NOV 27 - DEC 7, 2022 ----- PLUS ----- Jun 22- Jul 1 Trip
Mission Trip Story
DEC 2022 – MISSION TRIP
In July of 2019, Pastor Barry Clingan of The Church in Trophy Lakes, Trophy Club, TX, and his best friend Pastor Bobby Atkins of Truth Tabernacle of Praise, in Stone Mountain, Ga, led a mission team to Bretana, a village of about 3000 people, deep into the Amazon Jungle area of Peru. Bretana is an eight-hour “fast boat” ride down the Amazon River from the large city of Iquitos. The trip was to provide support for the ministries of the four pastors there, Jose and Clara Fraguela, and their daughter Jazmin and her husband Larri Ramirez.
In February of 2020, Pastor Barry returned with a small team to lead a pastor’s conference in Iquitos for the village pastors that had been put in place by Pastor Jose and Pastor Clara along a 125-mile stretch of river north and south of Bretana, during their years of ministry there.
Covid restrictions prevented a return in 2021, but starting in early 2022, the planning for another mission trip to Bretana began to take shape. Just as in 2019, this trip would also be a ministry to the village of Bretana; but would also include visits to several near-by village churches.
But as this trip developed, the idea unfolded of building a new church in one of the villages supported by Pastors Jose and Clara’s ministry. Not only a new church, but this mission trip would also include the building of a full-size regulation volleyball court that the village pastor could use for new programs. Manco Capac, a village of approximately 500 people, a one-hour fast boat ride north of Bretana, was selected by Pastor Jose as the site.
In September and October of 2022, the plans for the trip went into full gear with a departure date of Sunday November 27th selected for the eleven-day journey. But numerous issues existed in Peru that made this trip seem almost impossible. Pastor Jose’s larger boat was under physical repair and his smaller boat was out of service. A 100hp engine had to be totally rebuilt and no funds were available. Materials for the new church had to be procured and delivered to the village. In addition, the details of how to physically get the missionary team from Iquitos to Bretana had to be worked out.
But Pastor Barry and Pastor Bobby got busy. Their respective church members donated “significant funds” in literally a 60-day window. The materials for the new church were obtained, delivered to Manco Capac by river barge, and Pastor Larri and his crew of four carpenters completed “some” construction of the new church in late November, before the team arrived. Parts for the boat and for one engine were obtained. The boat was repaired prior to the team's arrival. As this journey evolved, it became the tale of three stories which, without God in the center of each, would never have happened.
The actual journeys from Texas and Georgia to Iquitos and then on to Bretana was the first story. The building of the new church and volleyball court was the second story. The actual ministry work in Bretana and surrounding villages was the third story. And by God’s Will, there was a FINAL STORY.
FIRST STORY: Pastor Barry and Pastor Bobby both brought six-person teams, which included themselves, to Peru, and both teams experienced flight connectivity issues that could easily have delayed, or even derailed the trip. The plans entailed flying into Miami, connecting to Lima, Peru then connecting to Iquitos. But flight delays affected both groups. The Dallas team made it onto the flight to Lima in Miami by literally 90 seconds. By God’s grace, all their baggage transferred as well. The Atlanta team could not get to Lima in time to make the scheduled flight to Iquitos, but thankfully was able to make it onto another flight that arrived just after noon on Monday. God’s plans for this trip were not to be thwarted!
The repaired engine was being installed on Pastor Jose’s boat the afternoon that the team arrived into Iquitos, but the controls were not working properly. Forward throttle put the engines in reverse, and reverse throttle put the engines going forward. They would be looked into the next morning and hopefully repaired. In addition, Pastor Jose’s boat could only carry 12 passengers and there were 15 in total that needed to get to Bretana.
After flying all Sunday night to get to Iquitos, it was decided that the majority of the two groups would have to take a barge ride from Iquitos to Bretana, a 22+ hour trip going all Monday night and arriving around 3PM Tuesday afternoon into Bretana. Five others would take Jose’s boat, assuming it could be fixed to run properly the next morning, and make the eight-hour journey down the Amazon to Bretana. Enroute, they would stop off in Manco Capac to pick up Pastor Larri’s large generator that was there for the initial church construction. A major political issue had cropped up in Bretana causing ALL electricity to be suspended for the entire village, unless generators were available for limited local use.
On a side channel the boat abruptly went aground on a sandbar, as the river is constantly changing its direction under the surface of the water. With considerable effort, Pastor Larri was able to get it unstuck and thankfully no one, nor the props to the two engines, was hurt or damaged.
Just shy of Bretana, Pastor Jose’s boat carrying Pastors Jose, Larri, Barry, Bobby and Wes Lammey from the Georgia group was stopped by local villagers in dug-out canoes armed with clubs and large bow and arrows, but was allowed to continue on into Bretana when they realized it was Pastor Jose and Pastor Larri, and not someone supporting the opposing views with the major controversy going on. With God’s blessings, everyone made it into Bretana late Tuesday afternoon.
SECOND STORY: From the onset, the initial plan was that three members of the team would peel off and go to Manco Capac to help finish building the church. But as plans for the trip were finalized, two of the men were needed for the work planned for the main mission team, leaving only one for the church construction. On Tuesday night in Bretana, it was decided that the men on the mission team, less the one on the construction team, would try to meet with the two base factions that were at odds over how to handle a large sum of money set aside by the Oil company operating near Bretana. Their boat ride to visit the “locals” took all of Wednesday morning, and their mediation meeting with the “Locals” and “Nationals” all afternoon and into the evening. The “Locals” were demanding that all the funds be spent on the villages surrounding Bretana. The “Nationals” felt it was money to be spent by Peru as a country. Regrettably no agreement could be resolved, but God worked in an amazing way at both sites (see THIRD STORY below). That full day and evening of activity on Wednesday delayed the trip of four carpenters, and the one team member, until Thursday; and the work still to be done in Manco Capac was quite massive, with one less day to get it all done.
There were five goals established for Manco Capac prior to ever going to Peru: 1) Build a podium for the local pastor to use in the new church, 2) Build a regulation size volleyball court, 3) Paint the exterior of the new church, 4) Place a bible in concrete opened to the highlighted passage of 2 Chronicles 7:14-16 (suggested by Pastor Jose), and 5) Finish building the church. While the men were dealing with the local issue, the remaining team member, along with Pastor Larri’s carpenters, fully constructed and stained a beautiful podium that was loaded onto Pastor Jose’s boat Thursday morning and carried to Manco Capac.
