Greetings to all family and friends! Thanks for continuing to take the time and read my newsletters. It brings joy to my heart knowing that you guys are part of the Calvary Moyobamba team with your prayers, messages, and letters of encouragement. Those Amazon rains! In the Peruvian jungle, there is no spring, summer, fall or winter. Rather, there is the rain season (November-March) and the non-rain season. Throughout February and March, I have never seen so much constant and heavy rain in my life! It has eroded roads, delayed trips, flooded jungle communities, kept people at home, and interrupted prayer meetings (Imagine loud drops pounding on a thin tin roof). ...
An Update on the Ministry, Not American Football
Hi friends and family. It’s crazy to believe that we are now in 2025! It’s also crazy knowing that the Denver Broncos are in the playoffs! (Don’t worry, this letter is not about the Broncos. I just had to throw that in). God is on the move here in Moyobamba. Thank you to those who have prayed. You prayer warriors are a big part of this team. Your prayers are so meaningful to me. They are truly having an impact in peoples’ lives here. ...
Could it be? The one year anniversary?
Greetings to everyone. There has been lots of rain showers in Moyobamba, Peru this past month. We are now entering the rain season. Several roads are eroded, puddles are scattered throughout the city, and there is lots of mud! It has been difficult to travel to other jungle cities, let alone going from one side of Moyobamba to the other. But none of this has stopped what the Lord has been doing here in our jungle church. ...
8 Months Strong!
Hey everyone! Since Calvary Moyobamba was planted October 2023, we have had more than 8 months of chapter by chapter, verse by verse teaching through the Bible. One of my goals is to teach through the whole Bible. It is neat to see the power of God’s Word transforming peoples lives. One family was confronted by a Sunday message that I preached in Luke. They now realize that life is not all about making money and accumulating materials, rather Jesus sees it more important to love others and help those in need. Another few people were touched after a Genesis teaching on Wednesday night. They saw that in spite of some of the Bible characters failing in life, God still used their lives for His purposes. And this gave them hope and encouragement that God can still use them. ...
Waking up at 1pm! How did that happen?
Discouragement Hello friends and family. Thank you for taking time to read what has been happening for the last 2 months here in Moyobamba! The last 10 days or so of December have been very challenging. A depression out of nowhere came and would not leave me for some time. Thankfully, the Word of God has sustained me and I am finally out of that rut! Reading through Matthew has reminded me to keep my eyes on Jesus, not the circumstances. ...
500 Hot Dogs Making Noise
Got you! I knew the title of this newsletter would peak your curiosity and cause you to click. The title actually does have relevance to it, and will make more sense at the end. The Invasion Eighty-five people among Calvary Trujillo, Calvary Bible Institute Kauai, and the Moyobamba team spent a week together mainly focusing on 3 events here in the Peruvian jungle city, Moyobamba. The events were a free kids festival, free hot dogs to the community, and a free Christian concert. The purpose of the events was to serve the local people, connect with them, and let them know about the church plant. After all, we have a building and it is ready for church service! It’s only missing people. ...
Have you heard of a Moyobambino?
Wherever people come from, they are often called by their city/state/country. For example, a person from the city of Boulder is a boulderite. A person from Colorado is a coloradoan (or a fairly new name is a coloradical). People from Peru are peruvians or in Spanish “peruanos”. Have you heard of a Moyobambino before? It is not a vegetable nor a species of plant. It is not a hamburger that you order at the restaurant Good Times either. The team of Calvary Moyobamba will be Moyobambinos, because we will be living there! ...
Farewell Colorado until...
“The bible cannot be trusted because it has many different translations throughout the years.” This claim has been used by many people who are not that interested in the message of the bible because they say it has errors and is unreliable. Yet if you open up a modern bible, go to the book of Isaiah, and compare it with the translation of this 2000 plus year old replica scroll that I saw in the Bible Museum, the translations are almost the exact same! Below is a link that can be copied and pasted into a search engine. It shows the version the Jews used before Christ compared with the version we use in churches today. Enjoy! ...
Teaching those of the Peruvian Amazon Jungle
Hello friends and family. Here is a quick update this month. My friend Pastor Alfredo of San Rafael, Peru is the chief leader of his people, the Aents (or Awajun). San Rafael is one of many jungle communities in mid north Peru. Alfredo, being the first Pastor of his people, has the heart to share the gospel with all of them and equip male leaders. He invited certain Aents men to come to San Rafael for a conference for a few weeks to study the bible, with the hope that they will eventually be Pastors and teach their people back in their communities. Nine of these men made sacrifices by leaving their families and banana farms to come to San Rafael and learn more about what the Word of God says. ...
Guidance, Provision, and Another Teammate
Hello friends and family! As the last letter mentioned, I led a mission trip with 16 others to Moyobamba which was supposed to be April 3-9. The rainy jungle weather did not show favor to us, as there were damaged roads and landslides on the route back to Trujillo. So we ended up staying 2 extra days! But God’s good hand was on us, and we have wonderful testimonies of what He did. ...