March 2, 2006

Dear Friends,

Praise the Lord, the new mission work in Acomayo is underway. We were able to rent a house for a full year just two blocks off of the main Plaza of town. Acomayo is about thirty minutes away from Huanuco. Anita and I are excited about being able to get back into church planting once again. Brother Cesar Apolinario is working with us as the national pastor. He is married (wife Suzanna) and has three teenage children. We certainly appreciate your prayers for Cesar, his wife, and the new work. Terrorism has already made its presence in this town; Anita and I only go in the daytime. Brother Cesar and his family are also there for the other weekly activities and services. We are still praying about getting a new work going on the North end of Huanuco, but so far the Lord has not given us the leadership in this endeavor. Please pray with us about this also.

I had another Bible Institute class planned for the second week of March, but in the midst of printing the material I will be giving to the one hundred and twenty plus pastors my Risograph broke down and I could not finish the printing. I checked with a local printer around the corner from us and he wanted over one thousand dollars to finish the project. Photocopying was going to cost about seven hundred and fifty. I decided I would rather invest that kind of money into repairing the Risograph and finish the project myself. Anyway, I spent a good part of the day on the phone calling pastors from all over Peru telling them the class has been postponed. Now I need to crate the Riso and get it to the capital city of Lima, to get it fixed. Something else to pray for!!

Anita's hands are better but she still has trouble with them. We believe your prayers are having an effect so please keep it up. Thanks. We have been in some much needed fixing up and remodeling around here during the month of February. For those of you that have been to our place before, you will be happy to know we now have a beautiful ceramic tile floor in our big room where we have classes and dining for large groups. After the tile was put in we had to repaint the place. Everything looks great. We have been pushing so hard to get everything done before the Bible Institute class started and then the Riso broke. So we have decided that since we are now in NO rush we needed to organize our offices. This alone is taking us two or three days! But it is worth it! I have found neat stuff that I haven't seen in years buried under piles of papers and in drawers! We are giving away tremendous amounts of "stuff" that we have managed to accumulate.

God bless each one of you, we love and appreciate you all. Thanks for your prayers and support. Until next month.

Serving Jesus in Peru,

Sheridan and Anita Stanton