La Luz de Cristo para Perú

Volume 5 Issue 9
September 2010

To the Mines | MULTIPLICATION

Alfonso works in the mines. He spends 14 days away
from his family working long hours in the depths of the
Earth. He lives in cramped camp houses with other min-
ers. After a long day of mining work, the conversation
is 100% behind this idea. He wants to learn from his
around the camp circles consists solely of mine accidents
teachers, then take his knowledge and teach and share
and dangers and fears, or turns to drunkenness and argu-
with others, thus making more disciples. He hopes to be
ments. Alfonso spends his 14 days working and waiting
a part of transformation. He would like to transform the
for the last day of his shift so he can return to Patarcocha
conversation in the evenings from talk of death and fear
and his family for a few days of rest. But those 14 days
and drinking to conversations of life and hope and faith.
are so long…
Alfonso just returned to the mines yesterday for another
Recently, Alfonso was home from the mines for his days
14 day shift. But this time, he goes down to the depths of
of rest... home with his wife Elva and his children. Two of
the Earth with a new light in his eyes and a new hope in
his children (Harry and Cielo) are students in our Kuyay
his heart. And he carries with him The Word and the love
Talpuy program. Elva is the cook for our lunch program.
of Christ to share with his peers. Please stand with us in
When he is home, Alfonso is all smiles and all work. He
prayer as we work to teach Alfonso and send him off to
works to help in the Kuyay project and serve meals to the
teach others. Each time he returns to us and to Patarco-
students. He works to catch up on chores around the
cha, our team will work to teach him enough biblical
house and take care of the animals and crops. But he
teaching to carry him through the next 14 days. And we
never stops smiling. On this particular visit to home, he is
have a responsibility to teach him well enough so that he
extra happy. There is a new shift boss at the mine, and he
can share and teach the men of the mines during his 14
is a Christian. Alfonso is excited to share this news with
days away. Pray for Alfonso and for the men of the
the Kuyay staff. When he is home, he participates in the
mines as they hear the Good News and the message of
new church plant in Patarcocha, as do Elva and the chil-
hope in Christ.
dren. Even his mother-in-law, Mama Victoria (85 years
old), is a new believer. And now, he has the opportunity to
work with a Christian in the mines. His excitement is con-
tagious!

And his thirst for knowledge is unquenchable. He asks if

we can help by finding a Bible for him. And he asks if our
teaching team can teach him and disciple him when he is
home so he can go back to the mines and share with oth-
ers what he is learning. Not only is Alfonso excited, but
WE are so excited because this is EXACTLY what is sup-
posed to occur in discipleship… believers should take
what they learn and GO OUT to teach others. This is the
whole idea behind multiplication in ministry. And Alfonso
A mineshaft in Peru.
 HOW CAN YOU
Community Health
HELP IN PERU?:
Evangelism
Meeting the needs of the Pray! You can diligently pray for
community as a whole the ministry initiatives in Peru.
You can pray for provision for the
ministry and for missionaries who
serve here. And you can pray
We were recently blessed to
about how God wants you to be
have the opportunity to host the involved.
Community Health Evangelism Give! You can give of your re-
training workshop in which we sources… money, time, prayers,
trained 16 people in how to inte- services. It takes the gifts of
people like you to buy Bibles,
grate aspects of physical health
feed students, teach classes,
and spiritual health for the trans- train community leaders and to
formation of entire communities. allow missionaries to stay in ser-
Whew! That’s a mouth-full, isn’t vice.
it?! What does it mean? Well, Go! You can serve with us here
in Peru. You can come with a
basically, the rural communities
short-term team, you can come
we work with have issues… as a missionary intern, or you
issues with clean/unclean water, hygiene, illnesses and diseases, living conditions, can just come to explore and visit
abandonment issues, etc. CHE (Community Health Evangelism) is a best practices and see for yourself what God is
model for integrating evangelism and discipleship with community-based development. doing in Peru.
CHE helps to teach health (both physical health and community health) with a biblical
basis, thereby teaching spiritual health in the process and bringing the community into a relationship with Christ. This model
has been proven around the world and works to lift communities from cycles of poverty and disease. It’s transformational, for
both the community and for individuals.

We have felt God calling us to work with the CHE plan for many years now, but we haven’t ever been able to attend the train-
ing in the USA… so we brought the training to us in Peru!!! After examining the cost, it was actually more cost-effective to
bring the trainers to Peru and host our own training workshop here, and we were able to train 16 others in the process!
Thank you for making this possible!

New Bibles, New Life — Sharing Christ in Tinyari

“WOW!” We passed out new Bibles, still sporting their cellophane wrapping, to the 20 students of the fifth
and sixth grade class in Tinyari. They gingerly took the new books into their hands and examined the covers,
but did not open them. “Do you want to read them”, I asked? “YES!” was the unanimous reply. “Then let’s
open them,” I said as I demonstrated how to break the cellophane seal and open up a whole new world for
these students. Even their teacher opened her new Bible with excitement, yet also with tender care. For
several minutes, there was a gentle rumble as the students explored their newest “textbook” and began to
read parts of it for themselves.

