September 2, 2005
Dear Prayer Warriors,
Greetings in the name of our precious Savior! Thank you for your continued
prayers and support. Praise the Lord, my travels have gone well! The trip
to Colorado was a blessing as my parents and I were able to visit First
Baptist Church of Victor, my Dad's hometown. We enjoyed the fellowship
there. My sister and her family joined us for three days, and we visited
many places related to our heritage. It was refreshing.
Now I am back in California and have had tests and doctor appointments.
Praise the Lord, everything is going well! The only small concern was a
slightly low blood platelet count. Dr. Frakes wants to check that again
mid-September and may be changing my medicine from Tamoxifen to Arimidex.
Please pray that if she does, that I'll be able to get that in Peru.
Efata Baptist Church in Iquitos celebrated their 20th anniversary last
weekend. I have not heard any details of how the special meetings went but
trust a good number of the deaf attended and were challenged by the
preaching of God's Word. Little Alexander, whom I mentioned in my
presentation, has not been attending services, but Lorena, another student
who trusted Christ, has been going. Jennifer, who went down to Iquitos this
summer with a group from her church, was blessed by her time and ministry
there among the deaf. The children at the Efata School for the Deaf are
doing very well in communicating and took part in a retreat. There are some
concerns over paperwork for their exoneration from taxes. Please pray that
they will be able to get these taken care of.
Lord willing, my return to Peru will be timed to coincide with the visit to
Iquitos of my ABWE South American administrator, Bob Trout, the middle of
October. Pray for wisdom and for the Lord's will to be done in our meeting
with the leadership of the deaf work there. Pray that I'll have peace in
trusting the Lord during this time. He has all the answers, and I need to
trust Him for that.
In the meantime, I do have one more church to report to:
9/25 Lighthouse Baptist Church, Pleasanton
Also, I trust to visit a couple more individual supporters and family
members. Pray for wisdom in planning this trip and getting my flight back
to Iquitos. Gas prices are certainly high right now.
As you probably have been, let us keep praying for those affected by
Hurricane Katrina. My heart goes out to those who have such desperate needs
at this time.
May the Lord bless you and encourage you today. Keep looking up!
Your sister in Christ,
Lynn Porter