Since we moved from Chincha, we have had the pleasure of being involved in a Vineyard church again.

In order to marry and live in Bolivia, the original pastor left the church to his sister, Elizabeth, to run. She has, on the whole, found the experience very trying, does not feel cut out for the role and had considered giving it all up.
Our arrival has, therefore, been viewed somewhat as an answer to prayer (eeek!)
Please can we count on you for your prayer suport as we embark on supporting this small group. We didn't arrived prepared to become Pastors but, together with Elizabeth, it looks like they are hoping we might take on this role.

The church is coming up to 4 years old, and until recently has always meet in the front room of the house of a family that has made up the vast majority of those attending. We have recently, however, shifted location to our house, which lies near to where Eli works and so it is now easier for her work colleagues to come.
We have grown a little in terms of numbers since our involvement, from 10 up to about 20,
but some weeks are still fairly thin on the ground.

We are both very excited about being involved in this group.  We see much potential, but we can already see the difficulties surrounding each person who comes.

There is also another Vineyard (the mother church) about 30 minutes out of Huancayo in a village called San Jeronimo who have been very supportive even though they are very small in number too.
Elsewhere in Peru, there are 3 Vineyard churches and 1 other group in Lima and 1 in Arequipa.

  Vineyard is a new thing to this country, but it sems to be growing which is very encouraging.
As Elizabeth told us, within the Peruvian context, Vineyard is very different to other churches
where there is a tendency towards emphasising legalistic living.

Prayer information relating to the church is available here.