Updates from Lima, Peru

Greetings from a distance beloved brothers,

Once again we have the opportunity to share some brief notes on the progress of the Bible Institute here in Peru.
These have been two months of blessing and very productive, we have finished two more courses (The Epistle of James and the Epistle to the Romans), our teachers have been brothers Andres Nuñes and Abraham Alata respectively, and thank God, we have had a very good participation of students.

I share the notes from Brother Andres about his course:
“I thank God for the great opportunity to give this beautiful course on James, it has been an experience to give a book, which tells us about the life of the Christian put into practice, the students enjoyed seeing the great responsibility of each Christian at the time of our obedience, together with the duties to God and our brothers, including the people of the world.
In each part of the development of the book, we had a lot of participation from the students. This time we had more students who showed a great desire to learn, to know more, about the practical life of the Christian. Everyone completed their tasks, assignments, quizzes, and memory texts. They were very grateful for the materials provided for the development of the course.”

We have started two new courses, in fact, we are already in the second week of classes, I am referring to the Epistle of Hebrews and The Life of Jesus 4 with Abraham Alata and myself, Juan Abanto, as instructors in the last two months.

On the other hand, we have a plan for next year 2025 in which we are working with the objective of continuing to have a presence in the congregations as a training and facilitating institution, for this we are offering workshops, conferences, training, and digital production of literature.

Academic Successes in Lima, Peru

Dear brothers,

We hope in the Lord that you are enjoying good health both physically and spiritually, a fraternal hug from a distance.

Last Saturday we concluded two more classes, in the months of July and August Brother Andres Nuñez and myself (Juan Abanto) taught the courses of I and II Thessalonians and Advanced Homiletics, it has been an excellent time that we have shared with our students. Interaction and learning have been two things that we have emphasized a lot in these last two months.

I share with you some notes from Brother Andres about his course:

"Thank God for giving me the opportunity again, to be able to teach this interesting course of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Personally I have felt very good to be able to share this beautiful course which has helped me to investigate, to look for answers again regarding topics included in this course such as: (1) The Second Coming of Christ (1 Thes 4:13-18; 2:1-12); (2) The false teaching about the rapture (1 Thess 4:17); (3) Hades (II Thess 6-10); (4) Apostasy, the man of sin (2 Thess 2:1-12). All of these topics are interesting since it is doctrine, where the brothers of the church should know, learn much more about the subject....

Here I send you the appreciation of some of the students:

“The classes were very interesting, I found them quite edifying, since I learned new topics which I was not very clear about, when I finished this I already have a better understanding regarding Hades, the second coming of Christ and the man of sin, and I will take into account what I learned.” (Jhonely Pérez Silva)

“The classes were interesting, I cleared up many doubts, I have learned more, everything was very clear, I had a good time, thank you brother.” (José Daniel)

“Thank you brother Andrés for the teachings, I have learned a lot about things that I was unaware of, I have been edified quite a bit.” (María Rojas)

It is possible to appreciate how grateful the students are and also the pleasant experience that always comes with teaching the Word of the Lord. Next Saturday, September 7, we will be starting two new courses, I refer to: 1) Romans (Exp. Abraham Alata) and 2) Epistle of James (Exp. Andres Nuñez).

Always trying to strengthen ties with other congregations here in Peru, I participated in a youth camp as a guest instructor giving me the opportunity to teach and talk a little more about the institute, this has generated a lot of interest among the youth and some of them have decided to become part of the training program.

It has been a pleasure to share these lines with you, hoping that they will be encouraging and informative.

A fraternal hug,
Juan Abanto

Lima, Peru school receives a visit

Dear brothers,
Once again I have the pleasure of writing a few lines with the intention of updating you regarding the work at BVBI-PERU, wishing that each of your ministries be greatly blessed for the glory of our God.

After our last report, I want to tell you that we were blessed with the presence of the Director of International Studies, our brother Keith Kasarjian, on January 21-22. His visit has really been very productive. On Saturday the 21st we had the I Biblical Seminar. On this occasion who was in charge of the presentations was Keith with the theme of "The administration of finances", there were 4 very instructive presentations and they were very well received by the members of the different invited churches. This is setting a precedent for what will be our future annual seminars either with foreign or local speakers.