With the podium already built, the next two days were just amazing, for with God’s help the volleyball court was finished, the church was completed and painted, and the bible was encased in cement at the front entrance – all five objectives accomplished.
Everyone returned to Bretana Saturday evening for a 25-year anniversary major celebration at Pastor Larri’s church on Sunday, which included a large community meal afterwards. The preparation for the meal after church began at 4AM that morning with multiple large pots on several grills over open flames. Chicken, rice and beans were served to over 300 people.
Then, on Monday morning, while most of the team returned to Iquitos via the slow barge ride (22+ hours), Pastors Jose, Barry, Bobby, Larri, and Jazmin, with the one team member involved with the final construction, stopped off in Manco Capac and dedicated the new church, while enroute back to Iquitos via Pastor Jose’s boat.
THIRD STORY: The ministry team consisted of seven men and four women, and what God used them to accomplish during their time in Bretana was simply amazing. The men, in dealing with the major political issue, eased the tensions at the “Locals” river site, and led 30 men to Christ right next to the oil derrick there in Bretana. A men’s conference involving men from all four Christian churches in Bretana and a major woman’s conference were held resulting in a sense of cooperation between the four Bretana Christian churches there that has never occurred before. In the main plaza of the village, the team led over 20 people to Christ. Two teenagers from the Dallas team gave powerful personal testimonies at the only high school in Bretana and over 100 youth came forward to accept Christ as their personal savior.
While Pastor Jose founded the major church in Bretana, over time Pastor Larri, became its pastor while Jose concentrated on the larger ministry. On Sunday, the twenty-five year anniversary service and lunch afterwards were truly dramatic. Pastor Larri was prayed over by Pastor Bobby. Pastor Barry preached, with Pastor Jose interpreting, and over 65 people came forward either rededicating their lives to Christ, accepting Christ, or seeking prayer for personal issues. All twelve team members participated in praying over every single person that came forward. Interpretation was not necessary as God was fully at work, through the Holy Spirit.
There were 144 kids in attendance and they were divided into age groups and ministered to by Pastors Clara and Jazmin in a building next to the church called the School of the Supernatural (SOS). It was named SOS in that, except for God’s supernatural grace, the finances to build this two-story facility, initially begun in 2015, would never have materialized. It is still under construction and will be a full-time pastoral training facility once completed.
Several teenagers, including our two team members, gave a terrific skit that was presented at the Sunday night service depicting how a person can walk with Christ, but the sin of the world pulls them away, but then they choose to return to Christ’s love. Choreographed by Pastor Jazmin that afternoon, and set only to music, it was truly dramatic.
FINAL STORY: One of Pastor Bobby’s team members arrived carrying a sizeable donation from his personal church, House of Glory located in Gainesville, Ga. He had learned about the ministry in Bretana from Pastor Bobby and desired to be a part of the team coming down. His church decided to send financial support with him to aide the ministry in some major way. The instructions from his church were to let God show him, while there, how their funds could best bless the overall ministry.
On Wednesday, a decision was made that the men would get on Pastor Jose’s boat and return to minister to the local villagers that had stopped the boat on the river the day before. But the 3-wheeler ride to get to the boat from where the men were staying became a major issue. The clutch kept slipping and the vehicle kept shutting off. Pastor Larri had to restart it over and over as the wagon was just worn out. On that trip, God told this team member that his church’s blessing should be a new, but much larger, 3-wheeler wagon to replace this highly used one. He called his wife that evening, and discussed with her what he wanted shared with their church that was going to happen when everyone returned to Iquitos. The two of them agreed to cover any cost of the new 3-wheeler vehicle if it exceeded what his church had already provided, which was $5000.
So, in Iquitos, he took Pastors Larri and Jazmin to a wagon store, but instead of a small 3-wheeler like the one that was worn out, after letting them look at similar size wagons to what they already had for several minutes, he called them over and pointed to a very large, “heavy duty”, 3-wheel wagon and told them that was what they were getting. They were dumbfounded and immensely grateful.
It cost $5000 and was a further message to this team member that this was what God wanted the funds spent on. It literally has all the “bells and whistles” that such a high-quality vehicle of this type can have, and will be a blessing to the ministry in Bretana for years to come. When Pastor Larri eventually got it back to Bretana, it took eight men to offload it from the river barge. As of this writing, there is nothing like it in Bretana – it’s that big and powerful.
MAJOR RESULTS: Several days after returning to the USA, the team received word from Pastor Jose that a large revival has broken out in Bretana based on the mission team’s work there; and word of the new church has spread causing two more village pastors to approach Pastor Jose asking if he could help them build a church in their villages in the near future.
PRAISE GOD – WHAT AN AMAZING TRIP!
testimony - pastor wes lammey - house of glory church
My name is Wes Lammey and my wife and I are Pastors of the House of Glory Home Church in Gainesville, Ga.
Through a member of Pastor Bobby Atkins’s church, Truth Tabernacle of Praise in Stone Mountain, Ga., I came to know about the missionary work being done in the Amazon Jungle of Peru by Pastor Jose Fraguela, his wife Pastor Clara, their daughter Pastor Jazmin and her husband Pastor Larri Ramirez.
Their base of operations is the village of Bretana, Peru, and they minister to villages in a 125 mile area of that part of the Amazon River. Over the years, they have established a number of pastors and churches within several small villages along the river.
I was excited to learn in October that Bobby and his best friend Pastor Barry Clingan in Texas were putting together another trip dated for late November involving 12 people. I learned that the team going down would be comprised of a “Missions team” and a small “Construction team” as it was being planned to build a new village church while we were all there. My wife and I prayed over this, and owning a construction company, I volunteered to be a part of the “construction” team – but God had other plans.
As the trip began to materialize, our church decided that they wanted to take care of some type of a major need that the missionaries had in Bretaña. Our church decided to allot $5000 to this and we were trusting the Lord would show me what that need was while I was in Bretaña.
The journey to Bretana was truly an interesting one. Our five members from Georgia encountered a delay in our flight from Atlanta to Lima causing us to miss our connecting local flight to Iquitos. We were meeting up with the six-person group from Texas, and one other person from Pastor Bobby’s 2019 team that is now a full-time missionary there and has an apartment in Iquitos and a home in Bretana.
