Grace

Shalom, Hola, Hello!!  (Don't forget to check out the words in fushia below)

   Well I have been back in the USA for almost a month.  And it has been a whirlwind of excitement. 

 First of all thank you so much for all of your prayers as I left Peru.  It was very difficult to leave all of the absolutely amazing brothers and sisters that I made there.  The work is continuing strong and I know that the Lord had me there to start the work that He wanted and now He is working through other leaders there. 

  So great to remember that all along it is God's work and only He receives all of the glory for the success!  Praise God!

  Coming back to the dry, hot desert was also shocking as in Lima it is extremely humid.  So for about three days it was very difficult to breath.  Not having driven for over a year it was nice to get behind the wheel although with gas being so high i try not to stay there to long *smiles*

  A great blessing my dear friend Kate whom I met while I was in Peru came here to Arizona for a week and we were able to go to Phoenix and meet with and encourage some other people that had been previous students in Peru as well.  It was lovely to see them and be encouraged by what the Lord's doing in their lives. 

  Also the day that Kate left my best friend of 24 years, Kathryn flew in from Oklahoma with her 2 year old and 11 month old.  It was so refreshing to see her and her beautiful children.  We went to California to see her in-laws and also to Oceanside where we have other friends that have been praying and supporting me.  It was just an incredible time to come back and be able to touch base with so many of the people that are so important in my life. 

  I will be sharing all about this past year and what God has done on

Thursday,

June 5th 

6:00-8:30

at Calvary Chapel Bullhead City.  (1690 Newberry Dr.) 

  Please come I would so love to meet you and talk with you. 

There will be food and drinks provided also I will be showing a video that I made so you can actually SEE how it was!

If you have any questions please contact me at gracehensley@hotmail.com

If you are interested in continuing to support me as I am a missionary here in the USA.   I will be starting a Christian ESL school here in Bullhead City,AZ and reaching out to the Latino population.  You can donate online through... http://www.sgwm.com/missionaries.php?id=143  There will be a little button on the right hand side that says "donate to Grace Hensley"

Thank you so much for all of your prayers!

See you on Thursday!

In Jesus, Grace

"For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations. " Isaiah 61:11

During the month of October I was blessed with the opportunity to join a group of students from the Calvary Chapel Bible College on a mission trip to a town called Canete. This town was badly hit by the earthquake which happened on August 15th. 

                                                         


We were in Canete and the surrounding area for a week where we helped about 10 families by tearing down walls, moving huge mounds of dirt, doing puppet shows for the kids, and dramas as well as giving out food to hungry families.

The Lord opened the door for us to not only tell those precious people about His love, but show them with every shovel full of dirt that we moved and every hug that was given that He had not forgotten them. 
                                                                       
Upon returning to Lima the Lord blessed me with an opportunity to tutor a lady named Rosy. She was wanting a promotionat work and the interview that she would have to take would be in English. Although this meant that I would be teaching 8 hours a day and then tutoring her for 2 hours after that the Lord gave me the strength.

The second session she told me that she was a Catholic. So I didn't push anything I just taught her English and was friendly. After coming to the Bible College for about 4 days she started asking questions about what we were doing here and why was in Peru. I would answer her questions and we would continue with our classes.

On November 8th I asked her if she would like to read in English from the Bible. She said she would like to. Then she started asking me questions about the Bible and Mary and if I would explain the trinity to her and why do Catholics worship saints.

The Lord is amazing as He gave me every answer to her questions in His Word. And I saw a change in her...she understood and believed in what Jesus had acomplished for her, and that He wasn't on the cross anymore, but alive in her heart.

She now is coming to church and would like to take some classes at the Bible College. Praise the Lord!!

(I don't have a picture of her and I but this her mother and her mother's friend who were part of my English classes this semester.)

This last week many of my students graduated as they completed the first level of English classes. I have seen such amazing growth in each of them and am so blessed to have each of them as students and friends.

It was also my birthday on November 28th and so my students threw me several parties, as I teach six different classes. The last day of class fell on my birthday which worked out great because we had a double celebration. I have never felt so loved! They are all amazing people and I can do nothing but praise God for this opportunity.

                                                              


Evangelism here in Peru is amazingly easy. People already believe in God because of their strong Catholic base, but most don't go to church nor do they even understand what they profess to be.

For the last month or so a group of about 15 of us from the Bible College have been going to a huge park in a nicer part of Lima. There are always a huge amount of people. I have personally seen people on the brink of tears at the truth that we have shared with them from the Word. There are so many people just dying to have life!




Things coming up-

I will be leaving for Chile on December 13th-19th to renew my visa. I will be going with 3 other people and none of them know Spanish so I will be the only translator please pray for that. Also it is an 18 hour bus ride. Pray that the Lord will give us many opportunities to share with people.

The Lord is expanding the English classes as I was able to give the curriculum to a missionary in Bethlehem, Israel who will be starting a Christian based English school reaching out to Palestinians. Also there will be another missionary here in Peru that will start teaching using this curriculum within the next month.

Also one of my students that just graduated from the highest level will start teaching this coming semester. Her name is Llubitza and she would like to be a missionary in the future and so she will be able to use teaching ESL as a tool.

Please pray that the Lord will use this time of Christmas to open the hearts of the people here even more to the truth of our Savior Jesus Christ!

 Love to you all in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 Grace