Direcciones Update
Posted by: Jeff Adams in Jeff's Journeys, Ministry Musings, UncategorizedNo, that is not a misspelling. Direcciones is the Spanish translation of Directions, the discipleship tool I wrote a couple of years ago. I am writing these words from a resort hotel about 30 minutes outside of Lima, Peru. Marco and I are here to videotape training to accompany Direcciones in the Spanish-speaking world.
Seeing how God is using this tool has been very encouraging and gratifying. If you are part of KCBT you are already familiar with Directions. Last year the book was released in its Spanish version and the results in both English and Spanish have been beyond what I could have imagined.
One of the difficulties in the Spanish-speaking world is supplying the books. To print them in the United Sates and ship them to other countries puts the price point beyond what most people could afford. So, we have had to adopt another strategy. Last month Direcciones rolled off the press in Argentina thanks to a partnership with our friends at CEC. Again, the partnership with CEC is about to bear fruit. Within the next couple of weeks Direcciones will be printed in Peru. Response from pastors and leaders wanting this tool has proved very exciting. More than just a book, Direcciones is a tool that is meant to accompany a life style of making disciples of Jesus Christ. That’s why we think it is very important to have a training tool to accompany the use of the book, and that is why we find ourselves here this week in Lima. If you would like to see my promo for Direcciones that I made for CEC, click here.
Things are happening on other fronts, too. A couple of ladies in our church are busy translating Directions into Mandarin Chinese. We are making contact to have Directions translated into Portuguese very soon. Portions of Directions are being translated by missionaries in Thailand for use with IDPs (Internally Displaced People) in several places in Southeast Asia. Directions is being translated in Bengali and a few others languages. I just learned this past Sunday that a radio program covering North Africa and the Middle East has been using Directions as a guide for their programs this past year and that the Arabic version should be ready to be posted on their website in the not too distant future. Pretty cool, huh?
If you have a chance, pray for me tomorrow, Wednesday, as I do this training in Spanish. I have been fighting allergies, a sore throat and a pink eye this week and don’t feel quite up to par. I really don’t have time to be sick. This is the first leg of five countries on four continents in the next four weeks and I would really like to be in good health. Thank you!
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Estimado pastor Adams:
Que pena no nos cruzamos en Lima,Perú. Yo y el TEAM(5) que me acompañaba estuvimos desde el 7 al 14 de Octubre, con tres propósitos. Uno supervisar la Iglesia Bíblica El Camino que recientemente plantamos en Pucallpa, capital de la selva peruana, en solo 4 meses se ha duplicado( ya tenemos unas 40 personas). La segunda, organizar y dirigir el evento UNIDOS POR LA CRUZ, donde reuniríamos 5 tribus Peruanas del Amazona, y la Selva Peruana: Shipibos, Cacataibos Y las tribus Jibaras ( Achuars, Aguarunas & huambisas) en un servicio de perdón, unidad, y reconciliación. Fue tremendo!, la tercera fue dejar inaugurado MISIÓN INTEGRAL AUTÓCTONA, que fue fundado por nuestra iglesias, los lideres cristianos de los Jibaros y mestizos, con el proposito de finalizar la traducción del Antiguo Testamento en sus idiomas, equipar a 20 lideres para plantar iglesias en la selva Amazónica, y DISCIPULAR LOS nuevos creyentes. necesito, adquirir DIRECCIONES en PERÚ MISMO…Por favor, para hacerles llegar a la selva..Deme la información de como…Los recursos nuestros no nos permite adquirirlos en USA.
Que gran bendición hubiera sido habernos cruzado en Lima. Alla pudimos testificar en la calle y tres personas entregaron sus vidas al Senor. Estamos orando por plantar una iglesia en Lima.Tenemos puertas abiertas para trabajar en Chile, Ecuador, San Salvador de Jujuy( Argentina) y por supuesto nuestras iglesias en Bolivia y Perú.
En otra ocasión nos cruzaremos, mientras nuestra Iglesia siga ” Pasando y Ayudando” Hechos 16:9
Me gustaría compartir el Reporte de nuestra obra , pero solo tengo el e-mail de Pastor Marco castro.
Pastor Martín Vargas
Iglesia Bíblica de Broward
COME OVER MINISTRIES
Hola Martín! Sí, nos cruzamos, pero de todos modos estamos en un viaje relámpago solamente para grabar entrenamiento sobre el discipulado. Dentro de pocos días Direcciones sale aquí en Lima y puedes entenderte con el Dr. Daniel Borer, Presidente de CIMA Perú, en cecperu@elcec.org. Bendiciones!