Mark and Kim DeJager

Dear friends, the month of is over and with it the summer break comes to an end.  We start classes next week with over 180 registered students (approx. 35 new students this year).  I particularly wanted to share how important your prayers are for us. 

  Last week Tuesday we discovered that a new local law for private schools prohibits us from using Primary teachers to teach Kindergarten.  It is permitted in the rest of the country and locally as well for Public schools.  We have had several fine Primary teachers teaching kindergarten for the last years.  Well with only a week and a half before classes started and a reported shortage in Kindergarten teachers we began to pray.  As I sit here today a week later I am thankful for how God has provided two Kindergarten teachers for our school.  It is one way we can spread the Word of God in this community and especially in the lives of the students of the school. Rejoice with us at His faithfulness.

We recently purchased our tickets to return to Canada in late April with a return date to Peru of September 16^th. God willing during this time in Canada we can get to see many of you, we hope to visit as many as possible.  Along with visiting we hope to get some other things done such as spend time with our children and family, medical, dental and shopping – they don’t have my size in pants (they are too short) and shoes are too small.

There is continued interest in the North to hear the Word of God.  The initial wave of curious listeners and people looking for a handout is gone and those with a genuine interest have remained in two little villages.  The meetings are now being carried out in different homes of people interested. Please pray as each month various brothers take turns going and sharing the Word in these two villages (Rinconada, Pelingara).
We are still looking to the Lord to provide a K3 teacher (English that is).  We currently have a young lady who will be here to the end of March but are waiting to see who God will bring along after she leaves.

The local assembly has since the return of many of the Sunday School children to the meetings.  We have also had some disheartening news as some of our young people have chosen to follow the world. Please pray for wisdom as we seek to see them restored.

In the will of the Lord we will visit each home of our students to get to know the families but also to share the good news.  Please pray for wisdom as many of these homes are broken by problems and the opportunities to counsel are numerous.

In Him

Mark Kim and family