On Sunday the 22nd we visited four of our sister congregations in different parts of Lima (IDC Los Angeles (south), IDC America (south), IDC Santa Anita (center) and IDC Los Rosales (north). The intention has been both the communion and the publicity of BVBI-PERU among the members of these congregations. Many of the brothers had already had the opportunity to hear Keith preach and it was nice for them to see him again. Keith's presence has certainly given him an added impetus to the institute here in the country. As a result of Keith's presence we had around 80 people at the conference, 4 congregations visited and an increase in students in our last course.

In the month of January the course of "Acts of the Apostles" has been taught, the person in charge of this class has been brother Andrés Nuñez and we are currently about to conclude the course "A.T. 1- The Pentateuch” Juan Abanto. We currently have 9 students (4 of them are formal students and the others are taking the course freely; several brothers have expressed their interest in taking the classes freely due to the difficulty they have with their schedules, but expressing their sincere desire to keep learning.

As of March 11, the institute will be teaching two courses every Saturday for a period of two months, following the suggestions of our director, with the intention of continuing to make it easier for the brotherhood to take the courses according to their availability. The courses will be "A.T2- Historical Books" Juan Abanto and "The Life of Christ 2" Abraham Alata.

On the other hand, we are making preparations for the V Bible Conference scheduled for April 8 in the city of Ica. On this occasion, in response to the request of the brothers in this city, we have decided to decentralize a bit and present the conference from another country point. We hope this decision will be fruitful with a view to promoting the institute more and more. The exhibitors will be the active teachers and one of our graduate students. We hope that all efforts involved are only for the glory of God.

We will continue working both in instruction and in the search for more students to make the work of the Institute more effective and efficient. We ask for your prayers for everything we have been doing and what we want to achieve for the Lord. God bless you!

Training preachers in Peru

Greetings dear friends,

Grateful for God's care, love and mercy, we close the year 2022 with great expectations for this year, in which we hope to do things much better than last year.

Since our last report we have taught 2 additional courses: Hermeneutics and A.T.1. and we are about to start the course of Acts. Our students continue their commitment to instruction and performing to the best of their ability in their respective congregations. Two of our students have had complications with their health (Victor Quijandría and Mariela Ramirez), in the case of Mariela she underwent surgery in mid-December, after an arduous fight against cancer, she has finally undergone surgery and is now in recovery process, with great expectation to continue with his instruction.

Share a brief review from one of our students about the Hermeneutics course: "My experience in the course was very interesting, I saw the importance of studying hermeneutics in order to stay and help to stay in the truth of the gospel of Christ, the very teacher well and with a lot of patience we look like kindergarten children, but the teacher Juan Abanto was very patient and I saw his care in teaching, thank you brother Juan Abanto, God bless you” (Ethel Lapa).

Here, I share some notes regarding the course given in December by brother Abraham Alata: “Teaching the life of Christ part I was an exciting experience. We cover the intertestamental period and a brief introduction to each of the fourth gospels. The students were fascinated to discover that much of the information we read in the gospels comes from the intertestamental period and I believe that this course helps them to consider other aspects such as the cultural, economic, political and social background. It was also a blessing for me” (Abraham Alata).

The next course (the book of Acts) will be taught by brother Andrés Nuñez, we are already making all the preparations to start this coming January 7th. On the other hand, we are also with great expectation for the visit of the director of the international extensions, our brother Keith Kasarjian, with whom we will have, God willing, a very active weekend, on the one hand our I Biblical Seminar on Saturday January 21 on the Biblical Administration of Finances and a tour of some of the local congregations on Sunday the 22nd to encourage the brotherhood and inform about the benefits of participating in the Bible Institute.
It has been a pleasure to share some things related to the institute here in Lima – Peru, a hug from afar and our best wishes in your respective ministries.
In Christ, Juan Abanto

Lima school finishes course on apologetics

Peace and love of God be with you all,

It is a pleasure to share with you some notes to keep you updated on the progress of the institute here in Peru.

