Little update

Dear Brethren,

It must feel so weird not getting any updates. I thought the other
day, man, I have not sent anything since before Christmas 2012. When
in the mountains, I used to send updates every weekend, now I have
access to fast Internet and I have not sent anything at all.
So I wanted to share a little bit on the things that have taken place
ever since I returned from the mountains in Southern Ayacucho.

I spent Christmas with my parents in Huancayo, then, I came back to
Lima and spent New Year on my own watching the Fireworks. Lima folks
do like to celebrate the receiving of a new year with food, parties
and lots of colorful and noisy fireworks. Very cool stuff. I thank God
for the family that has been hosting me allowing me to stay with them.

January 2013 kicked off with two trainings. Training for English
teachers which I had started back in February 2012. It was supposed to
last for 6 months, but I made it last for about 1 year. I took months
off to travel and do ministry. Alongside this, I decided to enroll in
French Training. I can share with you that I had wanted to dig into
French for a while, since the opportunity was given now, I went and
took that up.

In the back of mind, was the desire to continue to do ministry
regardless of the place. When I came back, my home church in Huaycan
which is about 1 hour and 30 minutes away from the main/nice area of
Lima city, took me back in and manifested its full spiritual support.
So, I simply decided to continue to help with the discipleship of
youth on Saturday nights and the sharing of the Word on Sunday early
morning service. We meet at 7am on Sundays. My church is very small,
we are about 30 people. My church is helping this even smaller church
at a different zone in Huaycan. So after morning service we go and
help the Sunday Bible school for Children with even crazier kids!
These kids fight, cuss, misbehave and run! I do lack a specific
training to be with these kind of kids but I understand the Holy
Spirit guides me. Show Christ to these kids through my own actions.
Anyway, this is how my weekends have been used up till the current date.

Now, January and my Teachers training finished and two days later I
started my new job and mission field at ICSL which stands for
International Christian School of Lima.
Yesterday was the last of my very first week facing and interacting
with Bilingual and some times trilingual kids. I feel like my brain is
still processing all of this in all honesty. It is a tremendous
blessing from the Lord. To be able to minister with and to
internationals in a Christian Educational setting is very intense.
This week I was able to meet 1st, 2nd, 4th and 4th grade children.
These kids are so excellent!! The teachers that I am helping are so
great and godly! The director full support is wow. See, I could go on
and on. I am overwhelmed by how the Lord has blessed me. My brain is
fried already and its like 9:14am. ha,ha.
I do have a little extra something to share, we were in chapel one day
and there were two Asian kids sitting next to me. The teacher who was
leading chapel asked us to bow our heads to end the session in prayer.
It seemed like the two kids told me in unison : "We don't believe in
God. We are Buddha" I know this is not grammatically correct. They
are learning English.
I said: " Just talk to God. He is your friend. Tell Him what's up and
whatever you feel like telling him. You don't have to talk to Him in
English. Talk to Him in Chinese or Korean"

Please, pray as I myself am immersing in this Teaching world and this
new mission field. Pray for ICSL Staff, they are the only Jesus Christ
these many kids get.

Will be back to you later.

"... but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."
Acts 1:8

Brother Salomon