Oikos Video update

Now that we are back from our travels we wanted to share a video with you about Oikos Ministries here in Peru and give you a taste of our daily life.  

Opportunities to make a huge difference

What is one way that a small amount of money can make a huge difference? 

Sponsorship!

We would love to share with you about some of the great opportunities we have right now!

 Even if you don't feel led to give right now we would love you to read about the gaps we have in our support for the coming year and pray for us and pass on this link to anyone you think might be interested. 

Sponsorships are a great way to enable others to advance in the callings God has given them without them being held back by lack of financial resources. They are a great kingdom investment.  

Future church-planters

In the last two years we have had 10 native Peruvian students in our discipleship and leadership school.  We have seen character maturity and huge spiritual growth as we have invested time and training into these students, who predominately come from homes where there are little resources. 

As we move into our third year, we are seeing some emerging church planters who should be ready in 2-3 years time.  

We also desire to equip the students with business and administration skills so that long term they may be self-sustaining as pastors and leaders. 

For next year we need sponsorship for 10 of the 12 students to cover their food and lodgings. 

Sponsor 1 student for 1 week: $25 / 16GBP

Sponsor 1 student for 1 month: $100 / 63GBP 

Vocational training alongside their ministry training costs $70 / $45 a month per student (6 potential students) 

Jungle pastors

Miguel and Vilma cover their food and basic living costs by making Shipibo, native jungle, handicrafts.  We want to send them a donation each month to support their ministry work and help to cover their travel costs to visit and encourage inner-jungle churches and evangelize.  

We want to be able to send $150 / 100GBP a month to them. 

Celebrations

Having so many students in our community means a lot of birthdays! We try to put up a few balloons and get a cake for at least each month! During Thanksgiving and Christmas we celebrate together and invite our neighbors and friends to join us.

Here is a fun thing to sponsor - joy! 

You could make a one-time gift towards celebrations: 

1 birthday celebration (cake and balloons): $20/12.5GBP

Thanksgiving celebration with students and neighbors: $100 / 60GBP

Christmas celebration: $100/ 60GBP

Safe, humanized childbirth

We are really excited that 2nd year students Rafael and Saida are expecting their first child! 
Childbirth in Lima is very medicalized and at a state-level many emotional and medical abuses take place and the woman is extra vulnerable because she is not allowed to have a partner or relative present at the birth.  
We would love to help Saida and Rafael have a safe and humanized birth with a recommended doctor.  

Cost of natural birth: $1200 / 750GBP 

Extra cost if a c-section was necessary: $2200 / 1375GBP 

Thank you so much for taking the time to read about all the great opportunities we have right now for sponsorship.  

We would love to give you more information on any of these things if you would like it - just send us an email at Burgessfamilyinperu@hotmail.com 

If you would like to donate, you can do so on the right hand column of this blog through paypal - either a one-off donation or a monthly commitment - just include a note that it is towards sponsorship and please specify which one if you desire! See below for other ways to give...

Oikos Ministries is a registered charity in Peru, charity number: 20546884741

 In the UK, taxpayers can add another 25% to their gifts by giving through Network Church Sheffield, by emailing Eric.Middleton@stthomaschurch.org.uk. 

In the US, we do not yet have tax deduction options, but we do recently have a Chase bank account. Checks can be mailed to a US address - email us at burgessfamilyinperu@hotmail.com for details. 

Where specified we will give money directly to the causes mentioned.  If we receive the limit for one category we will put any extra money towards one of the other categories until otherwise specified by the giver.