Everyone was gathering in Iquitos for the eventual boat ride down the Amazon River to get to Bretana. With God’s grace, we were able to get on a later flight and instead of getting into Iquitos at 9:30AM on Monday, we arrived around 2:30PM. But problems still existed as Pastor Jose’s boat was still being repaired, and even fully functional could not carry everyone.
We split into two groups with most taking a 22+ hour barge ride to Bretana and five of us, myself included, taking Pastor Jose’s boat the next morning. And what an experience that turned out to be. We stopped in the small village of Manco Capac, where initial work on the new church was under construction, to pick up Pastor Larri’s large generator. Word from Bretana was that a major conflict was underway in Bretana and that all electricity had been suspended pending a resolution. Pastor Larri needed the generator to power his house, where all the men on the trip were to stay.
Just shy of Bretana, our boat was intercepted by natives in dug-out canoes carrying clubs and large bows and arrows. They were part of the “Local faction”, against the “national faction”, in a massive dispute as to who would get control over $33 million dollars the oil company in Bretana had setup in a trust-like fund. Once they realized it was Pastor Jose and Pastor Larri, they let us pass; but it was clear to all of us that we needed to return and minister to this group.
The next day, Wednesday, we returned by boat to the area the “locals” were inhabiting, and overall helped to diffuse “some” of the anger. Using one of Pastor Larri’s 3-wheelers to get to the boat took time as the vehicle was just simply worn out. The clutch kept slipping and Pastor Larri had to restart it multiple times. It was on that ride that God spoke to me that the funds that had been allocated from my church should be spent in replacing that vehicle. By the Grace of God, I was able to reach my wife and we agreed if the new vehicle cost more than $5000, we would make up the balance. I let Larri and Jasmine know that the Lord wanted to bless them and He had put it on our churches heart to provide them with a new 3-wheeler. They were speechless and told me that had been a prayer request for a long time.
Later that afternoon, we attended what was billed as a mediation meeting between the “locals” and “nationals”, and at the actual oil derrick itself we led an effort that brought thirty men forward to accept Christ. Regrettably, we could not help settle the issue as both sides were just totally dug-in on who should gain control of these funds – but our efforts did help get the ban on electricity in Bretana removed.
On Thursday we all participated in a men’s conference involving all four major Christian churches in Bretana. It was exciting to be a part of bringing the four churches into a closer working relationship than had ever been experienced in Bretana before our involvement.
We visited a few villages and ministered to the people, but our next major involvement was on Sunday as over 65 people came forward for prayer, after the morning service. Using oil, myself and the other team members prayed individually over everyone, and interpretation just was not needed as the Holy Spirit was in the midst of us all. An after-church meal was given to the over 300 people present, and Sunday evening more ministry occurred at that evening’s service.
When we returned to Iquitos, on Tuesday morning I had Pastors Larri and Jazmin take me with them to a 3-wheeler dealership. Initially, Larri was looking at 3-wheel vehicles the same size as his current worn-out one. I didn’t understand the exchange rate from dollars to Solis. I kept asking for the price in dollars, and when they finally came with the conversion for the one Larri was looking at, the amount was only $3000. I pointed at the biggest, most fully-equiped one they had, and asked “Quantos dollars”? The salesman added it up on his calculator and said $5000. It was confirmation to me that this was what our church was supposed to purchase for them. I called Larry and Jasmine over to that big 3-wheeler wagon and said –do you like this one? It’s yours. They were overwhelmed. Pastor Larri was so humble and thankful for this major gift. God was blessing them for their dedication and commitment to His service. It was a moment of joy that I will cherish for the rest of my life, and to report back to my church what happened was just a wonderful experience as well.
That week in Peru, I became part of “the family” with Larri and Jazmine. We are a “Kingdom Connection” that I know is going to be a lifetime friendship for me. I was truly blessed to be a part of this trip.
Pastor Bobby tells me another trip will be planned, maybe even in 2023, and I hope to be a part of that team as well.
Testimony - jim thomas - the church at trophy lakes
In July of 2019 I had the privilege of going with my church on a mission trip to Bretana, Peru where I met and felt a deep connection with, and love for, the four missionaries there. I have stayed in constant contact with the senior missionary, Pastor Jose Fraguela, ever since; mostly via Facebook Messenger.
In late 2021, I learned that he desired to re-startup work on a large building next to their church in Bretana, called SOS. The School of the Supernatural, when completed, will become a pastoral training facility for all the village pastors he and his wife Clara have established along the Amazon River near Bretana. In discussions, it became apparent that a new website for their ministries might help generate the additional monies needed for the building, as well as other expenses they were facing.
Starting in February of 2022 and lasting for five months, a website for them was built. It took that long as it was very difficult getting all the detail information needed from them, as the site is both “informational” as well as a means for on-line donations. During the process, it came out that it was now time for his ministry to build another village church, if funds could be raised, as several villages had pastors, but no buildings.
When I was there in 2019, I became aware of just how big a sport volleyball is in the small villages so I asked Pastor Jose if a full-size court was built, along with the church, would the local pastor be interested. The answer was a resounding yes.
The trip in 2019 was organized by my pastor, Barry Clingan, and his best friend Pastor Bobby Atkins in Georgia. As discussions continued to develop, Pastor Barry and Pastor Bobby decided to put together another mission trip to Bretana. Five people from both ministries, including the two pastors, departed for Peru on Sunday November 27th for a thirteen-day trip. I was part of the Texas team.
In numerous conversations with Pastor Jose, and extensive prayer as the trip was being put together and finalized, I developed five major activities that I felt God wanted me to accomplish while there. 1) Build a nice podium for the village pastor’s use in his new church; 2) Build a full-size volleyball court; 3) Paint the church if possible; 4) Encase an open bible in cement at the entrance to the church with 2 Chronicles 7:14-16 highlighted; (Pastor Jose suggested this scripture be used) and 5) Complete as much of the church building as possible while there.
We flew all Sunday night and arrived into Iquitos, Peru Monday morning. Then, circumstances with Pastor Jose’s boat, required that most of the team take a 22+ hour barge ride going all Monday night and arriving into Bretana Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, while all the other men were involved trying to help with a massive problem in Bretana, I worked with three carpenters to build and finish what turned out to be a really beautiful podium which we took to Manco Capac the next day on Pastor Jose’s boat.
Manco Capac is a mid-size village of about 500 people and is a one-hour fast-boat ride north of Bretana. It was selected as the site for the new church by Pastor Jose, and some construction had already been done on the new building prior to our arrival in Peru.
