This year 2014 I have as goals: 1) promote among churches
intense pray that God will send more laborers into his harvest (Matthew
9:37-38) 2) preach and teach the call to ministry (Isaiah 6:8) and 3)
call on men and women from the churches to engage in the ministry of preaching
and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and the word of God (1 Corinthians
9:13, 16).
On last month God has given me the opportunity to start meeting the
three goals in 12 churches and a youth camp. I preached and taught in two
churches in Trujillo (Bethel and La Esperanza), a church in Piura (Adonai),
four churches in Paita (Maranatha, Bethel, Eternal Life and “Jesus my Savior”)
and four churches in Lima (Canta, Retablo, Musa and Gethsemane).
Thank God, I have seen good reception among the churches. Several
pastors who recognize that the topics I'm sharing have been
"forgotten" and "delayed". Also, I have seen the brethren
of the churches take the challenge to pray for laborers for the harvest in
their personal time. I have also had discussions with young men who have asked
me questions about being a pastor or missionary.
I'm happy to have added these goals to the total ministry of
evangelist to which God has called me. I pray God to move the hearts of those
who hear me to devote themselves to the ministry and thus supply what pastors
and missionaries in Peru and other countries.
On the other hand, in my work for the Baptist Seminary of Peru, I
have the goal that more pastors and churches appreciate, trust, pray, make
offerings, send students, and see us as co-workers in their ministries. Our Seminary
has 42 years of ministry and has been a great instrument to train pastors and
missionaries. We want to be useful to God, the churches and the world. Help us
praying. We need double what God has given us here so that we can more
effectively fulfill our ministry.
In my local church, which already has Pastor Juan Valderrama as
pastor of the church, the transition to his ministry is going normally and with
great expectation. The church has mood and there are many more people who are
attending again. Pastors are very important to the vitality of a church. I am
glad that our church has a pastor. Pray for Pastor Juan Valderrama and our church. May God help us to fulfill the Great
Commission together!
Finally, I request your prayers for my trip to Uruguay. I'll be in
that country since February 7 to March 11. I will preach and teach in a boys
camp, workers camp, families camp, a new faculty of theology and several
churches. I will be very busy during the week and during the weekends... I like
it a lot. Pray for me, for God's wisdom and power to preach and teach His word.
Thank to the Lord, my family will be with me. I'm sure as a family,
we will enjoy a great and blessed time. It will be our first international trip
as a family. Thank you for working with us by your prayers and offerings. We
want to be a blessing to our brothers and friends of this small but secularized
country in this part of the world.
With
love,
Segundo
Rodríguez
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