Blood Sweat and Tears

No one knows when or how they will go. so how will you live?

today rick and karin (the traveling team that checks up on us to make sure were alive and deal with conflict) come to see us. but their trip was short cut dew to bad news. the research team had been in a horrible accident. the two girls were hurt but Greg Gomez died.
the research team gos to other countries to see if missions are possible there. they spent their time in chile .they are like the spys in going into the promised land.
gregs last words to the summer missions team were Act 20:20-24.

how I did not shrink back from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teach youing you in public and house to house testifying to both jews and to Greeks of repentance towards God and of faith in our lord jesus christ. and now behold i am going to jerusalem constrained by the spirit not knowing what will happen to me , except that the holy spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and affliction awaits me. but i do not account my life of any value nor precious to myself if only i may finish the race my course and the ministry that i received from the lord jesus to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

greg just finished college and was applying to be an engineer.this guy always had a smile on his face. he said the hardest part of doing research was that he couldnt open share the gospel as much as he would like. the team was traveling around central peru when the convey wrecked(no details). he was killed instantly. He is a amazing example of what it is to be a christian to give everything for what you believe in. its hard to think at nasca we had dinner together 3 times and now hes gone. his parents are christian and they are taking it every well. but then again how couldnt they he died doing what he wanted which was testifying to the gospel of the grace of God.
i was really looking foward to seeing him at end summer but i guess ill have to wait till i get to heaven. As much of a downer as this is i know that this will help show the peruvians how important this work is to us and how important jesus is.

in the world you will have tribulation but take heart i have overcome the world - Jesus

in other news we are currently riding bikes out to the villages due to strikes and roads being messed up. its been rough here lately with the death of greg the lack of taxi and then erics bike braking down. but i know tommorow will me amazing because with each new day comes new blessings.
in other other news we found a jewish temple right outside of juliaca.

plz pray for gregs family for his team and for the other missionaries. their is a fear in the reapsouth office that many people will want to go home instantly. pray that Greg did not die in vain that his life is a testimony to the whole reapsouth Summer missions Team. that it may encourage them to keep going.