During my entire time there, my cell phone was set to go off every day at 6AM; but God had other plans. His cell phone, the village roosters, brought me out of bed every day around 5AM. I quickly realized it was God’s way of saying to me --- get up, you’ve got a lot of work to do!
When I, along with four carpenters, arrived into Manco Capac around noon on Thursday, I was stunned at how much work still needed to be done, and everything completed by Saturday evening as we all had to return to Bretana for a 25th year celebration on Sunday for Pastor Larri’s church (Pastor Jose’s son-in-law and the senior pastor for their Bretana church).
Prior to departure from Texas, two things occurred that eventually helped me immensely in Manco Capac. Only one person there, the lead carpenter, spoke a few English words, and my Spanish was equally limited. So, based on advice from another team member, I down-loaded the Google Translate App and a Spanish Vocabulary App onto my cell phone. I also prepared “explanation” sheets in Spanish on all the five tasks I hoped to accomplish while there. Using these sheets and the translate capability, communication turned out to be a non-issue while there. In the midst of all my planning, God was leading and guiding me.
By starting VERY early every morning, and planning what each person needed to do each day, with God in control we managed to complete all five of the major tasks that were planned before we arrived; and I even found a little time to walk thru Manco Capac handing out popsicles and petting animals.
We returned to Bretana late Saturday afternoon.
Sunday was a full day of celebrations at the Bretana Church. Then on Monday Pastor Jose, Pastor Larri and his family, Pastor Barry, Pastor Bobby and I returned to Manco Capac for a formal dedication of the new church as well as the two village pastors, Pastor Anibal and his wife Pastor Monica. Pastor Barry preached and prayed over the church, I prayer over the villagers, and Pastor Bobby prayed over Pastors Anibal and Monica. Pastor Jose interpreted for everyone.
Once the dedication was completed, we all loaded onto Pastor Jose’s boat and completed the return trip to Iquitos, departing the next morning to return home.
There were absolutely just too many “God events” that occurred while there to cover in this testimony. Let me just say I don’t know who was blessed more from this trip, Pastor Anibal and the villagers of Manco Capac, or myself!
Testamony - matthew moose - the church at trophy lakes
My name is Matthew Moose and I am a junior at Byron Nelson high school in Trophy Club, Texas.
Around late summer or early fall in 2022, I was sitting in the church service and Pastor Barry informed the church that there would be a mission trip to Peru in November. I immediately turned and stared, with a huge grin, at my Dad who was sitting right next to me. My Dad, Kirk Moose, had already been to Peru 2 or 3 times on a mission trip and he knew how badly I wanted to go.
Later that afternoon my dad and I were discussing the possibility of me going. He talked about how difficult it would be to go or if I'd even be able to because of school. So immediately I emailed my attendance office at my school, explained the situation, and asked if I could miss that long. They responded back to me a few days later giving me the details of how we could make this possible. All I heard was a yes.
So with all of that settled, my dad prayed about it and said this was the year I would be able to go however he would have to see some improvements in my character to make sure I was ready. During school I was having trouble keeping my mind straight because of all of the influences around me and the influences just kept wearing on me. I started making decisions I shouldn't have made and saying things I knew not to. But I still wanted to be pure, and almost every night I was praying asking for help to not fall into temptation.
The closer I got to the trip the more I was falling into temptation but the more I failed, the more I searched for God. I started reading the word a lot more and listening to more worship music. I cut things out of my life that weren't necessarily bad but were distractions, and I continued to pray and the Lord strengthened me. He restored me.
When we get to Peru after the craziness of the airports, we met the entire team and then tried to check into our hotel for the night because we were going to leave in the morning for Bretana. However our plans changed. Turns out that not all of us can fit on the fast boat and the engine had an issue, however there was a barge coming through later that night that would take us to Bretana. So after much discussion about our options, it was decided that most of our group would go on the barge along with the ladies from Pastor Bobby's group and the other people would go on the missionary fast-boat, if, God willing, they could get it fixed in the morning.
So we got on the barge and take off, I believe sometime around 5 in the afternoon. At first we were supposed to get there in around 12 hours but the trip ended up being 22.5 hours, but we had one of the best times. The women got to minister to some people, I was able to talk with this young man on the boat just about life, as I tried to get to know him. We got to tell the people on the barge why we were there, and most of them supported us and God's work.
On one of the first days in Bretana, the men went to go minister to the people who were in conflict with the Oil Company and Jake and myself went with the women to go minister throughout the village. It was a very good experience. Dana prophesied a lot and I got to speak with a pastor about how he is doing in his faith and a man got really touched and invited us to his house to speak with his family. We went and ministered to his family. His invalid daughter had recently been violated and we loved on her, comforted her family, and prayed with them.
A few days later Jake and I were supposed to talk to one of the schools and share a message or testimony. I don’t know why but for some reason I was thinking we were doing one on one work with the kids instead of sharing a message, so when I heard this I dove into the bible to find a message. I felt the Lord download a message into my heart and I wrote it out. I thought I knew what I was going to say. When we get there, they performed a skit (little did I know I would be part of it later) and then Jake shared his testimony. It was very good and went well with the skit and the Lord moved. Then I got up to speak and opened with what I had written down to start with, the parable of the man who built his house on the rock. I realized I couldn’t just read off of my notes because that wouldn't convey the message effectively so I closed my notebook. Then I started saying what I felt the Lord wanted me to say. After I finished, Pastor Jose told the kids if they wanted to receive Christ to stand up, and around 133 kids stood up across the school. Later that night I spoke again at the Church at which time I used what I had written down earlier that day. It goes to show God gives you what you need but it is all in his timing.
