Please Pray for us

Dear friends and family,

First of all, we would like to thank you all for your prayers during these past few months. God has been so faithful to us, and we greatly value your prayers and support. It as been such a blessing.

These past few months have been such a rollercoaster! We found out in December that we are going to be parents! Shortly after that wonderful and exciting news, we found out that we are going to have twins! What a gift and a blessing from God. We desire to be godly parents and to teach our children about our great God. We are also looking forward to them being part of the ministry that we are involved in.

Though we are very excited, at the same time we are concerned for the health of the small precious lives that are now 14 weeks along. We have rushed to the doctors several times due to complications in the pregnancy. All the doctor told us was to rest and pretty much wait. Two weeks ago, we came to Lima to work on paper work for Daniel's visa to the U.S. which is in the process of being processed. (That is another whole story,please pray that God will do a miracle for His glory and allow the paper work to process very quickly) While we have been here in Lima we once again had to go the the doctor to make sure everything was ok. Thankfullly, here in Lima the quality of medical care is much better than in Tarapoto. A few days ago we found out that baby A's placenta is implanted very low in the uterus. This is a form of placenta previa. Placenta previa that is detected during the second trimester usually will correct itself in time as things beging to grow. But in our case the placenta has already bled 5 times. So right now we are praying and doing all we can to give our babies the best chance for a healthy pregnancy. We will be going to the doctor again on Wednesday to get the final verdict and to find out if we can travel at all.

Though this has been a difficult time for both of us. Our trust is firmly planted in our God. He has never failed us and we know that He never will. What God does is always His will, sometimes we don't agree with what He does, but we have to trust that it's for the best. We would like to ask you all to continue praying for us. Pray that God would give us wisdom to make the right decisions for our family and ministry. Also, please be in prayer for our babies, especially for our littlest one baby A.

Psalm 139:13-14 says You knit me together in my mother's womb, I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Thank you once again for your love and prayers.

May the Lord bless you all

Daniel and Mattie Melendez