Missionaries to Peru!

Earlier this year I announced that our daughter and son-in-law, David and Whitney Milton, were going to serve as fulltime missionaries in Congo. However, as time grew closer, the necessary doors for that to happen did not open. We all continued to pray as to where the ministry most needed help and how God could best use their gifts and skills.

Whitney and David spent a good bit of their summer in Peru, learning firsthand about the pandemic plight of trafficking there. As they met and interacted with little children who had already been trafficked as well as those in extreme poverty or mining camps who are at high risk, God did a work in their hearts bonding them with both the people and the culture. Of course, the fact that they are both fluent in Spanish is a real benefit!

They will live in the mining regions, where extreme poverty and rich minerals make for the perfect storm of child trafficking. Small children are forced into tiny furrows and mines where adults cannot fit. Girls are also trafficked for sexual slavery, serving all the workers.

David has a Masters degree in Spanish, worked in public health at St. Vincent’s Health System, and taught at Mountain Brook high school. Whitney’s degree is in missions, and of course, she was a child at home with Milton and me when we busted that first brothel in Portugal. For more of their history and details of their ministry, please read this article: http://villagelivingonline.wordpress.com/tag/make-way-partners/

This is an exciting new ministry. Please offer your love, prayer, and support as it takes root. To support our Peruvian ministry, please click here.

Love, your sister along the journey,

k