We got to minister throughout the village during the week and lay hands on people and encourage them and help unify marriages and do the work of the Lord but on the last day something wild happened. The pastors were discussing how to start the celebration of the church in Bretana because it was its 25th anniversary and they asked me and Jacob if we would mind sharing our testimonies. We agreed, however I had never shared mine and previously didn’t know how to. Through reflecting and the Lord giving me understanding, I knew what I was going to say. I was going to share my journey and say things no one knew about me. I was going to be the third speaker. That morning I started having to use the bathroom a lot. I wasn't really feeling bad but I just had to go a lot. Juan Carlos gave me some medicine for it but it didn’t really work. Then when we got to the church, my stomach started feeling bad and through the worship, the closer the time got for me to speak, I felt worse and worse. Clara, Pastor Jose's wife, realized it and prayed over me. I was sitting down during the praise time because I was feeling pretty bad but then Jazmin, Pastor Larri’s wife, started singing. The Spirit fell on the room and I decided to stand up and praise my creator, and the Lord overwhelmed me. He comforted me and I couldn’t help but cry. Then when it was time for me to speak, I still wasn’t feeling amazing but I got up and shared my testimony and something happened. When I sat down, I felt great, no sickness no nothing, and the rest of that day I felt great. Then Pastor Bobby finished the service and many were touched. The Lord moved in a miraculous way. Pastor Bobby called people to the front and we got to lay hands on them and pray for them. After that we got to serve them with food and then we ate, and it was great. We finished up the night service and then we had to get to the house to make plans to get back home
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There was another barge that could be at Bretana as early as 4:00 in the morning that goes back to Iquitos where we take a plane to come home. That boat was the one the majority of us would be on. A few others would use the fast-boat around 8:00 in the morning to go to Manco Capac to dedicate the new village church part of our team had helped to finish building there. So we get to the dock about 3:30 in the morning and the stars were amazing. We just sat and stared at them forever. But at 11:30, the boat still hadn't arrived. But suddenly, all these people we ministered to, started showing up. They brought us food and water and blessed us. They waited with us. Then as the boat did arrive, around 12:30, it started to rain. But that rain felt different. It was like God’s blessing and presence was raining down on us. We finally left for Iquitos where we boarded our flight to get back home the next day.
TESTIMONY – JUAN CARLOS TAFOYA – THE CHURCH AT TROPHY LAKES
My name is Juan Carlos and I serve as a Pastor along with my wife Elizabeth at The Church at Trophy Lakes.
Back in 2017, and early in my Christian discipleship, I met with Pastor Barry Clingan regularly on Wednesdays and I remember one particular meeting. He mentioned about sitting at a DFW airport terminal on Monday, February 12, when he noticed an American Airlines 777 rolling for takeoff. Even though there were 1,850 flights per day, he knew a 777 was not going on a short trip. He took his iPhone (they make an app for this) and quickly discovered this particular flight was leaving for Lima, Peru. He thought that was very interesting for the time of day. As soon as he was seated on his plane, his phone rang and it was one of his best friends, Pastor Bobby Atkins, from Truth Tabernacle of Praise church in Stone Mountain, Georgia. His first words were, “Bishop, are you ready to go to Lima, Peru?"
That’s how I first found out about the mission trips to Peru, and I remember thinking (again, very early in my discipleship) this seems like a lot of time and resources just to be able to do something like this. I didn’t think I’d ever have enough of either to go on a mission trip of this type.
Then in July of 2019, there was another mission trip from our church that went to Peru. Even though it was something that I was now wanting to do, I didn’t feel God had opened that door for me yet. But while at a prayer meeting as I was praying intercession for our church team who was ministering in Peru, God had a word for me. “That whatever I do there, I’ll do here.” That word has never left me.
As we all went through our Covid season, there hadn’t been an opportunity for our Church to return to Peru. During that season, I’d been praying for an opportunity to go. Now, here comes July 2022 and I had a dream. In this dream there was much detail about the preparation for and then actually being on a mission trip to Peru. At our church there had been conversations about going back to Peru; but nothing was set in stone. It turned out that in early fall another trip for certain was planned for a return to Peru.
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So firstly, in the dream, I dreamt of certain members of our church that hadn’t committed, as of the time of the dream, but eventually ended up actually going on this trip. Secondly, I dreamt of several family members that I don’t see very often and in the dream I mentioned to them that I was going on a trip.
Several weeks later, circumstances actually led to all of us traveling and meeting up together. I ended up telling these same family members, in my dream, in person, that I was going to Peru, right before we went on this mission trip. Finally, more details in the dream about certain logistical factors just didn’t make any sense. “A boat that was bigger than expected” actually materialized. When we all got to Iquitos, Peru, in a last minute decision, several of us wound up having to take a large river barge to get to Bretana, versus using Pastor Jose’s smaller boat. It was just amazing to finally understand how God uses dreams to give us revelation!
On Sunday, before heading to the airport, we had an early church service. In that service, I asked of my church congregation that they would pray and ask our Heavenly Father for all of us to receive all the spiritual gifts as needed for this mission. I privately prayed and asked God to show me how to fulfill His promise that “whatever happens there, will happen here”.
As the trip started, it was obvious to all of us that God’s plan was to instruct us to let go of control and let him have his way, particularly with logistics and timing. We ran through the Miami airport to barely make a connecting flight to Lima. When we got to Iquitos, there was no time available for us to check into our hotel rooms. Last minute boat repairs to Pastor Jose’s boat required that we split the team in two and those of us going on a large river barge had to rush to get to it before it departed. As soon as we boarded, around 5:00PM, they pulled off the port. God was going to have his way and He was showing us there is no better way.
While on that barge and knowing from previous conversations that it’s not exactly safe being on the Amazon River at night, I admit I felt some uneasy-ness. There was a thunderstorm brewing in the Amazon background with dark clouds and lightning, but it never once rained on us while on the river. It was as if my Father was communicating - I’m in Control. I felt a wonderful and sweet peace come over me that accompanied me the whole trip! With my ability to communicate in Spanish, my ministry actually started on that barge as I met locals who made their way over to us and asked “Missionaries?” As I replied “Si”, over that 22-hour barge ride, I got to meet with multiple Peruvians from all over the Amazon. Wonderful men like Rafael, Teddy, Marcos, Lucio, Gabriel, Ramón, and Olga. Praying with them for provisions, healing, forgiveness, and most importantly, for God to come into their lives.
We arrived in the Village of Bretaña on Tuesday afternoon, after two full days of traveling, and I thought to myself of Jesus words, “Foxes have holes & birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” (MT 8:20). I received tremendous strength just knowing my King had experienced these same types of circumstances as well. That’s Missions work! Then came a Blessing of finally meeting Pastor Larri, his lovely wife Jazmine and their dear three Children. It was truly humbling to serve along-side a family that has such a heart for God and his Kingdom, and had demonstrated such for years.
