The jungle news

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.

It is a joy to be able to write to you again and share with you all that God is doing in us and through us. We have seen God’s hand at work in so many ways these past few weeks. 

Praises:

As most of you know we had been praying for a means of transportation so that we could get around. After much prayer God blessed us with a used MOTORCYCLE.  Motorcycles are the most used method of transportation here in Tarapoto. The streets are full of motos (as we call them) and motorcars, which are basically motorcycle pulled buggies. We feel so blessed, and having our own

transportation saves us a lot, as we were spending too much monthly on using the public transportation.

Another praise and answer to prayer is the Bible fund! We shared in our last newsletter that we were praying about buying Bibles for each child who goes through the discipleship program. God touched hearts and we received a special offering to buy Bibles for the children.  What a blessing!

God has just all in all blessed us in so many ways. 

Ministry Updates

Bible club

Children’s Bible club is moving forward.  We are trying to create fun dynamic programs each week that serve to teach Bible truths to the children.  Right now we are learning about the “Kings of Israel”.  The lessons lately have emphasized the importance living lives that please God.  We have learned about jealousy, revenge, loving our enemies, and letting God’s love shine through us to others.   Our prayer is that God works in the hearts of each child so that His Word produces fruit. How we long to see these children live for the Lord starting now, and that they remain faithful to Him the rest of their lives.

Discipleship   

We would like to tell you a little bit about the children that we have been working with these past few months. Hilary, 11, and Victor, 8, live next door to the church. They recently moved to this part of Tarapoto and started coming to Bible club right away. They hardly ever miss a Saturday or Sunday in church.  They really enjoyed having us come to their house every Thursday morning. Both Hilary and Victor have decided to trust in Jesus as their personal Savior! On the last day of their classes we gave them both their very own Bible! We encouraged them to have a special time each day with God and read their Bibles. It was a very special gift for them.

Marisol, who is also 11, and Dario, who is 9, live two doors up from the church.  Marisol and Dario are 2 of 6 children in their family. They have been coming to Sunday school and Bible club ever since they were very little. We had a very good time teaching them about God’s love and His salvation. Each child is so distinct and unique. Not only does Marisol trust in Jesus for her salvation, but also she has the desire to share that message with others. She told us that she wants to be a missionary when she is grown up. I told her that she can be a missionary right now in her home. Pray that God will use her to be a light to her parents and other siblings. Marisol’s brother Dario has also gone through the discipleship program. Dario is a very mischievous little boy who is starved for love. He always greets us with the biggest hug and the biggest smile on his face.   His biggest struggle was to understand how God could save and love little boys who didn’t always behave, but he understood and believed.  When we presented him with his Bible at the end of the 8 weeks, he said “Oh wow!” He was so excited that he ran through the house showing his Bible to everyone.  Before the discipleship, Dario wasn’t going to Bible club or Sunday school. That has changed! He even came tonight Bible study this week!

Even though we have finished “discipling” these kids, we are still working with them and praying for them. Please pray for Hilary, Victor, Marisol and Dario. They don’t have parents who encourage them in their relationship with the Lord. Pray that God continues to grow them as they spend time in His Word each day. 

YOUTH GROUP

 This has been a trying month for our youth ministry. Several of the young people have been going through hardships and haven’t been coming very regularly to the youth meetings. Bivian, Cheyen, Antony and Marco live in homes with non-Christian parents who discourage and sometimes even prevent them from coming to church on Saturday evening. We are spending extra time with these four teens.  The past few months we have been going through a study called “My New Life in Christ” which covered the basics of the new life that Christ has given to all those who believe in Him. Now we are starting on some much needed topics like: our spiritual enemies, the armor of God, purity, the tongue and much more. Our heart’s desire is for these young people to grow and mature and become young adults who are deeply rooted in God’s Word and who will live for Him. We know that we will not always see the fruits to our labor right now. But, we are assured that God is doing a great work in the lives of these young people, and that God will produce the fruit in their lives in His time and in His way.

  

SUNDAY SCHOOL

In the past the children’s Sunday school was during the morning worship service. There was just one big class for kids of all ages. Now, the Sunday school classes are before the morning service and are divided into two age groups. Daniel and I are in teaching the 10-12 age group, while Raquel and Paola (Daniel’s sister) are teaching the 5-9 age group. There are 6 children coming to our class right now: Marisol, Hilary, Marcos, Lucas, Josef and Hugo. Right now are studying the importance of obeying God’s rules. Last week we learned about the tongue! All of the children take turns reading from their very own Bibles the passage of Scripture that we are going to study, and we LOVE seeing that.

  

Personal Updates

We are praising God that we were able to celebrate our year and a half wedding anniversary this past September!  We do have a special prayer request though. We are in need of a house. The house we are living in right now was given to us for 1 year. It was a huge blessing from God, but the year is up. So please pray that God will provide us a place to live. God knows exactly what we need, and how much we can spend, so we are leaving it in His hands and trusting in His will.

Well that is all of our news for now! Thank you all so much for being behind us and being such and encouragement and blessing in our lives. Your prayers and financial support mean so much more to us than you could imagine. Thank you for being our partners in the ministry. We just couldn’t do it all without your help and support. We would love to hear from you as well. Let us know how you are doing, and how we can be praying for you. Write to us at danielandmattie@gmail.com or you can write mail and send it to Daniel and Mattie Jiron Oscar R Benavides 181 Morales, SanMartin, Peru.  If you feel God touching your heart to help support our ministry, you can go to www.tentmakersbiblemission.org and click on GET INVOLVED. Thank you all once again for being part of what God is doing in Tarapoto, Peru!

Praises and Prayer Requests

·         For God’s provision in our lives!

·         For the Bibles that were donated for the children!

·         For God’s un-ending faithfulness

·         For our marriage and our spiritual walk with God

·         For the different ministries in the church, that God may be glorified and proclaimed

·         For all of the children who are coming to Bible club and Sunday school

·         For Hilary, Victor, Marisol and Dario that they may continue to grow in the Lord

·         For a house that we can afford