for us. The country was in unrest with Covid restrictions and strikes just two months ago but now has lifted some restrictions with some districts over 80% fully vaccinated seeing a lift on face mask requirements. The strikes have been resolved as the Peruvians would like to get back to normal routines.
Nisha was able to safely travel to the States for a couple of weeks to attend our daughter’s graduation and spend time with family. I remained in Perú to keep the ministry going forward. I found out quickly that trying to accomplish all my routines as well as Nisha’s was difficult in and of itself besides adding all the other projects to complete while she was away. The difficulty of spring cleaning and projects is that you end up creating a bigger mess. In just a couple of days I found myself not being able to find a chair to sit on since the furniture was pushed into the center of the room and covered in order to paint. Workers were building a roof over the patio and all the patio items filled walk spaces in the house. Some church helpers were sand blasting the cement walls to get them clean and dust filled the air. New church signs were installed as well as updated fliers and tracts. Church curtains cleaned as well as chairs and tables. With just a couple of days before my wife was to return with visitors I found myself cutting a few projects out to be sure to return the house to proper order in time. Someone from the church offered to watch our house and pets so that I could take the 10 hour drive to the capital city (Lima) to pick up my wife and son (Matthew). Upon our return to the jungle we stopped at Huancayo to witness our son get engaged to his girlfriend (Paty). She accompanied us to Oxapampa to assist in our ministry during the month of May and be with our son to make future plans.
The month of May found us starting our Kids Club back up in person with thirty kids and 11 adults coming to observe and help. Celebrating Mother’s Day was encouraging for the church. We’ve now returned to all our church services to meeting in person on Sunday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s. The rainy season has ended and we are seeing more sunny days. It was a blessing to break from our routines to make new memories and it was also extremely tiring with the traveling, projects, ministry and entertaining of visitors.
We are looking forward to reestablishing a good routine and seeing God continue to work in and through us as we remain His faithful servants. Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Prayer List:
- God would provide funding for us to purchase adequate land for the church to grow.
- For more laborers to meet the needs in the church.
- The Peruvians struggling in poverty with inflation and Covid recovery.
- The Kids Club starting up again.
- The marriage plans of our son Matthew.
- Our children working summer jobs to raise enough money to return to college.
- The Spiritual Growth of our church.
Serving a Great God,
Jon & Nisha Harris
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