After some consideration we made the decision to return to our old location, I mean the meeting place of the Church of Christ in America. Now that things are returning to normal after the pandemic, we believe that returning to this location will influence the increase in students in the face-to-face mode. We will continue to present the courses in the virtual modality for students who are outside of Lima, but the priority will always be the face-to-face modality.

We have concluded the “Apology” course with Abraham Alata in the month of September, I want to share some thoughts about the course from two students.

“About the Apologetics course, it was good to take it, I have learned a lot because we learned how to approach a person who does not even believe in God, and those who know about God but who are going in the wrong direction and present a good defense using the word of God and understanding the history about the concepts of faith and reason was very interesting to see that perspective of the events that some philosophers presented their declarations and caused conflicts in society in ancient times, thank you very much, brother Juan, God bless you” (Mariela Ramirez ).

“The apology course, personally super interesting, I have learned a lot about apologetics, I know that this will help me a lot to develop better as a Christian and I hope to be of help where I congregate. For me it was something that I did not know. We also had a good teacher like Abraham , who had a lot of patience. I say it for myself, thank you brother for presenting these much-needed lessons for every Christian” (Ethel Lapa).

On Saturday, October 8, we began the "Oratory" course with Andrés Núñez. For this course we have 7 students enrolled. In addition, we delivered two certificates of participation to two of our students who have completed their training program. José Medina is a member of the Church of Christ in Comas (north of Lima) and Alejandro Berrío is a member of the Church of Christ in Villa Alejandro (in the south of Lima). Each certificate was delivered in the congregation of which they are members.

We appreciate all the efforts that are made so that the extensions continue to give instruction to their respective students, including us here in Peru.

Lima, Peru has a successful lectureship

Greetings brothers,
It is pleasing for us to share a few lines with the purpose of keeping you updated on the course that the Institute is following in Lima, Peru.

Thank God we have concluded the course on "Christian Ethics" taught by brother Andrés Núñez. This course was presented in April. Another course that is being taught this April is "Apocalypse" by our brother Abraham Alata, and we are about to present the "Homiletics II" course in May as a bonus and closing of the 2022 academic year, and ready to start a new round of courses.

We have three students in a very delicate condition, I am referring to Mariela Ramírez who is receiving chemotherapy due to breast cancer. She is doing very well with her treatment, however, the chemotherapy leaves her very weak after receiving it. Despite this she continues to persist in classes. The other brother is José Medina, a very dedicated brother who is now in very poor health due to kidney failure. He is receiving dialysis and is hospitalized at this time. Please join us in praying for him. There is also Alejandro Berrío who has prostate cancer and he is undergoing medical examinations and waiting to be operated on. Unfortunately, the public health system in the country is very slow waiting for beds to open. Waiting behind a long list of people to be operated on, added to the restrictions and limitations that the pandemic has generated. We ask for your prayers for these three brothers please.

We remain firm with our commitment so that the institute continues with its educational activities. On Saturday, April 15, we had our Annual Conference “The Fulness of Time: The Life, Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ.” The instructors of the conference were three of the teachers of the institute and one of the students (Juan, Alejandro, Abraham and Andrés), we had an attendance of 48 people including some children. As a result of the conference we had one person baptized into Christ. it was a very uplifting and full of spiritual joy.

Yours in Christ,

Juan Abanto

Improvement in Peru

Greetings from Lima, Peru

We hope that all of you are doing well with God´s favor. May the grace of our Lord be always with you.

Last month we have finished the life of Christ IV with brother Abraham the students were very encouraged and asked for titles of the books to continue learning about Jesus' last days. They were given a list of textbooks for them to buy and they were shared some pdf articles.
We had a webinar as we always do to present the new course, Hebrews, in charge of brother Juan Abanto.

Churches are starting to gather together and as part of that, some of our students are doing some evangelistic work as well as some preaching and teaching in their local congregations while some others are still attending church meetings through zoom or Facebook.

