The Lord is evident in the events of our trip to date. We made it through customs without problems - the meds were not a problem at all and the paperwork delay turned out to not create any difficulty at all. There were two public health officials there to meet us and check our drugs for expiration dates - and we then passed through.
Madeleine and team were present at the airport to greet us and we made our way to the hotel in Lima without problem, arriving there at about 2am. Sunday we travelled to Cocachacra, a small pueblo deep in the valleys northeast of Lima. (Beautiful setting, by the way, with great weather and very comfortable accommodations.) The people from the church host are wonderful and we spent some holy moments with them in worship on Sunday night after having set up the clinic supplies and pharmacy that afternoon. One man shared that he had fasted for the past few days in anticipation of the clinic outreach and that he would fast for the clinic days. Others shared that they have been in prayer for one year for their neighbors to come to Christ through the work of the clinic.
Today´s clinic was slow enough to allow us to work the "bugs" out of our systems and processes but was busy enough that it was a fulfilling day for all. The dental work is strong, the medical team is well balanced and working well, the pharmacy is busy and efficient, the public health teaching has started, and the evangelism team is doing a superb job of praying and speaking with each and every patient seen. Today 41 persons prayed to receive Christ and 11 of those people specifically asked that the pastor would visit them in their home in the next week or so. What a blessing to see the Lord´s hand in all of this!
Please continue to pray that God would have His hand in and on all that transpires here, both with each of us individually and with each of the nationals. What a glorious time of fellowship and service this is. ¡It just does not get any better than this!
Blessings to all!
Your Brother in Christ, Steve Belton
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