A lot is happening here in Trujillo and we are so excited
about all of the positive changes the Lord is doing to help us be more
effective here in Peru! Brad Ball
has been named the new Executive Director for Christian Missionary Society. While we are sad to see him and his
family return to the States, we are thrilled about his taking over the reigns
and leading us into the next stage of life as a Mission. Chris Bolton has taken over as
Administrator for Misión Reformada en el Perú. He is already doing a great job of getting us organized and helping
us grow into an even better organization.
Our other biggest change is the location of a new office building. Since closing SALI, the Fellows
have been working out of our offices in the morning before going to teach
English in the communities in the afternoon. We have grown in our number of missionaries and basically
have outgrown the current office and are literally busting at the seams. So, we are renting this gorgeous new
house on San Martin. We are
very excited about the new location as well as the opportunities we will have
in the new office. We will be able
to have a SALI coffee house in the first floor, classrooms and conversation
areas, and a library. The second
floor will house the missionaries, Fellows, and our accounting department as
well as provide us a room for our meetings. In the back of the property behind the main house and a nice
garden area is another large space that we will utilize for teaching seminary
classes. It is really exciting to
walk through and see all of the possibilities for outreach and our ministries
in addition to our own internal needs.
We had a workday today and everyone went and pitched in on
scrapping paint, sanding, breaking ground for landscaping and whatever else was
needed. The building is an old
beautiful building that needs a little work, but when finished will be
extremely nice. We have uncovered
some gorgeous floors in our renovations.
The main entrance opens up to a staircase to the second floor that is
solid mahogany. The Fellows’
office space had carpet that when ripped up uncovered gorgeous cedar
floors. And the room where we will
put desks or cubicles for the missionaries had pine flooring. Amazing what all we have found as we
begin to ready the property for our use.
We hope to move the offices in November 9. Please be in prayer for our work as we physically move into
new spaces and also as we navigate through a time of transition in our leadership
that will provide us more direction and organization to be even more of a force
for the Lord in Peru!