As you all know we have been facing difficult times here the good news is that nowadays most of the adults and young people are already vaccinated which makes people more receptive to get involved in activities for that reason we have decided to return to our face to face class starting in January. We have great expectations for next year. We will have a couple of meetings this Saturday and the next one to talk about the school, the students, new prospects, and the goals for next year. We will inform you about the plans for next year.

Keep us in your prayers

Making progress in Lima

Greetings to all of you who dedicate your time to serve the Lord spreading the good news.

The School in Lima Peru continues with its program of study and during May and June, we have had two webinars announcing our courses on Johannine epistles and Mayor Prophets.

Some of our students are struggling with internet connection so to attend the classes the instructors make phone calls so that they can listen to the class. This pandemic hit badly our country and the churches and we are aware that the whole world has been affected in different ways.

Thank God, many people are being vaccinated against covid, and in some way, this produces confidence in being involved in different activities. We hope, by end of the next year, the whole country be vaccinated so we can return to our face-to-face classes.

We pray for you all please keeps your prayers for the School here, the churches, and our country.

God keeps you well,

Abraham Alata

Dealing with Covid in Peru

I want to communicate that Andres Nuñez one of our instructors diagnosed covid is feeling better now, thanks God. We are continuing our activities by holding online classes and it seems that it will be like that the whole year and maybe part of 2022 because many more covid cases are broken out.

Words of Juan after teaching II Corinthians:

The II Corinthians class has been another great opportunity to share and go deep in the word of God with our students, there were 5 students during this class that have satisfactorily completed the course. One of our students had health problems related to the lungs and for that reason she was not able to have the course, I am speaking of Margot Rodriguez, one of our best students, we trust God her health improve for our next course.

The class has been developed in a homiletic and expository way, intended for our students to assimilate in the best way possible the study material. One quiz every week and a series of expositions related to their investigation themes at the end of the course.

We thank your prayers and your continuous support to the ministry and the institute here in our country

Juan Abanto

Codirector - Maestro

We are praying for the work you are doing and the work all the instructors around the globe during this difficult scene.

Prayers for Peru

Greetings in Christ our Lord to you my dear brothers from your fellow brothers from Lima, Perú.  

The situation in Lima is difficult due to the virus, many brothers and sisters in Christ have passed away, some others got the virus but they recovered as it is the case with one of our students and some others got the virus recently as it is the case of one of our instructors. On December 2020, churches were allowed gather together but this last week our president announced another quarantine due to the increase in coronavirus cases. Quarantine started on January 31 till February 14 but we still have a state of emergency the whole month of February.  

Although this situation has restricted many activities we are continuing with our virtual mode of instruction. We are having webinars every month in order to get the interest of possible prospects to study at the school.  

We ask your prayers for our students and instructors for the brothers and sisters in Peru now that we are facing another quarantine. We are praying for you all as well.  

I adjust a picture of me teaching “Life of Christ III” and I can say that one of the good things about teaching is receiving words of gratitude from the students for sharing these classes.  

Utilizing technology in Peru

Our warmest regards,

As the singer Juan Manuel Moretti says "Things are running their course" dear brothers, things have gotten very difficult in recent months, but we keep moving forward, and that is the path that the Lord Jesus has put us ahead to walk. , and the best of all is that in the middle of whatever comes our way, there he is with us, by our side, encouraging us, strengthening us, extending his hands to hold us when we feel faint and that we can no longer advance more. The lord is good!

One more month has gone, approaching the end of this year 2020, leaving us many troubles, and disappointments, but also many gratifying moments, which continue to encourage us and give us reasons to continue.

As planned, BVBI PERU continues with its activities and events, we have successfully concluded the Church History course, which has been presented by Abraham Alata, our co-director and teacher. Here are a few words from Abraham Alata regarding his Church History class:

"In the course I could see the interest and also the amazement of many to understand what the church was like in its early years and how the changes arose as time passed that contributed to the formation of many doctrines that we contemplate in churches today and how the effort was made to go back to the origins. It was a great experience to be able to share knowledge with the students about the course of Church History".

