Stanton Mission Report, February 2009
Anita and I arrived back in Peru and are staying busy getting things back in order. Anita has learned to pace herself and not over exert herself physically; she still gets fatigued easily and her doctors said she would need at least a year to recuperate her full strength. For those of you that know her, you know that she works hard and long hours and won’t rest until “the work” is done. But as I said, she is learning to pace herself and rest when necessary. Thanks again to all of you for your prayers for her during the past year. The Lord has been merciful to us! If you need to contact us please use our field address and phone number listed above.
Upon arrival back in Peru, we had a great reception at the airport in Huánuco by about twenty dear friends that came out to greet us. It was quite a surprise. Then when we got to the church (we live in an apartment the church building) there was another great group to greet us. It was a wonderful “welcome home” for us.
Four days after unpacking and getting a lot of things put away we left for Lima again; this time to meet a small group from Tri-Cities Baptist Church of Johnson City, Tennessee. We took them to Cusco and then on to the Mission Hospital “Diospi Suyana” in Curahuasi. We are supporting, Silvia Rojas, a young lady from our church there as a medical missionary. We had a great visit and then we traveled back to Cusco in order to spend time with missionaries, Jason and Rebecca Reinhardt and the twins, Neomi and Natali. (These are the twins we took care of for seven months a few years ago). They sure love to see their “Nene and Papaw” come to visit!!
My Monday night Bible classes have resumed and I am enjoying them very much. Anita will soon start teaching her literacy classes again. She is very anxious to get back into that area of her ministry.
We are back working with the Calvary Baptist Mission here in Huánuco once again. Our first service back they also surprised us with a welcome back party. The Minix family, Jayson and Andrea, have done a wonderful job working in this new mission. They are now back in the States on furlough and presenting their children, Austin and Lauren to their supporting churches. Both children were born here in Peru during their first term. The work is doing well, we had one young man accept Christ as his Savior on our second Sunday back in Huánuco. Our great God continues to bless and bless!
Thanks to the Mount Calvary Baptist Church of Charleston, West Virginia we were able to purchase a new motorcycle for Pastor Carlos Gonzales for use in his work in Oxapampa, Peru. He was overjoyed with the new motorcycle. Thank you pastor Mitchell and saints of Mount Calvary Baptist!!!
Until next month.
In HIM by HIS grace,
Sheridan and Anita Stanton