There was a tremendous controversy brewing in Bretana when we arrived. “Locals“ and “Nationals” were at odds with each other over the handling of a large sum of money the oil company in Bretana had set-aside for use by Peruvians. Wednesday began with meeting with the “locals” faction that was based in a tent camp on the bank of the river just north of Bretana. To walk into the camp and feel the tension was not at all what I was expecting. Everyone on our team felt it. It didn’t seem as if they were going to be receptive to any form of ministry. But Pastor Bobby Atkins and Pastor Jose asked their leader for his blessing to pray and to minister to his camp. Then to experience the change of atmosphere by praying was just something remarkable. People not only changed their postures, but others that were scattered gathered closer to get in on what was happening. They asked for a resolution, peace, healing and reconciliation. Amongst them was a pastor who didn’t seem initially very welcoming of our visit, only to eventually come forward and ask for prayer for strength to shepherd the flock God had assigned to him.
On Thursday, we held a men’s gathering at another one of the churches in Bretana beside Pastor Larri’s church. In fact, it was the very first service at this church’s new building and their Pastor Roberto welcomed us.
It turns out there are four Christian churches in Bretana and all four pastors, Roberto, Larri, Raul, and Pablo, along with many men from all four congregations, were present. The ceremony was simply amazing! Pastors Barry & Bobby preached back-to-back with the singular message, “Unity in Christ”! Every man in that service, including myself, came forward for an invitation to be immersed in the Holy Spirit! It was just SO POWERFUL how everyone was unified in understanding how much work is needed in Bretaña.
Fridays high school Ministry was simply remarkable. To see the drama play that was presented by Pastor Jose and his family in front of the entirety of the whole school and seeing all these kids captivated was just a joy! Then to see the two teenagers from my church who were part of the team, Jacob and Matthew, give their testimonies fell right in line with the drama play. Over 100 youth answered the calling of receiving Christ. Truly amazing! It was also a real pleasure to speak and minister to various teachers and students. So many were thankful for us being there.
Saturday’s women’s conference was beautiful and very moving. We had four women on our overall team and to translate their testimonies and messages for the women present was a wonderful experience for me! They were so passionate and moving! It was very taxing on my voice to translate and pray for the entirety of that service. Afterwards, I fully understood why Pastor Jose has to have wisdom in using his voice as he normally does most of the translations when missionaries are present. But I was so honored being asked to perform these duties for our ladies.
To see the accumulation of everyone’s efforts all week long that culminated in the massive gathering for Sunday service was truly a blessing. To be a part of the many hands that served the food to the villagers, not only a great cooked meal, but also spiritual nourishment with the service that morning, is a memory I’ll always cherish.
Throughout the whole week, whether we were holding a church service, praying over someone else’s church, ministering to married couples for reconciliation, ministering to someone’s children for physical and spiritual healing, or just coming back to eat and rest at Larri and Jazmin’s home and ministering to each other, it was non-stop ministry! And it was wonderful!
As the week progressed I noticed that not only was I translating at a faster rate that I even thought possible, I was actually translating and remembering everyone’s name at a super natural rate. I could also see everyone’s spiritual gift and seeing them recognizing it and utilizing it. My prayers for this mission trip were fully answered.
Speaking of prayers, I also had prayed that there wouldn’t be a lot of rain since we were traveling to Bretaña during the rainy season. It didn’t rain or hinder our ministering at all the entire week. Totally God in control!
Bittersweet, I was not quite ready to leave my new Peruvian family. I had met and did not want to leave this beautiful peace that had accompanied me this whole trip. I imagine God knew that because we were all guessing at what time the barge was actually going to arrive at the port. We showed up at 3am only to see it arrive at noon that day. But during that wait we were ministered to by many of our “new family” as they brought us water, fruits, snacks, and stayed with us as we waited. This in turn left time for more ministry, as young people we had ministered to asked many discipling-type questions! They were hungry for God and his Kingdom!
Lastly, as we boarded to leave, the Heavens opened and it started raining! It had held off for the entirety of our trip, up to the moment we boarded to leave. Praise God! As we traveled back and I had some solitude time in my journal, I had the “Pang of Bittersweet”. I was holding on to God’s promise of what I saw in Bretaña that it would happen over here. Seeing marriages and relationships reconciled, seeing healing, seeing God move so quickly into someone’s circumstances that you couldn’t believe you were seeing the same person just hours earlier. I want to see God move quickly in those around me in my local communities, and I can’t wait to see how this testimony of prayer and missions continues here at my own church for the Glory of God!
Testamony - Jacob Forman - The church at trophy lakes
My name is Jacob Forman and I serve on the Prayer team at The Church of Trophy Lakes in Trophy Club, Texas.
As a nineteen year-old, this past year I had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer at the Super Kids Academy Convention. During training week, one day we were having worship before the evening meet-up and during this particular service I had a lot on my mind. I have been begging God for months to just speak to me. All I wanted was to hear his voice, but I got no response until that night.
I was on my knees crying. I wanted the Lord to meet me right there so I could talk to him about everything, my struggles, my worries, what was bringing me joy, and what I was searching for. Well as I finished praying and I stood back up a woman named Linda (an amazing woman from my Church) walked over to me and told me that the Lord wanted her to let me know that he sees me, that he loves me, and that in the near future he was going to use me for his kingdom.
Hearing this just made me break down even more. All I wanted was for God to use me, and my testimony, to spread his love and bring people to know him.
Shortly after we finished the convention. My pastor, Pastor Barry Clingan, made an announcement that He and a few others would be going to Peru on a missionary journey towards the end of the year and if anyone wanted to go, talk to him and see if it was possible to also go.
The group going was to be split into two teams, a construction team and a missionary team. Before I even talked to Pastor Barry, I went and talked to Kirk Moose, one of our other ministers at the Church, and told him that I was interested in going. His son Matthew was also going and he had a grin on his face and said that if I did end up going that he wanted me with him on the missionary team, because he felt like he understood which direction God was taking me for my calling and he wanted to help guide me.
The journey from Dallas to the village of Bretana, in the middle of the Amazon jungle of Peru was an exciting series of events in itself, but other testimonies have described it in detail so I will skip it in mine.
The first morning in the village, with another team member who had come down on another missionary journey in 2019, we had the opportunity to walk around the village, going wherever the Holy Spirit led us, praying for families, individuals and even the community. I was excited just to be in the middle of the village praying for everyone.
Later in the week, Mathew and I were given the opportunity to speak at the only high school in Bretana and share our testimonies with all the students there. One of the biggest reasons I felt led to go to Peru was to help the teenagers in the village by showing them that they are not alone in life. I wanted them to know that even someone from another continent, from a different country, had similar experiences they might be having trying to solve problems with temporary solutions that sometimes only make matters worse.