We have had 3 new students in the course and although their interest has only been for this course, as free students, we are convinced that there are many possibilities that they will decide to enroll in our curricular program. If not, we believe that the experience you have had in this course will result in very good recommendations on your part, to other brothers who are looking for a biblical training center.

We started our webinars through which we try to awaken the interest of people in the classes and the program that the institute offers, as a result of our first webinar we have new students registered in our program, I mean Israel Avendaño, Jerson Chura , Humberto Gonzales, Bartolomé Trujillo, Gerardo Muñoz.

We are ready to start a new course, the speaker this November will be Yens Nima, we will present the course "Paul's letter to the Galatians."

Thank you for taking the time to read these notes on things here at BVBI PERU and stay safe and secure.

Juan Abanto

Maximizing the use of technology in Peru

Greetings dear brothers,
A fraternal greeting to you from Lima - Peru,
This has been a very busy month despite the fact that we have many limitations to do what we are passionate about, yet the ministry continues as well as the programs related to the institute.

We are transmitting our programs 8 times a week in a virtual way (I mean virtual studies or sermons as part of our congregational work, in which we have one of our students involved with a lot of commitment, I mean Alejandro Berrio). We have done some benevolence activities as well, thanks to the help of generous brothers who are kind enough to share their material blessings with us.

The institute continues to offer its classes virtually and the last course has been Marriage and Family. Brother Yens Nima was the instructor for this course. For his report, our students have passed the course with satisfactory grades.

Thinking about implementing new things taking advantage of the circumstances and opportunities, we have considered it a good idea to implement a webinar prior to each course to continue awakening interest in the courses and the institute's class program among our brothers. Our first webinar is scheduled for October 24 prior to the Galatians course in November, which will be taught again by Brother Yens Nima. 

I share a few brief thoughts from Yens and the course he has taught:

"First of all, I thank God and at the same time the brothers who gave me the opportunity to teach this subject to the students of the Bear Valley Bible Institute, our Brother Juan Abanto and Abraham Alata. It is an honor to serve the cause of God through this course that we have been teaching Marriage and Family. Well, the study included the biblical and theological bases of the family but with special emphasis on the treatment of the ministerial family.... This course provided, from the biblical and theological bases, some valuable tools for the strengthening of our marital and family relationship as ministers. This will enable us to be equipped and sensitized to help other families who will seek our advice and guidance in times of pain and difficulty. In addition, we will have a good foundation to train those who are not yet married, to prevent some of the unfortunate situations that we have had to face due to our lack of knowledge and experience" Yens Nima.

The course scheduled for this month of October is Church History and will be presented by Abraham Alata, classes begin on October 5.

Online classes continue in Lima, Peru

It is a pleasure for us to greet you dear brothers,

Things continue to get more difficult in our country in relation to the pandemic, while in other countries things are somehow being brought under control, in our country things are getting worse, the latest international report has put our country in the first place in the world with the highest mortality rate with 28,124 victims, while another 10,000 are being investigated.

The scenario we are in is unfortunate, however, we remain confident in the Lord and in the power of his strength and that everything will improve. Almost a month ago one of our students suffered the death of his mother due to COVID, I mean Moisés Guevara, it was a hard time for him, for the family and for the church, God have her in his glory.

Since our last report we have continued with our study program, although due to circumstances we continue to do so virtually. Our last two courses have been Leadership and Job (the latter is still being taught). Leadership was presented by me (Juan Abanto), the course on the Book of Job (A.T. IIIA) is being taught by brother Andrés Núñez. It is still a great challenge for us to present these courses in the midst of all these difficulties and limitations that we have, but both teachers and students are always trying to do our best to continue our program.

