Serving Ministries and Missions in Latin America
One way to keep in touch with the Walkers is to use Skype
Requirements to use Skype:
High speed Internet
Computer with microphone and speakers. Headset is better.
Install from www.skype.com
Video cam is optional but helpful. We have done video conferences via Skype and multi-national conference calls.
Skype to Skype calls are free.
I also do some long distance coaching via video-cam thanks to Skype.
Last month, Brenda worked to help organize a women’s event at the hotel near our house.
As part of our ministry’s outreach efforts to build relationships with unchurched people, she and a team planned a morning of fellowship, breakfast, games, and even some door prizes (which is customary at events like this here).
The main goal was to connect with people and introduce them to a new church that is in the pre-launch stage.
Several ladies gathered, and Brenda reported that it was a great time of building relationships and hearing an excellent devotional about finding God’s strength in crisis, given by Esther (far right).
In April, I’ve been asked to teach 2 three week courses at two different locations for HIMF — Hermandad Iberoamericana de Misiones Fronterizas, beginning this Wednesday April 1.
I am teaching in a missions academy called “Panamanian Institute for Transcultural Studies” It is the schooling arm of HIMF, who’s goal is to raise up missionaries from Latin America to other parts of the world.
The academy runs in multiple sites in Panama with more in the planning stages. The goal is preparing for long term missions work abroad among unreached peoples.
My first class has students all from panama. A majority are sensing a call to Muslim areas of Afghanistan, eastern Europe and north Africa.
Some are still exploring their call, others are preparing for work with immigrants here.
Classes are in Spanish, so I’m teaching my evangelism material in Spanish.
Panama is broken in to Provinces, one of which is named Panama, that contains the capital of the country, Panama City.
That province is broken into 11 districts, and those are further subdivided into corregimientos.
We live in the corregimiento de Bella Vista.
It covers 5.1 square kilometers, (about 2.0 square miles).
According to a 2004 article (link broken), this area had almost 90 banking institutions, 27 embassies, 4700 businesses, 29 hotels, and more than 15 schools and universities.
The article states that the last census (2000) indicated that 42,046 residents.
According to a mayoral candidate in the 2009 election, (link broken) the area has 28,421 residents.
Saturday March 28, Brenda is helping to organize a women’s day event at a local hotel.
As part of our ministry’s outreach efforts to build relationships with unchurched people, she and a team are planning a morning of fellowship, breakfast, games, and even some door prizes (which is customary at events like this here).
The main goal is to connect with people and introduce them to a new church that is in the pre-launch stage.
Tickets are $10 to help share the cost of the event and will be held at the Four Points Sheraton about a block away from our residence.
Pray for new and genuine relationships with unchurched people.
Pray for our ability to follow up and continue to connect.
Pray for ongoing relationships out of that group.
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