"I Once Was Blind" (Peru - April 5, 2005)

God continues to move in amazing ways among us. on monday the teams went out for the entire day to work with their respective churches. here are just a few highlights . . . one team is at the top of the mountain working among the poorest of the poor. as i was driving up to check on them there must have been 100 children surrounding the youth. upon arrival we learned that when they showed up the community was so excited about the visitors that they started coming to the home where the future church will be planted. the team hardly went house to house because they were bombarded by whole families that wanted to receive Christ! In all they saw over 30 adults come to Christ and were able to minister to their children as well!

when i arrived to check on another team one of the youth was leading a husband, wife and their 3 children to faith in Christ. with joy this family was changed in an instant!

many of the students have said that this is the first time they have ever led someone to Christ and in a single day they saw as many as a dozen come to faith! What a blessing to hear the reports and to see the joy on their faces. last night they shared that after just one day, they are already thinking about ways to be more bold in their witness back home. watch out Atlanta!

Finally i want to share with you a story of a man that i was able to share with. as i sat on the bus waiting for a team a 70 year old man just got on the bus thinking that it was a public transport. when he sat down he looked around and asked what all the gringos are doing here. i started to share with him. immediately he told us of a dream that he had where he was walking over a mountain and saw a single staircase leading up into heaven. when he climbed the staircase he could see God from a distance and God was asking him why he was not worshipping on his knees and that he needed to draw near to God and worship. As I shared the evangecube with him the old man realized that Jesus is the ONLY WAY to heaven and that through a relationship with CHrist he can draw near to God and worship. He placed his faith in Christ with tears in his eyes and afterward shook everyones hand on the bus in gratitude for the hope that he received. one of the local church leaders met with him and they arranged a time for discipleship in the mans home. thats just the kind of trip we are having ... God seems to be sending people to us faster than we can get out to them!

keep praying! God is using your prayers. For all you Crossroads folks, youre team is doing a FANTASTIC job. everyone is healthy and secure.