Heading Back In....Please Pray!

Lord willing, it is back to Ash-land this Friday, May 30th! We have our flight scheduled with the missionary pilot to fly into the area here in Peru where there are a number of Ash villages. This will be a 5-day trip. Please being praying with us regarding the following:

1. Pray that as we talk to Ash village leaders we would be sensitive to God's direction as to where He would have us establish ourselves among the Ash people here in Peru.

2. We will spend at least one day back in the Ash village where we were located in Brazil. Pray for a good reconnection with our Ash friends from that village and that we could continue to communicate to them our desire to learn well their language so that we can clearly share God's truth with them.

3. We will be spending time with a Brazilian missionary family that live and work in Peru. Pray that we can be an encouragement to them during our stay with them.

4. Pray for good health as we travel.

We look forward to reporting back to you on how this first trip back to the Ash went! Thank you for lifting us up in prayer during this time!

That HE might be glorified among the nations,

Brad, Rebecca and Koleman

A Happy Mother's Day to Some Local Moms

One of the advantages of living right here with Mr. and Mrs. Portugal is being able to be involved
in some of the outreach that they do here in the area. They have been involved in the lives of
several families of very low income. For Mother's Day we were able to accompany the Portugals' as
they visited these families and presented each mom with a special gift of rice, cans of tuna, and
other food items. Pray that these moms and their families will put their faith in Jesus for salvation!

-Brad

Last night Koleman's kindergarten class performed at the annual Mother's Day celebration at his school. I guess he is now our "flower child." He continues to do well in this new classroom setting and we praise God for how well he has adjusted. We have noticed that he seems more than happy to get home from school each day and have a time of solitude playing with his Legos and cars. I know the feeling!

-Brad

p.s. Koleman is second from the left

Sunday Meeting

On Sundays we have been part of a small group/church plant that meets in Kenan and Vanessa Ketchams' house. This past Sunday we celebrated two birthdays after the meeting. We are excited to see how God will work within this group of people! It has also been an excellent time for us to practice Spanish.

-Brad

New School

After much prayer and thought, we've decided to switch Koleman's school. Where he was attending
wasn't the best learning environment due to a huge class and much chaos. This week will be Koleman's
first full week at Colegio Sudameriz, a private, evangelical school here in Pucallpa. The two days
of class that he had last week went very well. On the first day he cried a little on his way to
school as he wasn't sure he wanted to go if neither Daddy or Mommy would be in the classroom with
him. But he ended up loving it and was anxious to go back to school this week! We praise the Lord
for how well Koleman has adjusted to life here in Peru.

-Brad