Dear Praying Friends,
I apologize for the tardiness of this letter. Life has been tremendously busy . . . and continues to grow in its busyness! Not
only has the ministry occupied us; but also in the months of January and February, we enjoyed the celebration of four
birthdays in our family, enjoyed a visit from my mother-in-law, and a visit from my dad and his wife! It was such a blessing
to get to share firsthand with the folks who have invested most in our lives the blessings of the Lord here in Peru!
The month of January brought an extra special blessing, as I was able to lead our third child, our only girl, to Christ.
Likewise, she was our 40th baptism here in Peru! We are now officially a one-room schoolhouse, as my wife homeschools three grade levels, occupies a toddler, and will welcome our fifth child in a month or so! We look forward to sharing the birth of our fourth son in just a few weeks.
The work here in Peru is growing and multiplying! Our first church here in Villa Marina has transitioned to its larger facility
and is seeing souls added to the church daily. We never cease to be amazed at the abundant evidence of God’s hand leading in this work. A week or so ago, a lady named Patricia had had a fight with her family and left her house upset. The very moment she walked past our church gate, a faithful four-year-old little girl decided to act up and ran to the front of the auditorium. I asked her to return to her mother; and I made the statement, “She’s my little friend; she just needs to sit down and behave.” Patricia heard the word friend, and the Holy Spirit pricked her heart. She continued on her way but couldn’t get the word friend out of her mind. She returned to the service. One of our team ladies led her to the Lord that night, and she was baptized. She
testified that night that she would never have come had she not had the fight at home and had she not heard the word friend. Truly God is moving in the hearts of the Peruvians in our neighborhood!
Our team member Bro. Zach Foust and a team of our disciples from Villa Marina have begun our second church in a district about 45 minutes away. The church in San Gabriel is growing steadily through services and Bible studies. They are committed to start another church themselves in about six months! Church multiplication! Amen!
We have churches three and four laying the groundwork at this moment. We have a faithful group of believers meeting in Surco every Friday night for a Bible study, and they are anxious to establish a church in their area. This area is a step up in economical status, but it is an area that is in need of a Gospel-preaching church. I will be working alongside other team
members to start this church in the next month. We are praying for God to give us a building in which to meet. That is all we lack to launch this church plant.
Next week we will begin our Bible seminary in order to train more intensely our disciples to be future pastors. We are adopting the modular style for our Bible seminary, much like that which other teams from First Baptist Church of Hammond have used successfully. We will have intense teaching and training one week a month and then use the other three weeks for the students to use what they have learned. This allows laymen and others to keep their jobs and still train for the ministry. Our first class will be on personal evangelism and discipleship. I am excited for this new opportunity.
Of course, we continue to win souls and stir the baptistery weekly now. We covet your continued prayer support of this ministry. Satan is not happy about the Gospel light that is now flickering in our community. He is equally unhappy as that light is
spreading to other districts. We feel the attack regularly, but we are committed to stand as true soldiers.
Thank you for your continued support. You are our lifeline. Thank you for believing in this work. We are seeing fruit to your account daily.
For His glory,
Dan Hubbard
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