LCMS involvement in Peru began with flood relief efforts in 1997. Ten years later, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake reinvigorated the LCMS’s involvement in disaster response, both in Lima proper and in surrounding villages, and opened the door to church planting. La Misión Luterana del Perú was formed in 2010 and received governmental recognition in 2016. Today, the ministry is comprised of three sites: a three-story building in the upper-class community of San Borja that serves as office space and short-term team housing; a church in the northern suburb of Los Olivos; and a church in the poverty-stricken district of La Victoria alongside a mercy house, Castillo Fuerte, that offers after-school care for children six days a week. Mission pastors and a dedicated Peruvian staff, alongside short-term team volunteers, seek to make continual strides when it comes to both mercy work and church planting.
The Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF) is a great help for the mission work in Latin America. We are grateful for their excellent work and congratulate them on thirty years of service to the Lord’s Church worldwide.
Today we said farewell to a valuable member of the Latin America & Caribbean missionary team. Courtney Zalmanoff, a GEO missionary arrived in the Dominican Republic on September 30, 2019. Armed with degrees in Spanish and Psychology, she faithfully carried out her role as assistant volunteer coordinator for over two years.
For months our Lutheran mission congregation in Los Olivos, Peru was unable to meet for in-person worship, due to the lockdowns. On November 15th, they were finally able to gather together for the long-awaited dedication of this beautiful new worship facility and to celebrate the Sacrament of the Altar.
Since 2008 the Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF) has been producing materials in Spanish for the Latin America and Caribbean region.
Today we want to take the opportunity to thank Pastor Anthony DiLiberto, his wife, Jamie and their four children for their faithful, dedicated and valuable service in the Latin America and Caribbean Region.
Although the Covid-19 situation is seeing little improvement in Peru, the Church continues to be a beacon of hope in the community, reaching out with the Gospel, and sharing His mercy with those in need.
In July, volunteers, Christa Wesley and Libna Destin from Martin Luther Chapel in Pennsauken, New Jersey, traveled to Peru. Their goal was to enhance the normal routine of the children with a week long music camp.
The need to hear of our Savior is universal. To not hear of Him, to not hear of what He has done for us, is to be lost for all eternity.
The LCMS is showing God’s love to children in Lima, Peru.
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