On the other hand, we started a virtual program focused on youth, in this program we are involving different young ministers to expose the word of God. In recent months, both I and Abraham Alata have been involved in many opportunities to share the word of God, it is not a program exclusively sponsored by the Institute, but thank God we had the vision to implement it with the help of many other ministers and it is working be a great help to the youth of the church of Christ in the country. One of the objectives is to take advantage of the program to awaken interest among the young people in the institute and in the training program that we offer, we hope in God many awaken their interest in the institute through this.

Thank you for always being aware of the extension here in our country and for the support that is constantly provided to continue with the program. Please keep us in your prayers!

Being creative in Lima

Greetings brothers,
Hoping in God that all of you are well with his blessing. We know that many of our brothers have been physically affected by Covid-19, but that thank God they are already recovered or in the process, some of our brothers have also gone through this, but they are already better.

As previously mentioned, our activities as an institution have continued, albeit virtually, in the month of May we have taught the course "Planting Churches", we have had five students connected during this course in a virtual way. But everyone continues to be a challenge especially due to the limitations both with the devices and their respective internet or data services, even so, everyone has made and continues to make a great effort to stay active in the classes and also when fulfilling their assignments.

During this month of June the course that is being taught is I, II Pedro and Judas. Responsible for the presentation of the course is our brother Abraham Alata, according to his reports five students are connecting in the course as well.

For now, the only thing we are dedicated to is teaching, most are not carrying out any activity related to the ministry as far as we know, in addition to being participants of their ecclesiastical meetings in their respective congregations, in fact, there are only some churches that They have implemented virtual services, and it is a small percentage of siblings who have access or knowledge of technology, limiting them to having family gatherings at home.

This is the case, for example, of José Medina, one of our students, who is having family reunions during this quarantine period. On the other hand, we have Alejandro Berrio, another one of our students, in the church where Abraham and I preach and we have him active presenting a series of topics in a virtual program that we have prepared for him, in which he operates with great comfort.

All this situation is demanding of us, a lot of creativity to continue trying to reach many with the gospel and stimulate them to their spiritual growth. At the moment the quarantine continues, although gradually some things are beginning to be reactivated, although taking all possible security measures. In the case of churches it is not yet legal to open the doors, on Sundays mass gatherings are generally prohibited, which includes churches or educational centers. We hope to have some favorable reports at the end of the month, however we are all aware that the problem with the virus is still latent in the streets. We trust God that this will happen, and that things will gradually get better!

Virtual classes in Peru

A virtual but fraternal hug from Lima - Peru,

We remain immersed like everyone, in the midst of this quarantine scenario. 

We are very sorry for everything or that is happening, but we accompany all of you in our prayers. The quarantine in our country has practically been extended until the end of May, but security measures will surely continue to prevent infections.

As an institution, the institute has had to adapt and we are presenting the courses in a virtual way (we finished I Corinthians, this course was covered by me in April) and we have started the second virtual course "Planting churches".

The first virtual course I Corinthians was presented to the students using Facebook Live from 5 - 8 in the morning. There have been advantages and disadvantages. Among the advantages are:

1) The broadcasts have ensured us a production of material for future students who are interested in studying at a distance.

2) The possibility for students to replay the recordings to perfect their assimilation of the material.

3) More advantage to nourish our website with material and in a more organized way.

Among the disadvantages are:

1) Very limited interaction with students.

2) The time was not the most appropriate, most have expressed this point of view.

3) The limitations of both technological knowledge and devices have also been a problem.

Adapting to virtual mode is something that is costing some because they are not so up-to-date with the use of technology, deficiencies in their network service or lack of a pc or laptop. But they are still trying their best to assimilate the material.

With these things in mind and after having discussed them, aware of the possibility that the quarantine would continue, we have launched our next course "planting churches" but we will use a platform for virtual classes "Google Meet" through which we can do of this course much more interactive and assimilable for students. (I attach a screenshot of our virtual classroom).
We have six students enrolled in this period in which the virtual modality has been implemented (Alejandro Berrio, Alejandro Manrique, José Medina, Moises Guevara, Margot Rodriguez and Jaime Ancori).

