Dear Praying Friends,
October was outstanding! We presented our work in 7 churches in 4 different states. We devoted a great amount of time to our final preparations for Peru. We fly to Peru on November 27. One huge blessing to report concerning our preparations: the Lord gave us a pediatrician who took care of our children’s vaccinations free of charge. Another blessing is that our outgoing and departure needs are being met by so many kind friends and churches. Over half is raised now.
There are some soul-winning blessings from this month that are too good not to share. Aaron Vance and I were visiting during the week for a church bus route in Indiana. We were promoting a free carnival after church on Sunday. As we were signing up bus riders, one of the moms invited us in to pray over her husband Ken. While in the military, Ken fell out of a Blackhawk helicopter in Somalia. Half of his body was paralyzed. This caused his speech to be slurred, but his mind was very sharp. After we prayed over Ken, I knelt down next to him and firmly looked him in the eyes. I then asked softly, “Ken, if there was only one thing that you could ask from God, for what would you ask?” He said, “To walk.” I continued by telling a story in Mark 2: There was a crippled man who was brought to Jesus through the roof of a house. Before Jesus healed the man, He said to him, “Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.” Being healed
was important to the man. The man being saved from sin and Hell was much more important to God. Less than 30 minutes later, Ken accepted Christ as his only Saviour. While out visiting the next day, Ken’s wife found us and said, “Ever since you helped my husband get saved, he has been on Cloud 9. I have never seen him this happy.” Don’t worry. Ken will walk again. Hallelujah!
Later that week on Sunday, we had 44 first-time visitors ride our bus. I taught a Sunday school class of 4 boys. All 4 came on our bus. All 4, Jesse, Thomas, William, and Justin, were saved that morning; and after calling their moms, all 4 were baptized the same day. God is good!
Our deputation is coming to a close. We have enjoyed the fellowship of so many friends and churches and countless blessings along the way. Please pray for our family and Team Peru as a whole. Some of our teammates in Peru are sick right now. Please pray that God will continue to open great doors of opportunity for our team. If you would like to help with our outgoing and departure needs, you can request them by e-mail at rader.teamperu@gmail.com. Thank you to so many for your love, prayers, and support. We love you. God bless you.
His for souls,
Mark, Sarah, Savannah, and Paul Rader
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