Dear friends and family,
This blog is the hardest to write. At the same time it’s ok because we are excited and so grateful when we remember all that God has done thru our Peru mission.
God has made a way for the Diospi Suyana media centre to reach 850,000 people in remote Peru daily with the gospel message via radio 24/7.
As you know we were home in Sydney on furlough in April 2019 with intent to return to Peru for nine months in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic this was not possible. Chris continued with the Diospi Suyana satellite/radio work from Australia and undertook some irregular paid engineering contracting work in Sydney.
As time went on we had to accept that no return to Peru would be able to be organised in the near future. We prayed for God’s next step for us (and many of you did too) and God answered with full time employment for Chris in Canberra.
Thus we have made the decision to place our mission officially “on hold” until we can make further plans to return to Peru.
The funds that have been given to our mission are held in full with Pioneers awaiting our return trip. We are so ever grateful to those of you that have hung in with us to this time, and for those that have supported our mission in the past and for those that pray for us. Thank you!
This all means that with a ‘hold’ status on our mission, we will not be accepting anymore donations thru OARF or our family support account.
The Pioneers Australia team have written a letter they asked us to pass onto you all from them…
“We would like to extend to you a heartfelt thank you for all your prayers and financial support for the Welch family over the past almost five years, as they have ministered in Peru at Diospi Suyana with Pioneers (both on-site and while back in Australia). The family have made the difficult decision to remain in Australia and take up paid employment for this current season. Whilst Chris has been doing consulting work remotely over the past two year for Diospi Suyana to ensure their radio transmission sites continued to broadcast, this will reduce to a few hours a week at night and on the weekends.
Your continued care and prayers for them will be much appreciated as they adjust to their life in Canberra.
Financial Support: For those who have been financially supporting the Welch family, please note that support gifts should stop before the 1st March 2021.
- If we withdraw your payments through direct debit or credit card, we will automatically stop these on the 28th February 2021.
- If you arrange your own payments through your online banking or by cheque, you will need to stop your payments.
If you have any questions about your support, or if you are interested in supporting another Pioneers worker, you can contact our finance team at info@pioneers.org.au or Freecall 1800 78 78 89.
Yours in Christ,
Pioneers Finance team”
We are in Canberra now, our hearts filled with thankfulness for the blessings and love you have shown us, in obedience to God’s call for you to help with his work.
You can be assured that the Diospi Suyana Media Centre has 2 more FM transmission sites already underway and God willing Chris is very keen to help get them going! We will stay in touch.
Grateful, Thankful, Blessed by and for you all.
Love, The Welch family
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