November 1, 2003

Dear Friends,

Greetings to all in the name of Jesus. Anita and I hope that you are rejoicing in the blessings of the Lord. Sorry that we did not get a letter in last month but the entire province of Huanuco lost power on the 26th of September and it stayed off until the 11th of October. The main transformer that handles the power for this region overloaded and blew. We thank the Lord things are back to normal now. September was a reasonably quiet month anyway!

In October, Anita and I traveled out to the north jungle town of Iquitos where I taught a course on Old Testament Introduction to the pastors and Anita taught the women and Sunday school teachers. She had prepared three more books of Sunday School lessons and was able to orientate the teachers in that material. We arrived back in Huanuco in time to celebrate her birthday. Then on the 14th I left for Pucallpa to participate in the ordination of one of our young preachers. He responded well to the questions and was ordained by authority of the Liberty Baptist Church in Pucallpa. Pray for the young preacher, David Olortequi, and his wife Daisey, she is due to give birth to their first child in December.

Here in Huanuco I baptized six in September but none in October. This is the first month in a long time we have not had baptisms. However, in the past two weeks we have had an unusual amount of visitors in our services and in our follow up visits some have become very interested and continue to come to all the services. Pray that we will have a harvest of souls soon. Our church here is such a loving and giving group of Christians, in spite of the fact Huanuco is the poorest province in all of Peru.

Our mission works here in the region of Huanuco need your prayers. The work in Chasqui is still in need of a full time worker. In Huariaca, the young preacher, Jonel Quijano, has been sick a lot. However, the work in Challana is doing well, showing strong signs of maturity and it appears we will be able to organize this work before too long. 

The young preacher we ordained, David Olortegui, is doing a fine job at the Belen Baptist Mission in Pucallpa. Samuel Ore, one of our missionaries in Tocache reports souls being saved at the new mission work in Nuevo Progresso. Roosevelt Hermitaño, missionary from Tingo Maria that we support has three mission works going and all are doing well. 

Anita and I are anxiously waiting for the arrival of my younger sister, Nancy Carter and her husband, Gary. They will be arriving the 6th of November and will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in Peru. This will be their first visit to Peru and they are very excited. We always have a great time together. 

Thank you all for your continued prayers and financial support. God continues to do great things here in Peru. Anita and I consider it a blessed privilege to be able to participate in the Lord's work in this part of the world. We have groups lined up to come down in 2004 and in 2005. We love to have visitors and we invite you to come also and personally see what the Lord is doing in Peru. Until next month.

Serving Jesus in Peru,

Sheridan and Anita Stanton

Building going up in Huanuco, Brother Stanton's work.