Christmas is almost here!  We’re thankful for our Lord’s birth in that manger and for all He has done for us.  He loved us enough to be born into this painful world and enough to die for the forgiveness of our sins.  He wants us to receive His love today just as much He did then.  May you enjoy His presence in your heart this Christmas.

–Tony and Carrie Taylor

I am writing you to share a special prayer request with you.  But first an update on the previous prayer requests:

The ministry to teens in San Marcos came to an end without becoming a church plant.  One of the Catholic teachers in the school rallied the teens and parents (including several that we had ministered to) in order to tell them that recent events didn’t warrant a change of religion (he was advising them to stay in the Catholic church).  Those that continued to faithfully attend the Bible studies were members of other Protestant churches.  In the end many lives were touched and people realized that the Lord is the only One that can help them with such needs.

Cesar did enter the Teen Challenge rehabilitation center in Guatemala City.  I have not been able to talk directly with him since leaving him there, but his parents have let me know that he has had a rough time adjusting and has wanted to leave at times.  Please pray that he allow the Lord to do a tremendous work in his heart.

I appreciate your prayers for the confidential problem in the leadership of one of the local churches that I asked for you to pray about.  I have talked to some people and things do look a bit better at this point.

The special request that I mentioned at the beginning of this e-mail is for a church here that is planning to open a alcohol and drug rehabilitation center here in Jacaltenango.  This may happen as early as mid-December.  I cannot tell you how great of a need this is for Jacaltenango.  Please pray for Dios de Pactos (God of Covenants) church and for all that is needed for this new ministry to be successful.  It will be a tremendous step of faith for this church.

Thanks,
Tony

Greetings from the Amazon Jungle, and Happy Thanksgiving!

We pray this letter finds you prospering in the Lord.  This Thanksgiving we’re reminded of just how blessed we are.  We are so thankful for each one of you who make the work here possible.  God has truly supplied all our needs, and we know He will continue to do so.  We pray this Thanksgiving you can stand with us and say “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”.

A piece of exciting news……We have an opportunity to plant a new church in Punchana.  We have found a piece of land, with a building on it, which for the time being we can use for services.   We need to raise $1,500 dollars to purchase this property.  We have a brother in one of the churches here who has been serving as Associate Pastor, and he’s ready to place in his own church.  We believe this is an opportunity the Lord has provided.  This property is in the middle of a residential area, and there is no other church close by.  It is in an extremely poor area, where most people don’t have the money for transportation to be able to attend a church that is not within walking distance.  We are asking that you prayerfully consider being a part of seeing this new church established.

Thank you for your prayers for the government and the new President of Peru.  We have a more specific request in this area.  We have a mission here, that has been well established since 2002, Iglesia Sobre La Roca, and we have been working on securing permission from the Peruvian government to have residents live under our mission.  When we first started this process, the only thing needed was filing the proper paperwork, and paying the normal fees.  Two weeks before our paperwork was finalized, they put into affect a new law that said you had to be a mission in good standing for 7 years before residents could live under your mission.  So we waited the 7 years.  We have had similar circumstances for the past 2 years, with the final blow coming this past week.  They have now decided that we need to have over 10,000 active members in our churches before we qualify.  This new law not only affects us, but every church and mission in Peru as well.  There are no churches that large in all of Peru.  This law would effectively take away every legal right any mission or church has in Peru.  (Another mission here in Peru has been kind enough to allow us to live here under their mission, this new law affects them as well.)  A government official told us last week that they recognize this new law is unjust, and they are working to change it.  He said they should have a ruling on it by the first of January.  If this law were to stand, every missionary in this country could be forced to work here on visitor’s visas, which would only allow you to be in the country for 6 months out of the year.  We need your agreement in prayer, that this law will be overturned.  We’re asking God for Iglesia Sobre La Roca to be given full rights for residents to live under our mission.  

As you can see, the two items topping our prayer list are an opportunity to plant a new church, and the enemy’s attempt to slow down this work.  We are not the least bit discouraged by this, in fact quite the opposite.  It’s when we are about the Father’s business that the enemy tries the hardest to stop us.  If the enemy weren’t chasing us, we would have to stop and wonder if we were on the right track!  Our God is able, and will watch over His Word to perform it, the gospel will be preached in all the world!

Thank you so much for standing with us in the work here.  We truly appreciate each of you who have stood with us during the past 15 years.  You’ve made the work possible.  If you’ve not had an opportunity to support this ministry with your finances in the past, we would like to invite you to be a part, we would certainly welcome your support. Together we can do more for Him! You may send your tax deductible donations to:

 Adams Missionary Fund
Church on the Rock OKC
PO Box 720006
OKC, OK 73172-0006

Serving With Joy,

 Jerry, Connie & Kaitlyn Adams
Iglesia Sobre La Roca, Peru

As always, we are appreciate your prayers for the Jacalteco people and the ministry among them.

The ministry to teens in San Marcos is at a crucial point.  They finished a discipleship Bible series recently.  It has had the potential of becoming a church plant.  The church from the main town that has been going out there has begun talking with the participants about the possibility of planting a church there.   Please pray for the Lord’s guidance in this.

Please also say a prayer for a man that I have been working with here named Cesar.  He has had a lot of trouble stemming from alcoholism, but is doing better and is considering entering a rehabilitation center.  We want to see him totally rehabilitated and able to bless his wife and children again.

I am also dealing with a confidential problem in the leadership of one of the local churches and I ask for your prayers for wisdom as I work with this leadership to assess the best way to deal with the problem.

Thanks,
Tony

Praying Friends,

 I hope that you will all be able to take some time to pray for a tremendous need that we are seeing in the Jacaltenango area.

Some of the teenagers in the area have been playing satanic games and engaging in other satanic activity.  When you couple that with the fact that many of them have family members that are involved in witchcraft you can see that they are in a very volatile situation.  Many of these teens have become violent and/or suicidal.

I have been going to the village of San Marcos with one of the local churches here in the main town.  The teachers in the junior requested assistance because students experiencing demonic attacks have disrupted classes.  We have now ministered to over twenty teens.  They are being freed from demonic oppression, and have been accepting Jesus as their Savior.  Some of their family members have also come to know the Lord through this.  The church that I have been ministering with has begun a Bible study in San Marcos for them.  We still do not know why, but Monday there were only two present.  However, on Wednesday over 20 were in attendance. 

One result is that the teens in the junior high have been hungry to get their hands on a Bible!  Having Bibles from the Bible Society, we have given away seven Bibles and sold 17 for less than $2 a piece.  Tomorrow I’ll send another ten with one of the teachers.

We have also seen some teens here in the main town have the same problem.  Some have received prayer and others, for religious reasons, have not wanted us to minister to them.

In another village, San Andres, one young person committed suicide as a result of demonic problems.  The teachers there are now having the same problem in that sometimes they cannot conduct their classes due to demonic manifestations.  It is hard to take care of all those that are in need; please pray that this great need in San Andres will be taken care of soon.

Please pray for these teenagers and for all of us that are ministering to them.

Thank you very much,
Tony Taylor

Jerry and Connie Adams, our missionaries in Peru, have a website with information about their mission, pictures, prayer requests, and their contact information.

Check it out!