I wanted to share with them that God sees them and that he loves them, and that he is just waiting for them to come to him, and then he will take care of the rest. After Mathew and I spoke, Pastor Jose, the missionary pastor in Peru that our church supports, with a few others performed a skit were a young teenage girl was walking closely with Jesus, then Satan tempts her away, but through the love of Jesus she eventually returns to him. After we spoke and the skit was performed, Pastor Jose said if anyone wanted to receive Christ to stand up. It was just wonderful as roughly 133 of the students stood up and gave their lives to Christ.
On Sunday Matthew and I got to give our personal testimonies in the Sunday morning service, and in the evening service myself, Matthew and a few teenagers from the Bretana Church performed the same skit in the church service that night, and once again it was well received by all in attendance.
Just to show that God’s love was moving throughout Bretana, the people we prayed for and ministered to while there came and broke bread with us for several hours while we were waiting for the barge to come to take us back to Iquitos.
As we said our goodbyes, it started raining, which had not occurred the entire time we were there, and this rain wasn’t just any normal rain. It was different, it felt refreshing and it was like a symbol of God’s blessing over us and the village.
I returned home with a renewed spirit of God’s love for me, and just hope that someday I might be able to return.
JUN 22 - JUL 1, 2024 - Mission trip to bretana
Testimony - Jim Thomas - The Church at Trophy Lakes
June 2024: This month God allowed me to make my 3rd mission trip to Bretana, Peru, in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon Jungle. Like the two previous trips, this one was "life changing"!
My first trip was in June of 2017. I was part of a 12-person team and mostly assisted with ministering to several remote villages, and building one of 20 windows in the missionaries’ Bretana church.
My second trip was in December of 2022. I again came with about 12 people, but this time I spun off by myself to help 4 carpenters finish building a beautiful village church in Manco Capac, about a one-hour "fast boat" ride towards Iquitos from Bretana. We also built a first-class volleyball court for their use as well. It was exciting as my Spanish is minimal, and no one but me spoke English.
As with each of the first two trips, I brought several hand tools that I knew would be put to good use.
This third trip was "specifically" to teach and train village pastors and Bretana church leaders. Kirk Moose, an ordained minister and member of our church, and I went down as a two-person team. We taught 18 “students” and Kirk preached two outstanding sermons, on Wednesday and Thursday nights, to Bretana villagers.
We had the privilege to actually help with finishing one of the two sewage cisterns for the SOS building which resulted in the completion of the first bathroom for the building. We got to be a part of the dedication of the building, dedication of the building’s Upper Room, and dedication of Pastor Larri taking on more ministerial responsibilities. We also had the unique privilege of teaching
the "very first" set of formal classes in the building, for three days. I had brought to Peru a beautiful Spanish Bible which Pastor Jose and I placed into concrete at the entrance to the SOS building, encased in plastic and opened to 2 Chronicles: 7: 14-16.
It seemed like Satan was consistently trying to stop or delay our travel. When we landed in Lima from Atlanta, for some time my checked bag, with all my clothes, tools, plus many other items, was gone. Kirk and I prayed over it and I told God if He could locate it for me that would be wonderful, but I also said: "If not, that's OK too”. About an hour later it was found in another area of the airport and we praised God for its return. God was pre-planning this trip in that our layover in Lima, awaiting our flight to Iquitos, was for several hours - giving us time to locate the missing bag.
We took an afternoon "water taxi" into Requina, a town half-way from Iquitos to Bretana where we spent the night. The next morning we boarded a smaller "water taxi" to Bretana. One hour into the 4-hour boat ride, the engines failed. We are in the middle of the Amazon River, miles from any village, "floating slowly down the river". Another time for prayer!
The owner of the boat, who was also the boat pilot, got a small box of tools and started taking apart "everything in sight". I remember asking God to repair any issues, and then closely watching the pilot. As he worked, it became obvious that he had experienced this issue before, so I just sat back, watched him resolve the issue, and thanked God when one hour later we continued our journey.
In Bretana we encountered numerous small bats in our house, no hot water, only a single sheet for our bed, very cool temperature at night, plus other minor drawbacks; but we gave no mind to any of this as Kirk and I realized these inconveniences were just Satan trying to destroy "our witness". We caught and put the bats outside. We showered in cold water. We turned the fans off at night (but still shivered under just one sheet); and just dealt positively with everything as it occurred. God was in control!
Over the three days, I gave 4 presentations - all based heavily on scripture.
1) Free Will – God gives us free will so how does He know what we are going to do.
2) How to Lead someone to Christ – Using “The Romans Road” method.
3) Forgiveness – Based on Mathew 6: 14 &15.
4) Tithing – Old Testament background, then New Testament teachings by Jesus.
Kirk also taught for three days and the two of us just “marveled” in that neither of us knew what the other had prepared, yet every day our messages just totally “intertwined”. It was as if we had prepared them and practiced them before coming down. Another instance of God being totally in control. It was such a wonderful experience to be there and, on one night, to have a woman be completely
cleansed from a multi-year major abdomen pain was a blessing to behold. All glory to God for this.
The concrete small road for 3-wheelers going by the Bretana church was cracked badly and in major disrepair in a few places. The government will eventually replace it, but for now it was a mess. I decided to fill-in a “major” hole between Pastor Larri’s house and the church and while doing so all of a sudden I had three young village boys helping me. We gathered all the rocks we could find lying around and filled in the hole – at least a little bit. It wasn’t a perfect job, but much easier for the
3-wheeler vehicles to get through.
While doing this, the boys spotted a small poisonous snake coiled up. Not big enough yet to kill you but it would be soon. I took a “large” rock and smashed his head as the boys would not go near it. Afterwards a villager held it up for a photo. Again, not a very large snake, maybe 18” long, but one that very shortly could be a problem.
One afternoon, Pastor Jose, Kirk and I walked entirely through the property owned by the missionaries that surrounds the Bretana church and the SOS building – almost 4 acres in total. We wanted to see where the new chain-link fencing material, just purchased, would be installed when money is received to do so. Several safety issues are starting to arise which are requiring that a fence be put up as soon as possible around the property.