As part of the activities planned in our annual calendar, we have had to adapt to the scenario we are in. Our annual conference scheduled for April 9-10 was presented virtually, many brothers an sisters were able to connect to broadcasts on those days. Five lessons were presented, under the theme “Complete in Christ”. 1) Full salvation, 2) Full communion, 3) Full instruction, 4) Full perfection, 5) Full communion. (I attach a screenshot of the transmissions made during this conference and to their respective participants).

We would like to ask for your prayers for one of our teachers ANDRES NUÑEZ, he is affected by Covid-19, right now he is in quarantine, two of his close relatives have already passed away, we pray to God that he can recover as soon as possible. We ask your prayers for this faithful servant of the Lord and committed teacher in BVBI - PERU.

Grateful for your constant support and endorsement with this extension. 

God be with you, dear brothers.

Making adjustments in Peru

Dear brothers,

This is an update of information about the BVBI PERU. It has been and continues to be a very challenging time, the problem with the Covid-19, has required us to make some changes to ensure that we can continue with our work and the plans that we have outlined for these months, but always grateful to God for keeping us firm and constant and thank you who are there for us too, supporting our work.

In the country we are in a "state of emergency" and will continue to do so according to the presidential announcements, until April 13, although possibly this will last a little longer. Meanwhile, depending on our possibilities, we will continue to teach the courses.

In the month of March, the course “Prison Epistles” was presented to the students with Yens Nima as instructor, the first two Saturdays were face-to-face and the last two were virtual. (In the images that I attach this Yens dictating his class accompanied by two students and broadcasting live to the other students who are far away). Anyway, the course was concluded. And this is what we will do while this state of emergency lasts.

In this month of April we have the I DE CORINTIOS course. I (Juan Abanto) will take care of this class and it will be done virtually through our Facebook page. In addition, we had our second Bible conference scheduled for April 9 and 10, this will also be broadcast virtually.

We hope in God that this difficult time that we are having to live in the whole world, may happen soon, if that is God's will, but whatever happens, we will continue to do our best to serve the Lord in his kingdom.
Thank you for taking the time to read these notes.

Juan Abanto and Abraham Alata
Co-directors of BVBI PERÚ

A good report from Lima

Dear Brothers,

It is good for me to get in touch with you, we hope in God that this new year that we have started a couple of months ago is one in which we can better serve our God and that his will be done through us in the different ministries in which we are serving.
The commitment to the Institute by both students and teachers has remained intact so far. And always willing to move forward with this project, as in all work for the Lord, challenges and trials are always presented, with which we have to struggle to ensure that Satan does not take advantage and make us faint, trusting in the Lord and in the power of his forces, we move on.
December 2019 we finished it with the DEITY course, Brother Andres Nuñez was responsible for presenting this matter. These are the final comments he shared about his experience with the students:

“Again it was a beautiful experience in this course, they learned and also assimilated the course and found it interesting, above all, about the Deity of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Give them good study material so they have a lot of information about the course. For the rest everything was pleasant companionship and the degree of respect and mutual appreciation between them. Thank you, see you soon! ” (Andres Nuñez)

The year 2019 is closed with a lunch of fellowship with students and teachers, a time of fellowship and camaraderie to share our experiences in the institute both as teachers and students. It was a good quality time that we spent together.

So far in 2020 we have had two courses: The life of Christ II presented by Brother Abraham Alata in the month of January, and Old Testament II presented by this server in this month of February, as in every opportunity we have to teach It has been a very pleasant, challenging as well as helpful experience. In this month of February a new student has been added (Cristiano Carrión Licton) is the man on my right side in the bottom corner of the last photo. On the other hand, Brother Moisés Guevara has started a new job which prevents him from participating in the classes for the moment and has decided to leave the program temporarily until he can better organize his schedules in his workplace.

This weekend we have scheduled an evangelistic activity where I and Abraham are working full time (this since January 2020), we have invited students to support the work in our congregation as part of our new calendar of activities 2020. In the next report we will let you know the results of this evangelistic activity. We are very excited for this new beginning of the year and for all that the Lord has prepared for us in the ministry in this place.

