Bowies Send Update From South America

By Linda Bowie

June 2009

It seems like just yesterday that Ken and I were settling into Ica, Peru, where we went for a six-month temporary assignment. Now we’re packing our suitcases to fly back to Ovalle, Chile. It has been a blessing to be in Peru this year. Some of our highlights were:

  • Reunions with friends at the annual meeting of the Peruvian Baptist Convention in February
  • Opportunity for Ken to teach at the Libertad associational missions retreat in February
  • Reunions with former missionaries and students at the 50th anniversary of the Baptist Seminary in Trujillo in April
  • Hosting Lori, Marci, David and Nathanael—their first chance to return to Peru and visit us since the girls started college
  • Attending worship with Baptists from all over the Americas at the meeting of the Latin America Baptist Union in Lima in April — and seeing friends from all over Peru
  • Teaching classes at Grace of God Baptist Church in Ica

We have had chances to enjoy sights and sounds of Peru. We were startled to see things like my flip-flop being carried off on the foot of a 12-inch-in-diameter turtle who was sauntering around the pool and two legs sticking out of a trunk of a car speeding down the highway. We attended birthday parties for children complete with piñatas and also a surprise “quinceañera” (a girl’s 15th birthday when she leaves childhood behind.)

It has been a privilege to teach chronological Bible storying, basic evangelism and discipleship classes, God’s plan for marriage and families, and “Experiencing God” to the youth and adults at the church in Ica. We feel like we can count as friends many of the members and it has been a special blessing to serve with Pastor Daniel and Betty Terrones.

Please pray for:

  • Titles to two properties for the Ica Baptist church’s mission in Huamanguilla.
  • God to open hearts to Himself with concerts by a jazz band from Tyler, Texas, which will be performing in schools, colleges, and public places in Ica June 21-27.
  • New mission opportunities outside of Ica in La Tinguilla and Pariña.
  • Preparations in the Ovalle, Chile, area for performances by Awe Star, a youth drama evangelism team which arrives June 26.
  • For God’s will for the First Baptist Church of Ovalle in calling a new pastor.

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