COJ Staff- Magda Ayala
A Dream Come
T R U E
Magda Ayala Flores
Sixteen years ago , the [ Children of Jesus ] missionaries from United States came to my church in Ventanilla for the first time . Even though we could barely communicate because of the language barrier , the 3 days of sharing the joy and the love of God as they served the children were the most cherished memories of my life .
This experience awoke in me a passion to share the good news with other people and I wanted to take the message of love and salvation to Peruvian children . I started to pray that God will make me a missionary as well . In 16 years , I have seen many mission teams come and bless Peru both materialistically and spiritually , but God did not answer my prayers for me to join them .
However , in 2016 , I was hired by the Hanhee Kim World Mission Center and they gave me the task to lead the young adults in the Riverside Tree ministry to be a part of the Vacation Bible School program with the mission team in Iquitos . I could barely contain my enthusiasm !
Everything I had experience as a child , I was now a part of a missionary team , finally ! But my excitement soon turned to frustration . We had just two months to prepare all the materials for the mission trip . It was a great challenge for the young missionaries to study at school and at same time raising their funds for the trip .
We had a B . B . Q sell and other fund raising activities . But , there was a moment where we all wondered if we could accomplish anything with the all the obstacles we faced . There was nothing to do but go to God in prayer . Then , our God showed favor upon us .
God met our needs by stirring other people ’ s heart to give a mission offering for us . God ’ s provision was always on time and always the best . I was blessed to meet and work with these youth . They were willing to obey to the call to fulfill the Great Commission and give all they had for Christ !
Soon enough , we had everything prepared in a timely manner and we were all boarding a plane
8 HHK World Mission Center