What part of VICTORY don't you understand!!!!

You don't just stroll into the "LAND OF THE WITCHDOCTORS AND MEDICINE MEN" and start a church......only by the power of the Holy Spirit!!! The light has come into the darkness

3 Families baptized - Lives transformed!!!!

The Lord is continuing to transform lives on Carmen Hill. The mission has grown from a few families to more than a dozen. Each week they come for encouragement, prayer and Gods word. We tell them the strait truth. We teach them Jesus's words and way. This week, Janet gave her heart to the Lord. She had been coming for a month just to check things out, and this week she had a spiritual breakthrough and God answered a prayer she had been praying for 4 years!! The Lord has made himself real to her. She asked us if she got baptized would there be regulations such as what she can eat or what she wears!!!! Wow, what a perspective. We told her we were not there to control her and our only regulation was friendship with God!

Our children are so wonderful to have in this ministry, they have the same Holy Spirit we have, and in the picture above, Jenson said "Dad, I want to pray for the kids that just got baptized that they will always walk in the ways of the LORD!!"

We have also become friends with several men on the Hill and this is an answer to prayer. We will be starting a "men's meeting" next week. I cant hardly believe I'm saying that! Very cool!! So please pray for this because it is huge. Men are the hardest to reach in this nation. It will only be by the Holy Spirits power that these men enter the kingdom so please pray, pray, pray.

UPDATE: WE HAD THE MEETING AND 3 men gave their lives to the Lord!!!!!

New Roof for Mission!

A team from Refuge Chapel Alaska helped put up a roof for our children's center this past Saturday. We had a time of great fellowship and the roof wasn't even finished and there was a group ready to come for prayer and encouragement. Steve Williams shared with the group to "be yourself....God made you to be special and unique" Hal Brandt hopped off the roof and shared the importance of the Word of God daily in your lives. The women were deeply encouraged. We can not understate how much it means to these saints that people would come from half way around the world to work in their community.....They sent off the team with prayers and hugs.........THANKS AGAIN GUYS!!!!

A word on JAVIER

We have known Javier for 5 years now. He has been with us on nearly every outreach. He is a true servant, always helping behind the scenes, We are so happy to have him with us. Please keep him in prayer. He is the one who takes all the wonderful pictures you enjoy.....He is the one keeping an eye on Grahm Fuego as we minister....He is the one fixing my emerging Spanish, He is the one running to the store to get Jennie some diapers, He is the one taking the boys to the park so Jennie and I can study Spanish. In short...He is helping, helping, helping. You will see him in most of the videos. He has become family. He is a born again drug lord, gang leader....and now Jesus uses him on the streets to bring "the real thing" We ask you to consider making a love offering to Him and His ministry.

"Prayer in School"- alive and well in PERU!!!!

It started as a "school check-up" for some of our orphan kids., but ended up being a spontaneous gospel outreach!! One teacher told us in tears... "No one has ever prayed for me in my life." She was so moved that she pulled us from room to room so we could pray for more students and teachers. We are continually amazed at the openness for ministry here....and to be quite honest....this outreach caught us a little by surprise....but we have learned to ALWAYS be ready....ALWAYS be expecting, ALWAYS be sensitive to what the Father is doing. That is when we bring Heaven to Earth. Please remember, someone in your path today needs encouragement, a prayer, or a touch from Heaven.......

Children blessed with school supplies and uniforms!!

The truth is, 20% of the children here don't go to school. The reason: POVERTY. While schools exist, the kids need uniforms and school supplies. And so, it was a hard week for us last week as we had to tell many children "No". And so, with all the wonderful and exciting things we report, we also have this sobering report: Without outside help, many of the wonderful Christian kids at the mission will not receive an education. This of course, sets the cycle of poverty in motion, for generations. As you all know, our mission is to break the cycle of poverty. Please consider a one-time donation for one of the children below:

Keiko, Naidi, Hydol, Robert, Christian, Lizbeth, Hordan, Carlos.........

It's not to late to help: $45 will get a child the uniforms and supplies she needs for an entire year. Log on to http://www.gohalo.org/ and donate now if you wish. We will get the supplies for the kids this weekend, and send you a personal note.