We thank you for all the support, both physical and spiritual and for your time to read this report, a fraternal hug dear brothers.

JUAN ABANTO

CO-DIRECTOR

Courses being taught in Lima

We thank God finished the course of Acts, Alejandro Manrique has been the teacher and the students have completed the course successfully. In addition to this we have begun a new course, “Life of Christ” and the instructor for this course is Abraham Alata. There are 8 students taking this course.

With this course we are finishing the second half ready to start the third quarter next November, the teacher who is scheduled to deliver the next course (The New Testament church) is Yens Nima.

Do you know our gratitude for all the support to school and teachers? They continue to support students in their respective congregations both evangelistic preaching area and two of them have been supporting us enthusiastically in the church of Pachacamac, where I preach (Alejandro Berrio and Moises Cardenas).

Preachers camp in Peru

Dear Brothers,
Hoping that each of you is well, both in your personal, family and ministerial lives, after a little time I write these lines to update the progress of BVBI PERU.

The students in the institute are doing a great effort and a good job to make sure that the contents presented by the teachers are assimilated, the last subject was taught by Abraham Alata (Homiletica 2), this month our brother Andres Nuñez is speaking the Oratory course.

Thanks to the support of Abraham Alata, Andres Nuñez, Jens Nima and Alejandro Manrique, and other Church leaders here in Lima, we organized our first CPP (Camp for Preachers), in which 18 leaders from different congregations were involved. July 28-29, we developed a series of activities with the purpose of further strengthening the bonds of friendship and fraternity, in addition to building each other, the plan is to have a CPP promoted by the institute every year, we hope to have sat a good president to Future events

Following our calendar of activities, the students supported an evangelistic activity in the Church of Christ in Pachacamac on August 3-4, an activity that left many contacts and prospects for conversion, of which the church is already taking charge. The church of Pachacamac decided to support two of the students financially to count on their help in the evangelistic task, this will be done until the end of the year, the two students are Alejandro Berrio and Moises Guevara.

A new school in Lima, Peru!

Dear brothers,

By means of this I am writing to you to extend my greetings and to report the progress of the institute here in Peru.

Last Saturday we finished the redemption plan with Yens Nima, with 10 students. There were 2 absent, due to health problems, Eyton and Lizandra, they had a baby, but there were complications which caused her to return to the hospital, two weeks ago they have already returned home, but Lizandra is still recovering. I think they are planning to start the next course. Both are very good students.

Regarding the other students, they are doing a good job with the lessons, although for several the academic level is finding it a little complicated, both to assimilate the lessons and to fulfill their tasks and exams. But we are sure that they will do much better.

As co-directors and teachers, we are seeing the best way to ensure that they are instructed and grow, but that they also approve the courses. Here I add the averages of the first 3 courses dictated by (A.T 1 - Juan Abanto, How the Bible came to us - Abraham, Evidences - Alejandro).

On the other hand, as part of our 2019 calendar of activities we will have an evangelistic activity in the area of ​​the church where I am preaching, we will do it this Saturday, March 2. Since March and other months have 5 Saturdays, we decided to use them to take the group to do evangelistic work in different areas. I attach the 2019 calendar of activities. In our plan of activities we have included:

1.       Biblical Conference. We will have one in the month of April presented by the teachers of the institute and another one in November as invited by the IDC America.

2.       Evangelistic activity. We will have them in March, May, August and October.

3.       Recordings. We want to involve students and teachers to make audio and video recordings of different biblical themes for the benefit of our local congregations.

4.       Recreation. Both students and teacher will have one day in the year for recreational activities.

5.       Camp for Preachers (CPP). It will be a night and a day of retreat in which different preachers will be invited to spend time for instruction, feedback and fellowship.

6.       An evangelistic mission. The students and teachers will have a missionary activity next year, for which we are already preparing ourselves, mentally, physically and economically speaking (PERSONAL BUDGETS).

We appreciate the spiritual and financial support we receive from you, thanks to all the people involved in this beautiful project. May God continue to bless you!

We'll keep in touch! A hug from a distance!

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