Huanta March Of Jesus 2014

Dear family and friends,

We want to personally thank each one of you who helped with prayer for the March of Jesus sponsored by the Pastors Fraternity of Huanta. We thank you for your love to the people of Huanta, and we wanted to update you on the March. The Lord has shown us His goodness and kindness. The March went very well this year. We had more participation from the churches and pastors than the previous year. It was rewarding to see the pastors working together with different details to accomplish our objective, the March for Jesus, 2014.

One of the things we did to help raise funds was a movie night. Each church sold tickets for the movie we were showing, and used the donations towards the March. During the march we were able to pass out Bible tracts and literature to the people watching. Also, different worship teams from the churches who participated, helped lead a praise and worship concert to the community in one of Huanta´s main squares. We hope the Lord will use these distributed materials, and the worship songs that were sung, to plant seeds in the hearts of the people who were watching. Thirdly, the pastors where given permission to enter the municipal´s balcony, which overlooks Huanta´s main plaza, and to pray for Huanta´s new mayor as he took office. The pastors were very excited about being able to pray for the new mayor. It was a wonderful opportunity the Lord gave us to do what His Word teaches and to publicly pray for our governmental authorities. Thank you for your faithful prayer support. All of this is the Lord´s doing. We are attaching some pictures from the March for Jesus, 2014 for you to see. Please take the time to look at them and continue to pray for us as we serve Him. Below is a list of some of our prayer requests. Blessings to you all!

1. The Lord´s protection for a school trip with the 6th graders this Thursday-Saturday, and for the Lord´s traveling mercies.
2. For the church and its leadership as we work to leave our duties for our trip back to the States.
3. For wisdom and discernment for our pastors to make the right decisions.
4. For the arrival of a SAM missionary, Henry, who will be joining us to help with ministry, for his adaption and transition into Huanta.
5. For our time back in the States as we get ready to start support raising, and for the Lord to provide what is needed.

That is it for now! Thank you!

In Him,

The Ticonas

Important Changes Made To U.S. Passport Rules

Resource:  Peru This Week

By Agnes Rivera

Updates to keep travels, far and near, stress-free.

For those who aren't in the know of all the superfluous holidays that keep popping up, September was National Passport Awareness month in the United States. And apparently the U.S. Government figured the best way to end such awareness was by making changes to the little blue books.

On October 1, the U.S. Government began a phasing out process of additional visa pages inside passports. Experienced backpackers and border-hopping businessmen who find pride in their decorated passports are going to have to request a new passport once the pages fill up.

Additionally, it should be kept in mind that visa pages will only be added to passports that had been issued before October 1 of 2014.

There is good news however.

While the standard U.S. passport has been 28-pages for some years, 52-page passport books are available without extra charge.

If carrying a thicker passport with more than twice as many pages as the classic doesn't sound convenient, just stay aware of how many pages are left so a new passport can be acquired in a timely manner. Hoping to make things a little easier for the unobservant, newly issued passports will have numbered pages, just as they had been in the past.

Luckily the modification comes with plenty of time to take prepare, as not until January 1 of 2016 will additional visa pages no longer be available.

As commented by Brenda Sprague, deputy assistant secretary for U.S. passport services, passport issues and concerns “shouldn't be an ordeal” and doesn't have to be as long as everyone is informed and prepares for updates.