From that moment on, it was pure magic. I found myself back in my element… teaching in a classroom set-
ting and igniting a passion for learning in children. I found my rhythm, my God-given gift, my passion for
teaching was still there inside my heart and it was being used again, but in a new way. The students were
engaged, actively learning and participating in the lesson… but this time, it was His lesson and He was
speaking to these children for the first time, directly through His Word. And His Word was so alive!!! I wish I
could adequately describe the atmosphere in that room at that moment…. all of those students reading and
learning for the first time about The Beginning and about how much God loved them and how they are God’s
creation. And my favorite part was at the end of each section that we
read that morning—”And God looked at His creation and said that it was
good” - because the beauty of that statement was in the sharing with
each and every student in that room that they are part of God’s crea-
tion, and because God made them, He looks at them and declares
them “good”. It was a wonderful moment, watching the faces of chil-
dren who were hearing this for the first time.

Thank you for being a part of making the ministry in the school of
Tinyari happen. Thank you for supporting us and for providing Bibles
for 80 students. The teachers and students thank us every time we
walk in the door, but we know that the thanks do not belong only to us—
the gratitude belongs to our supporters and to God.
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Pray for the current efforts to fol-

The Drums | HOW TO CONTACT US low-up with new believers who

came to know Christ during the
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have a HUGE job to do, trying to
TELEPHONE: 979.985.5268 (TEXAS PHONE NUMBER—RINGS US IN PERU)
visit with new Christians and get
EMAIL: BILLY@DRUMSFORCHRIST.ORG OR LAURIE@DRUMSFORCHRIST.ORG them into relationships with others
NEWSLETTER: VISIT THE WEBSITE AT WWW.DRUMSFORCHRIST.ORG AND CLICK “NEWSLETTERS” so they can grow and learn more.
SUPPORT US: USE THE FORM ABOVE, OR GO TO http://www.themissionsociety.org/people/drum
Pray for the Kuyay Talpuy school
"You can give without loving. But you cannot love without projects and for the communities
giving." -- Amy Carmichael, missionary to India of Iscos, Patarcocha, and the new
project in Tinyari.

"We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is
Pray for our teachers as they
a global God." -- John Stott
strive to teach and help people to
apply Godly principles in their
lives. Pray that they find new and

MEET OUR TEAM: MEGHANN exciting ways to make the Bible

come alive and become relevant
in the life of the communities we
WE WANT YOU TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH US DAILY TO serve.
SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
Praises for provision of a house
Meet Meghann! Meghann is here in Peru serving with us as
to live in while we will be home on
a missionary intern. Meghann has a degree in Biology and
furlough!!! Thanks to Trinity Lu-
Business from Boston University and is currently studying for
theran Church for stepping up to
her MCAT and preparing to enter med school. While in Peru,
the plate in this incredible way!!!
Meghann has been serving on medical mission teams, work-
ing with children in our Kuyay program, helping with teaching
Pray for our sons in Texas, Ryan
Bible lessons in the Tinyari schools, and has attended the
and Miles. Ryan has begun a new
Community Health Evangelism training workshop. She ar-
semester at Texas A&M Kingsville
rived in Peru with no Spanish background, but is already
(Biology—Herpetology). Miles
holding fluent conversations in Spanish after 6 weeks! She
has begun a new job in College
has been a huge help to us by organizing all of our curriculum
Station. Pray for God to continue
materials and creating a check-out system for our teaching
to move and do mighty things in
team so they can come to the house and browse the lessons
their lives.
and materials with ease. We’re so pleased to have Meghann
with us until mid-October. She has already blessed the peo-
We continue to pray for all of YOU
ple of Peru (and us) immensely!
as you continue to support us
through your prayers and your
financial support. Thank you!!!
 Coming Soon to the Nov. 22, 2010—Drums return to USA for furlough
Dec. 2010— Speaking dates still available
USA: Jan. 2011—
15-17th Lafayette, LA United Methodist Church
Calendar for Speaking 23rd First Presbyterian Church—Shiro, TX
Engagements and 26th FUMC women’s bible study—Hearne, TX
27th FUMC men’s bible study—Wheelock, TX
church visits (other dates still available)
Feb. 2011 -
2nd First Presbyterian Church—Navasota, TX
4th-7th Halltown Baptist Church—Halltown, Missouri
28th Drums return to Peru
(other dates still available)

Don’t see your church / group / school represented? It’s not

too late to get on the calendar! Give us a call at 979-985-
5268 (rings in Peru) or email us and we’ll find a date for you!

SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST WITH THE PEOPLE OF PERU.

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Special thanks to all who support the Kuyay Talpuy Project

and the children and families of Iscos, Patarcocha, and Tin-
yari. Click here for a video thank you...

Laurie & Billy Drum

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