We were, thankfully, able to help many kids in the community with school supplies and uniforms....Thanks to all our partners for being a vital part of this ministry!!

The Poor are Giving to The Poor!!!!

New Pastors at the Mission!

Thank you to all who have been praying with us for a pastor for the mission base. We have affiliated with a church here in Lima and last week they sent out a couple to teach train and minister to the new believers at River of Life Huaura. We shared at their home church how the church needs to raise up, and equip the believers for service in the kingdom. "The poor are rich in faith...they need us and we need them" And so, Carlos and his wife Ester are coming to help at the mission base each weekend. Already it has freed us up more to devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word!!!! Thank you Jesus!!!!! Estamos muey contento!!!!!

Catholic mayor receives a healing miracle!!!!

He Testifies "I have been praying to the Virgin Mary for 5 years, but Jesus healed me in one moment, with one prayer!!!"

This was our 3rd time to the community of Tres De Mayo, a small village on the coast of Peru, 20 minutes from our mission base in Huaura. The Mayor has given us open invitation to come and share the gospel of the Kingdom. I told him that when as he invites us to bring the Message of Christ, he is inviting Jesus Christ himself. That is when the miracle happened.....After delivering a simple message to the group of 40 people that gathered, Carlos, our new base pastor, prayed for the Mayor.....5 years of back pain, healed instantly by the power and love of Jesus Christ!!!!

Mobbed for bibles....AGAIN!!! We continued praying for the sick and several more also got healed. By know, a group of about 8 women wanted to be born again!!! " I want to know how to have Jesus in my life" one of them asked. We shared with them the Father's great plan of redemption and the Holy Spirit moved in a mighty way. We praise the Father that he has sent us to these "forgotten ones" a simple farming community at the end of a long dirt road......These new believers didn't even have bibles in their homes, and so we offered them each a devotional bible......and little did we know what would happen next...........They were so hungry for the word of Life, they rushed me.......Nearly knocked me over.........grabbing me...........so eager to get their bible!!!!! Yes once again.....we have been.....Mobbed for Bibles!!!!

If you've never experienced anything like this, we invite you to come experience this Incredible Faith we have been entrusted with. God isn't asking for the perfect, Just the willing. The Lord has something for you to do!!!! As you can see, we have more fish then we can fit in the boat....We (or should I say HE) needs more workers!!!! Why not come to Peru and teach new believers the first steps of their faith? Why not come and minister to a desperate widow....why not come and hold an orphaned baby......There is so much you can do here. Please ask the Lord if He would have you come serve Him in Peru!!!!

The Poor are giving to the Poor!! One of the greatest causes of poverty, we believe, is the poverty mindset. And we have incredible news.......Our Coop group has begun GIVING TO THE POOR!!! This past weekend, we got to experience the giving of the widows mite up close, as the women took up an offering to give to bless a desperate family in the community. To give you an idea of who is giving.....take a look at Olga, a wonderful sister in the Lord who lives on less than $100 per month.

BAG LADIES continue to seek the the Lord and the Lord continues to bless the Artist Coop!!!

We currently have close to 20 women working part time in the Co-op! They are grateful that they know have a chance to break free from poverty!!

One of our partners, Hal Brandt, with a widow in the CO-OP

We were asked to be the God parents at a wedding which opened amazing doors into the community......It was the ritziest poor person's wedding imaginable!!!!! Dancing on the dirt floor and eating the goat meat was probably the highlight!!!!! The man is now walking with Christ and wants me to continue to guide him on his path.

Unreached Village hears the Gospel!!

The HALO Team was invited into a small village on the coast of Peru this week. This village had never been evangelized. Zero. Never. Nada. We were overcome with the thought that the Lord counted us worthy to bring His message there. We had met the village leader by "accident" and he was shocked when we offered to come to his community to share message of Jesus. "No one has ever come out to us....only the politicians when they want votes" he told us. And so I told the group of 200 villagers: "I came for your votes...but not for president, but for the KING OF KINGS"!!! Many responded and all the forgotten children were blessed with tooth brushes and parasite medication We especially thank our Alaskan Churches for providing a much-needed, well-stocked first aid kit for the entire community. We now have open doors to this village and 2 others nearby.

