New EBI Distributorship opens in Lima, Peru

Last prayer letter we mentioned the need for local distributors of EBI materials. We have also kept you up to date on our dialogue with the radio station in Peru, Red Radio Integridad, and of their desire to serve in this way. BMM missionary Stanley Templeton along with a highly qualified and passionate team of Peruvian brethren minister via radio to the more than 10,000,000 inhabitants of Lima.  We have recently partnered with them to make this distributorship a reality. In November we shipped to Lima our largest order ever – 174 boxes of materials. We praise the Lord to report that the materials arrived on Lima without a hitch and that they will begin distribution soon.  Here is a letter we received from Stan upon reception of the materials: 

"I cannot thank you enough for all that you and so many others have done to help us in the work of the Lord here in Peru. This literature will go out to all parts of Peru. Please express our deep appreciation to all your literature team for all they have done. We are just so thankful to have people like you who supply us. You may never know this side of Heaven all the good this literature will do. How many children will hear the dynamic Bible stories with attractive visuals that capture their attention as God's Word filters into their hearts to water the seed of the Gospel! I get so excited just thinking about it!

We will soon be making another order from you. We are working on planning for next year and would like to do an EBI literature conference. If that goes well, we might do this on a yearly basis or every 2 years. But to do this, we would have to have huge supply of EBI literature on hand. A shipment of this size (174 boxes) would not be enough for that kind of conference."

Can you sense his excitement? This is the typical response when EBI materials are available to national pastors and churches.

Please continue to pray with us as we seek to open similar distributorships in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, and beyond.

174 boxes of EBI literature, prior to shipment to Peru

Great Trip to Mexico City!

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth." 3 John 1:4

      Lisa and I experienced similar emotions during our recent trip to Mexico City. Eight years after our departure, the Iglesia Bautista de Fe remains strong. The people are growing in their relationship with Christ, their lives are being transformed by the power of the Gospel, and they are effectively sharing their faith with those around. them.

     Lisa and I traveled to Mexico for nine days in mid-November to participate in the church's twelfth anniversary. This was a special day of renewed acquaintances, encouraging worship, and a delicious banquet.
     You may remember that several years ago the church suffered the loss of their pastor due to infidelity. Currently the church is being pastored by Jorge Rodríguez. We praise the Lord that God continues to build the church and we ask that you would continue to pray for their growth as well as the calling of a Mexican pastor.
     A few days later Lisa and I traveled by bus to Irapuato, a city some 200 miles northwest of Mexico City. Missionary lacy Wheeler serves as a distributor of EBI materials in the central section of Mexico. I was able to preach in his church, visit his bookstore, and strategize about better means of literature distribution.
     On Friday, we returned to Mexico City to minister at the Iglesia Bautista Roca Eterna. Pastor Eduardo Ortiz is a student in the MABS Program that EBI offers through Piedmont International University- God is using Pastor Ortiz in an amazing way. During our time together with them we were able to visit and present the Gospel to several unsaved families that were visiting the church. I was also able to speak at a deacon{s retreat on Saturday and then preach twice at the church on Sunday.
     We praise the Lord for a great trip and for all that He is doing in Mexico.

Iglesia Bautista de Fe

Missionary Lacy Wheeler