Some Exciting News!

I am very excited to share 2 bits of news with you guys and ask for your continued prayers!


1.) the first is- tomorrow I am starting English Classes for the kids at Las Palmeras!

Las Palmeras is an impoverished village about 10 minutes away (by moto) from where I am living here in Ancon, Peru.

The Church “El Camino” that I am a part of here has taught a weekly children’s Bible class at Las Palmeras for the past ten years.  Every week lovely Christians sisters of the church go to Las Palmeras and teach anywhere from 30-60+ children about Jesus and then give them something to eat and drink. 

There is a one room building in the middle of the village. It doesn’t have electricity or water (like most of the village), but it does have a new floor (see pictures during construction here) and tables and chairs for the children.  This is the building we use.

I have been helping out and  I have completely fallen in love with the sweet and needy children that come.

Their sweet hugs; their little hands - often very dirty - are always wanting to play with my "gringa" hair;their precious voices singing to Jesus; their hungry bellies being filled with a meal and drink... It hasn't taken long for me to be completely taken with these precious little ones and the joy of serving them. 

These children bring my heart so much joy, but at the same time my heart breaks for many of their living situations. 

There is so much neglect, ignorance, addiction, and malnutrition rampant here. Many of the parents can’t afford or don’t know how to properly care for these children. 

When with your own eyes you see the poverty, you smell the smells, you hear the stories, you see the faces, you hold the hands, you kiss the dirty little cheeks… it becomes very real. It becomes more than just a “good cause” it becomes personal. They become more than just “some kids” in Peru…they become precious individual souls.

My prayer for this time with the kids is to provide

• an interactive English class. More often than not, speaking English is a ticket to help escape the cycle of poverty.
• a nutritious meal
• a care package to take home and use during the week (with extra food, supplies, and items such as a toothbrush, stickers, crayons, juice boxes etc

Please pray for me to have wisdom and creativity and also that funds will be provided for the necessary supplies.
Lord willing, in the next few weeks, I would love the chance to be able to start a more complete "program"- throughout the week and provide more times to reach out to these kids.  I will keep you updated


2.) I am also excited to announce that God has opened up the doors, for me to go on a missions trip in March to the Jungle of Peru!!

One of the missionaries from the jungle is here this week, and we were able to talk about it, and plan.

I will be going to Iquitos for one week with Pastor Walter, Pastora Clarisa and several other Church members.
 Iquitos is only accessible by plane, and is situated around the amazon river!
More info coming soon! I will let you know when I have solid dates and more information about what this will look like practically.





( A note about financial support: Many of you have contacted me, asking for ways to support the ministry God has led me to here.

If that is you, and you are intersted in supporting either of these oppurtunities financially- here is a practical way you can help! 
Donations can be mailed to my home address. Send me an e-mail at Johannasjourney@yahoo.com if you would like me to send it to you.
Checks can be made out to “Johanna Lange” with the subject “Project Palmeras” if you would like to help fund the English program, and "missions trip" if you fell led to help fund my missions trip to Iquitos. )