Walking in faith in dangerous places!!

"Don't go to Cerro Del Carmen" they tell us....."It is dangerous!!!!!" And they may be right. But we have not received a Spirit of timidity, but of POWER, LOVE, and a SOUND MIND. As it turns out, our mission base is smack dab in the middle of the hill with the worst reputation around!!!! We were confronted by the gangs, and Jesus quited that storm, Miles was assaulted and his assailant came to Christ...and just last week, a man was murdered a block from our building, and the widow also received the Lord!!! So come on with us to this hot spot of devilish activity and you will see the faithfulness of our RISEN SAVIOR. "WHAT CAN MORTAL MAN DO TO ME!!!"

We put on a community festival this past weekend where we brought the simple message of Christ to the lost ones, the forgotten ones. We are especially proud of our youth group who danced for the Lord with all their might. They did this in their own neighborhood, risking ridicule from their friends. Jesus gave them boldness and they want to minister again!!! And so we have 2 more unreached villages near our base and as the Lord makes a way financially, we will be faithful to go. If the Lord puts it on your heart, you can bring the gospel to these unreached villages for about $300. (This includes community first aid kit, toothbrushes, and parasite pills.) Please email 3moose@xyz.net if you would like to partner with us to reach these lost souls!

Holy Spirit touches weavers group-

radical new designs

Our "Ladies" are doing so well! They have only been making bags for 3 weeks now and we are blown away by the quality of their work. It is the Lord working through these women. You see, they have suffered most of their life in poverty and abuse. Three fourths of them live in one room shacks with dirt floors. One in the group is homeless, one is a widow, and 3 or 4 are illiterate. We are also blessed to have a disabled man in the group as well....he swallowed his pride and joined the group so that he could help his family. And so, we have been enjoying intimate fellowship each week with the group, and they are progressing in the spirit as well. Little by little of course. Below is a picture of Olga's house. She had us for dinner last week. One room, 9 by 9, kitchen bedroom, and dining room. nasty everything. But such a humble, broken woman that keeps walking. She testified that just days before we shared the gospel with her, she was planning her suicide. "God has given me a second chance" she told us as she wept.

Three Hundred Treated for intestinal parasites.
One of the basic human needs, clean water, is non existent in these areas, and therefore, 80% of the population suffers with intestinal parasites. This is especially dangerous in children because the infestation leads to anemia, which has a direct impact on the children's brain function. Please help us bring more medicines!!! The pills are only a dollar each. Thank you.

Mayor offers HALO property!!We met the Mayor of Huarua this week and he was very excited about the work we were doing in the city. He even offered us a 100 year lease on a property in the city!! We will be meeting with him this next week so please keep this in prayer!

Miracles of healing bring 2ND witch-doctor to Christ !

I have never heard someone yell the salvation prayer......but if you were bound by Satan's dark deception, you would probably shout too when you found freedom! This gentleman was listening to us for an hour, and when we prayed for healing, God got his attention. One man knees were instantly healed, and 2 women were released from the grip of tendinitis and arthritis on the spot!! One felt intense heat and "loosening" the other felt a rush of God and all the pain left. Meanwhile, the man whose knees were healed was jumping and running and praising God! It was then that Many believed in Christ, including the Medicine man from Huacho!!!!

Ipod is revived after plunge in the pool.

Mouth to mouth resuscitation and prayer brought my Ipod back from the grave this week! Completely submerged and filled with water, there was little hope, but Jesus was faithful! The Ipod was completely dead after the incident, but to our astonishment, it worked like new the next day! The best part was that the video footage of the witch doctor coming to Christ was saved! Coming soon to Youtube!!

Government to train literacy in HALO House!

We will be starting literacy classes in our building starting in March. 3 women in our group are illiterate, and many more in the community. It is free for the community and we look forward as these ladies can read the word of God for themselves.

And Finally.....

All is well at the Hess home......We are in a routine of ministry on the weekends and language during the week. There is a lot of traveling involved, so please keep us in your prayers. Que Dios te bendiga y benicimos a todos.