There will be a “fish pond” on the backside, a chicken coop next to the church, and possibly a Ginny-pen as well. On the land, I was amazed to see so many different types of fruit trees already growing: 7 different types of Bananas, Limes, Guaynabo, Green and Yellow Coconuts, Guava, Shamballa, Papaya and even Cocoa Trees. And Pastor Jose has planted a number of small fruit trees that will start producing in less than one year. It was amazing just to see all of this. Pastor Jose told us that with his commercial weed-eater, that had been provided for him last year, that he would be cleaning out the under-brush soon after we left. Kirk made sure he had steel-tipped shoes as the weed-eater uses a blade and not string.
On the return home, I had an incident where God truly rewarded “kindness”. We had a 5AM boat ride from Bretana to Requina where we rested and waited for the next boat ride to Malta, to then board a bus for a two-hour ride into Iquitos. When we boarded the second boat, we were given box lunches and a bottle of water for lunch. We arrived early so I sat in the very front row where I could at least stretch-out my legs as the spacing between seats was very cramped. A woman eventually entered and sat next to me. As the boat filled-in, a “somewhat hefty” lady entered and apparently decided not to try and sit in the cramped back of the boat; so she decided to sit on the steps into the boat and next to us. About one hour into the ride, I realized I was not hungry and did not need the box lunch; so I offered it to her. She was obviously very grateful to receive it, and soon devoured it all.
Eventually, using translate on her phone, the lady next to me asked where I was coming from and why I was in Peru. I typed in Bretana and was surprised that she knew where it was. I told her I was a missionary and was teaching pastors and villagers in Bretana for several days. She thanked me for doing that just as we arrived into port at Malta. I got off the boat and waited for Kirk, Clara and Jose and the ladies rushed off. By the time we got to the bus, it was halfway full, but as I entered the two women were already on the first row and had saved for me the other two front-row seats where I could stretch-out for the 2 hour ride to Iquitos. What a nice surprise as the other seats were also somewhat cramped, especially for a tall person like myself!
A second thing occurred the next morning in Iquitos. We were riding in a 3 Wheeler to get some things needed before departing for home. I happened to have 20 Peruvian Sols left in my pocket. I asked Clara, who was riding with me, how much the young 3-wheel driver made in a day? Eventually, he told us that he made 80Sols in 1 day. The spirit of God just came over me, such that as soon as we parked, I had Jose come over and tell him that I was leaving the country, but that as a Christian missionary I felt the Holy Spirit wanted me to give him the money I had left. The smile on his face made it all worthwhile!
In Iquitos, on the way home, we realized that Kirk and I spent 3 days to get there, 3 days teaching, then 3 days to get home, 9 days in total. The number 9 representing the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and we both felt this to be SO TRUE during our entire time spent there.
The flights home were long but uneventful and we both arrived back into Dallas safely. God willing, I can hardly wait for trip number 4!!!!!
JUN 22 - JUL 1, 2024 - MISSION TRIP TO BRETANA
Testimony - Kirk Moose - The Church at Trophy Lakes
My good friend Pastor Jose and I have had a very good relationship, and he invited me to lead another mission into Peru’s Amazon Jungle, in the village of Bretaña.
As we began to plan for our trip, we decided that we could hold Pastoral training in the newly built Facility (the SOS Building) and teach the first-ever formal class to village pastors and church leaders. This ended up becoming a class for Pastors and Church leaders. At Jose’s request, I placed my focus on prophecy.
The journey to Bretaña was quite extensive. We flew from Dallas to Atlanta, then to Lima, Peru, and then to Iquitos, Peru, with lengthy layovers between flights. We then boarded a river taxi for a 4-hour ride to Requena, Peru, a town halfway between Iquitos and Bretaña. Then boarded a second smaller river taxi for another 4-hour boat ride to Bretaña.
We arrived around lunchtime which was much earlier than we had expected and ended up having the entire afternoon to prepare for teaching the next day.
The first thing we did was go over to the SOS building where Clara’s brother was finishing a cistern so that one bathroom in the building would be operational the next day. I commandeered a second wheelbarrow and shovel to start helping bring sand from a pile in front of the building to the cistern in the back. This was labor-intensive work but was worth it as when completed, the building had its first-ever sanitary sewer system installed. And we got it done just in time for the training that was to start the next day.
That first evening we held a special candle-light prayer service for the ministry team in the Upper Room of the SOS building. It was a time of “intense” prayer as we dedicated the room, and the building itself. It was an intimate and very powerful time in the presence of God. Jose brought Pastor Larri forward and he declared and prayed a prayer of dedication over him that God would bless him personally and help him grow his church in Bretaña even more. Then, to my surprise, Jose called me up and prayed over me, I felt the “hands of God” wrapped all around me during those amazing moments.
The next morning Jose and I had agreed that Jim would open each day with one of his foundational messages. The first one being on Free Will. This was a great lead-in to our time teaching and ministering for the classes. We taught class every day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
One very interesting thing was while we did nothing to plan our lessons together, with God’s help and direction it was as if God had placed our messages together in a sort of symphony.
On Wednesday night I preached in Larri’s church to members of his congregation. That night we invited anyone needing healing to come forward and several did. Jose and I prayed over each one for specific healing for whatever brought them forward. On the return to Iquitos, we got to see God at work again as one of the ladies who had been burdened with continuous severe stomach pain for several years reported that her pain was completely gone. Praise God!
Then Thursday night I ministered to members of the four Christian churches in Bretaña. God challenged the congregation to be intentional with their time and attention especially when he is inviting them to go deeper into His presence.
While on this trip, it was nice to have someone capture the work we were doing each day and in the evening worship services. Jim did such a good job taking pictures and video clips of the work that we were accomplishing.
The journey home was just as strenuous as the one down. But we had several hours to kill in Iquitos so Jim and I took Jose and Clara shopping; particularly looking into several items that Jose could use with future classes, like a “smart TV” to record and play sermons from other pastors.
This trip was truly unique in so many different ways. Both Pastor Larri and Pastor Jose’s houses now have Wi-Fi, so we were able to call home using WhatsApp, and send text messages with pictures. The village also now has power for 90% or more of the day, and water is pumped from the river instead of people having to carry buckets from the river to their homes.
One of the blessings is how each of us on the trip grew closer together. Jim and I both formed a lasting bond with one another. We both also formed an even stronger bond with the team in Bretaña. This also became a testimony of how Jesus told the disciples to go out two by two. It demonstrated the power of a pair of men of God traveling for the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
If interested, in seeing pictures of our trip, or to learn more about the work in Peru, you can also visit: https://mooseministries.org/peru-mission-trip-update-2024
If you would like to contact me, you can reach me at: kirk.moose@mooseministriesinc.com