COUNTDOWN: Just 10 weeks until we launch!!!

A Few Stats... I recently spoke at a church and gave statistics about the need in Latin America showing why the need for reaching the unreached through deep discipleship and training is crucial.  Here are some of those statistics which come from David Sills' book Reaching and Teaching the Highland Quichuas: Throughout Latin America over 50% of the churches do not have any pastors. Those that do not have pastors are not looking because there are none to be had. Among those churches that do have pastors, only 10-20% have received any kind of formal training.   In the United States, there is 1 trained pastor for every 235 people. Outside the United States, there is 1 trained pastor for every 450,000 people! Almost every pastor I met in Peru wanted two things: 1.) training to shepherd their congregation and 2.) training to reach out to their own unreached people (Peruvians who have no established church) and unengaged people (tribes who have never heard of Jesus). Giving eager pastors training and discipleship right where they live is our desire!  They can go where we can't and partnering with these men to see Christ exalted and people's lives eternally changed is an incredible opportunity!  Will you work with us?   The Last few weeks in Pictures

The day Clara found out our friend's dog had Golden Retriever puppies! Knee deep in visa's, fingerprinting, background checks and apostilled documents!  I didn't know what apostilled documents were! A day hike to Bell Lake with Papa.  All the big kids caught fish!   11 feisty puppies!  They were loved on by Clara and Evie.  Saying goodbye to Josh's grandparents.  We will not see them again until after our first term.  Let goods and kindred go... Josh sharing about the ministry at Dry Creek Bible Church.

Getting Closer..... We have seen the blessing of God as we continue to pray for partners to work with us in Peru.  We have seen our group of prayer supporters grow over the last few weeks and we have seen our financial partnership grow. We praise God that He has increased our support to 77% of our monthly support needs and 45% of our one time costs.  We are praying that our support will be at 100% by the time we leave in December.  We are not looking for just financial support.  We are seeking to invite people who want to have an impact in Peru with the gospel.  We invite you to work with us!  You may not be able to go into all the world physically, but you can go!  If you would like to partner with us by prayer, email us at joshandbrita@gmail.com and we will add you to our list of prayer partners. If you would like to partner with our ministry through Reaching and Teaching, please click here or send checks to    Reaching and Teaching    PO Box 122, Wheaton, IL 60187  (Note McKenzie in the memo) Thank you for prayerfully working alongside us! Serving along with you! Josh, Brita, Dan, Clara, Paul, and Evelyn McKenzie CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR PAST UPDATES CLICK HERE TO GIVE