Hello Hello!

I hope this letter finds you in good everything! I hope you are doing well!

It’s been a long couple of weeks, and I really want to thank you all who have been supporting me in prayer, it has been carrying me through!

There have been a few major changes and things along the road that have had a rather stressful effect on me, so you can see how your prayers have helped greatly.

The greatest most recent event has been with the school I am teaching at. Ever since beginning the school year I have done everything possible to walk uprightly, in the light, and teaching Godly principals, standards, good morals, and discipline- something Peruvians aren’t usually used to. I’m not easily swayed and my goal this year with these Children is  to establish a Godly, biblical, solid foundation in these children, that will last them a lifetime- ALSO something the majority of Peruvians aren’t familiar with.

God is good, and has allowed this relationship with the children to grow, however, the enemy always looks for a way to slip in.

  

Up to now, I have developed a good relationship with all the children. I kind of like to think of it as the kind of relationship we have with God, as well as the one I had with my parents growing up: Loving, kind, graceful, yet a fearful, obedient and respectful one as well.

There  is a family who have been a thorn in the school’s side for a while, and they have been coming around, looking for any possible way to find something wrong with me.
Long story short, they managed to approach the director of the school twice, stating that they wanted her to do something about… me.

So a meeting was called with the parents, and after the meeting was over, The director pulled me aside with the founder of the school, and told me they were very grateful for the work I was doing, they said my children were the happiest children in the school, the most well behaved, and she had seen on a daily basis the children running out to meet me, and kissing me on the cheek goodbye. 

When she had asked other teachers around the school, she had only heard good from the other teachers. They are now asking me to put together my entire “disciplinary/child training” curriculum, and it will be applied  to all classrooms, because they want to see the same difference in the entire school, as they see in my students.

God is good!!! It is truly a blessing from God to have been able to make such a good connection with the director and founder of the school, and with the children, and I know God is going to continue using this relationship!

However, there is a pressing matter at hand, in order for me to be able to stay in the country, and continue influencing these children’s lives.
I am currently living on a tourist VISA, and in order for me to stay, I need to get a “Workers Visa” which would give me more time to work on my Carnet. But in order for me to get it, I must leave the country, and I’m already over due on my tourist Visa.
I was supposed to have left the country over a week ago, but finances have been extremely tight, and time is scarce. I would really appreciate your prayers for God to provide a way for this very urgent trip to happen!

You are definitely in my prayers!

God Bless you abundantly!

Rachel

As for now, I currently am working on getting a Long term Visa in order to obtain a Residency here, but until then I’m not able to get my own permanent bank account here, so any of Your tax deductible offerings may be made through:

Gateway Missions
PO Box 40
Hockley, TX 77447

And please be sure to include a note saying that it is “For Bud and Laura Lenz” (My Parents) While writing me a separate email letting me know of the deposit, so as not to mix offerings up.
For non-tax deductible offerings, you could also deposit through paypal:

land.of.jordan@gmail.com

including note indicating it’s for Rachel Lenz