Leaving on a Jet Plane.

I leave tomorrow morning for Peru. It seems like only yesterday I was boarding the plane to Iquitos the last time. Life has changed dramatically, but the expectations and overwhelming excitement is just as I remember. Please pray for our team as we travel, but especially as we share the good news of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ with people who may or may not have ever heard His name. I pray that that very name will break chains and rescue souls there as we speak and love with all our hearts. I pray that salvation stories begin as we serve, and never cease to grow. I pray that God will make the hearts of the Peruvian people receptive to His call, His message, His unparalleled love. And that He will raise up leaders among them to spread the gospel like wildfire. Pray with me, brothers and sisters. And may the name of Jesus be high and lifted up. Now and always.

Love,

K

Isaiah 61

¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
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² to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,

³ and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.

⁵ Aliens will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

⁶ And you will be called priests of the LORD,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.

⁷ Instead of their shame
my people will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
they will rejoice in their inheritance;
and so they will inherit a double portion in their land,
and everlasting joy will be theirs.

⁸ "For I, the LORD, love justice;
I hate robbery and iniquity.
In my faithfulness I will reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.

⁹ Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the LORD has blessed."

¹⁰ I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

¹¹ 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.