Stephen and Evelyn Stilwell
STEPHEN & EVELYN STILWELL, MISSIONARIES TO PERU
December-February
Merry Christmas to each of you and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The countdown is upon us again.
This letter is full of dates, but we appreciate all your prayers as we minister in these activities.
December 7: We will be participating in a wedding. The couple graduated last year from the seminary.
He is pastor of a new church plant here in Trujillo. Please pray for them. Romario is from
Venezuela, and Besty is from Victory Baptist Church. We just finished their pre-marital counseling.
December 14: Six students will graduate from the seminary. Stephen has been asked to preach for the
graduation. Pray that the Lord will raise up more to prepare to serve Him. We can easily house 100
plus students and have a little less than half that now.
December 20: There is a music recital at Victory Baptist Church. About 30 students that study in the
music school at VBC will be playing instruments and singing. Stephen will be leading.
December 21: We both will participate in another wedding. The girl is from Victory Baptist Church and
the fellow is from another church here in Trujillo.
December 22: We will have a Christmas program and a time of fellowship at Maranatha BC.
December 25: We will spend Christmas with our BMM family, singing and fellowshipping together.
December 27-28: These two days the directors and counselors meet at camp for training and organizing.
December 29: Maranatha Baptist Church is planning a farewell for Pastor John Jairo Paredes and family,
as he is transferring to Bibles International, a branch of Baptist Mid-Missions that translates the
Bible into different languages. He and another professor from our Bible college will start in that
ministry. They both know Spanish, English, Hebrew and Greek. Pray for them also and their
financial support. I will probably continue preaching twice a week at Maranatha.
December 31: We plan to be at the Watchnight service at Maranatha and the next day head out to camp.
Decembers 31-January 4: Singles Retreat at camp - ages 30-58
January 10: Our granddaughter, Abigail, will marry her fiancé from Venezuela, who is finishing his third
year at the Bible College.
January 7-11: Family Retreat at camp
January 13-18: Children’s Retreat at camp
January 20-25: Youth I Retreat at camp
February 05-08: Men’s Retreat at camp - new this year
February 10-15: Intermediate’s Retreat at camp
February 18-22: Ladies’ Retreat at camp
February 24- March 01: Youth II Retreat at camp
March 10: The Bible college begins classes for the 2025 year.
March 24-29: Advanced adult’s Retreat at camp - ages 58-100- new this year.
Pray for our water supply. Even the mighty Amazon River dropped because of no rain this year. Stephen was able to fix the windmill, and then he went to camp weeks later and it was broken. We would love to have the windmill to pump free water for the camp. Please pray for Stephen as he tries to take time to find why it broke and fix it. Remember last year we had so many problems with electricity. The devil always gives us a hard time when camp starts. Thank you for your prayers as we serve together here in Peru. Stephen has been working on bathroom doors and divisions in the new large chapel. Sometimes he has help and sometimes he goes to camp alone. Everyone is busy with other ministries.
Stephen & Evelyn Stilwell
Box 308011, Cleveland, OH 44130
December-February
Merry Christmas to each of you and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The countdown is upon us again.
This letter is full of dates, but we appreciate all your prayers as we minister in these activities.
December 7: We will be participating in a wedding. The couple graduated last year from the seminary.
He is pastor of a new church plant here in Trujillo. Please pray for them. Romario is from
Venezuela, and Besty is from Victory Baptist Church. We just finished their pre-marital counseling.
December 14: Six students will graduate from the seminary. Stephen has been asked to preach for the
graduation. Pray that the Lord will raise up more to prepare to serve Him. We can easily house 100
plus students and have a little less than half that now.
December 20: There is a music recital at Victory Baptist Church. About 30 students that study in the
music school at VBC will be playing instruments and singing. Stephen will be leading.
December 21: We both will participate in another wedding. The girl is from Victory Baptist Church and
the fellow is from another church here in Trujillo.
December 22: We will have a Christmas program and a time of fellowship at Maranatha BC.
December 25: We will spend Christmas with our BMM family, singing and fellowshipping together.
December 27-28: These two days the directors and counselors meet at camp for training and organizing.
December 29: Maranatha Baptist Church is planning a farewell for Pastor John Jairo Paredes and family,
as he is transferring to Bibles International, a branch of Baptist Mid-Missions that translates the
Bible into different languages. He and another professor from our Bible college will start in that
ministry. They both know Spanish, English, Hebrew and Greek. Pray for them also and their
financial support. I will probably continue preaching twice a week at Maranatha.
December 31: We plan to be at the Watchnight service at Maranatha and the next day head out to camp.
Decembers 31-January 4: Singles Retreat at camp - ages 30-58
January 10: Our granddaughter, Abigail, will marry her fiancé from Venezuela, who is finishing his third
year at the Bible College.
January 7-11: Family Retreat at camp
January 13-18: Children’s Retreat at camp
January 20-25: Youth I Retreat at camp
February 05-08: Men’s Retreat at camp - new this year
February 10-15: Intermediate’s Retreat at camp
February 18-22: Ladies’ Retreat at camp
February 24- March 01: Youth II Retreat at camp
March 10: The Bible college begins classes for the 2025 year.
March 24-29: Advanced adult’s Retreat at camp - ages 58-100- new this year.
Pray for our water supply. Even the mighty Amazon River dropped because of no rain this year. Stephen was able to fix the windmill, and then he went to camp weeks later and it was broken. We would love to have the windmill to pump free water for the camp. Please pray for Stephen as he tries to take time to find why it broke and fix it. Remember last year we had so many problems with electricity. The devil always gives us a hard time when camp starts. Thank you for your prayers as we serve together here in Peru. Stephen has been working on bathroom doors and divisions in the new large chapel. Sometimes he has help and sometimes he goes to camp alone. Everyone is busy with other ministries.
Stephen & Evelyn Stilwell
Box 308011, Cleveland, OH 44130