Pandemic Just One of Dangers of Serving in Latin America
Infection from COVID-19 is just one risk local missionaries in Latin America face as they serve the unreached and needy. While the pandemic has increased resistance as villagers fear workers from nearby areas could bring infection, spiritual warfare and persecution are prevalent and gunfire paralyzes some towns. “Armed conflicts in the towns are a problem for the mobility and security of our missionaries,” a ministry leader in Mexico said.
Tech Helps Power Gospel amid Pandemic in Latin America
Depressed since her marriage started to sour a few years ago, 32-year-old Ximena Flores suffered steady deterioration of her mental health, cementing her husband’s desire for separation. A schoolteacher with a 5-year-old daughter, Flores’ condition worsened when the COVID-19 pandemic forced her to teach online from home
Gospel Creates Lives Peruvians Never Imagined
At a small nightclub in rural Peru, the blaring music was drowning out the message a local missionary was giving nearby at a three-day gospel event. Villagers asked the nightclub owner to turn the music off, and he grudgingly consented. He was further annoyed when the preacher and other Christians visited him the next day and invited him to attend that night’s evangelistic event.
Provide Medical and Other Help
Tuesday, February 22 – Bolivia An impoverished girl growing up without parents was able to obtain surgery for her cleft lip thanks to a local ministry’s orphanage. “She is so happy and bubbly!” said the director of the orphanage, where staff members nurture more than 60 children in a loving environment. Workers have helped them […]
Workers Brave COVID-19 Dangers in Latin America
“We have had to see people die and go with the Lord, including local missionaries from our ministry, and we’ve comforted many loved ones,” the leader of a ministry based in Colombia said. Christian workers in Colombia and other parts of Latin America have become soldiers in the fight against COVID-19, with some dying in the effort to save others physically and spiritually.
Multiple Gospel Outreaches
Thursday, November 4 – Venezuela A teacher came to Christ after local missionaries visited his school to talk about the importance of tribal language, and he ended up helping to translate school materials and Christian books. He is now deeply committed to the Lord and to his students. Workers boldly proclaim Christ as part of […]
Raging Husband in Brazil Opens Eyes to Truth
Hungover from another night of drinking, a father of five in Brazil recalled that his wife had fled the previous night, figuring she had better chances of survival among wild animals in the jungle than at home with him.
COVID-19 Threatens Atheist’s Life – and Beliefs
Victor lived in a slum area riddled with crime, a red zone where he was constantly on edge to protect the small family he had begun. He struggled to support them as a driver of a three-wheeler taxi. Though raised to worship idols, Victor believed in no gods as he faced the threat of COVID-19 with each passenger he carried.
Gospel Breaks Through Pandemic in Mexico
Building long-term relationships of trust is crucial for sharing the gospel in rural areas of Mexico, and for that local missionaries rely on personal interaction – the very thing the coronavirus pandemic curtails.
Pandemic Reshapes Lives and Outreach in Peru
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, a 60-year-old doctor in the central Andes of Peru lost his job at a government hospital for treating COVID-19 patients with chlorine dioxide.
