Jesus Christ modeled ministry methods through His examples of discipleship.  He lived in community with others. How can we follow His example? 

In Cotahuasi, the Lord is effectively utilizing a Ministry Center where Quechua brothers and sisters work and visit. An "open door" to needy people and a community approach to ministry is helping to model biblical faith in context to the reality here. A busy and fruitful ministry location, it provides housing for our family plus several other visiting missionaries and Quechua church planters, room and board for visiting and orienting of new missionaries, a multipurpose room used for: reading and study, book and literature lending library, bible and book sales, and group Bible study/conference room.  It also has a volleyball court used for youth groups, a workshop, a corral for mules which are used for visiting communities without roads, small fields for farming animal feed, and a radio studio.  It is where teams meet, relationships grow, discipleship occurs, and resources are shared.

Although maintenance is intensive and very “rustic” in construction, repair and improvements could make this location safely function long term for continuing ministry. Our family has recently begun purchasing the property  The entire area of the property is about 3/4 of an acre and the various buildings are of traditional simple rustic adobe construction. 

SIM is partnering with several newly planted locl churches to evangelize and disciple within a culture very darkened by the sin of alcoholism.  Daily lost in hopelessness, many are consuming homemade corn beer and toxic methanol alcohol, leaving many families abondoned in poverty and abuse.

Medical and humanistic psychological models for treatment and rehabilitation of addictions have not been successful, leaving the government agencies disillusioned.  But, many are now open to a biblical counseling and rehabilitation program developed by local churches.

The government partners by providing very basic facilities for patient housing as well as initial medical care for each alcoholic in the center.  Funds for this roject will be used to support two full-time Biblical counselors in the rehabilitation center as well as assist with food and other basic costs of running the facility.

Assist this Bible-based ministry in its firs year of addressing the sin of alcoholism and the destruction resulting from generations of spriitual bondage.

Donations directly to the Shaws toward this effort will help make payments toward the principle of the loan to purchase the property and free up resources for ministry.  To give for this purpose, first contact the Shaws.   

Donations toward the Shaw’s SIM “ministry support” account will help provide for extensive repair, construction, and improvements. 

Additional land somewhere near the ministry center may also be purchased for growing vegetables and feed for livestock. Helping full time ministry workers develop marketable garden products is also in view here.