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ZACH FOUST FAMILY
SERVING WITH TEAM PERU
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| Zach | Birthday 05/18 | |
| Karin | Birthday 10/12 | |
| Zach & Karin | Wedding Anniversary 07/22 | |
| Zachary | Birthday 01/22 | |
| Caleb | Birthday 08/30 | |
| Logan | Birthday 03/20 |
I was not raised in church but had good parents, and we considered ours a Christian home. I came to Christ through a Christian-school ministry. I was asked to work on a bus route sometime later and began to attend church. In 1989 my pastor took our youth group to Youth Conference in Hammond, Indiana. While Bro. Hyles preached his famous sermon, “Breathe, Sharon, Breathe,” my heart was touched to serve God with my life.
The next year at Pastors’ School, Mrs. Rose O’Brien spoke about starting a Spanish Ministry. I asked my pastor if I could start a ministry to the migrant workers in our area. He agreed, and we saw 92 trust Christ the first day. The ministry continued through the summer. The next year I began teaching an adult Sunday school class and preaching in Spanish.
When I arrived at Hyles-Anderson College, I began working in the Spanish Sunday school. The next year I began working on a bus route in Little Village, a predominately Spanish area. I began teaching at City Baptist Schools after graduation, where I have had the opportunity to serve for the last 15 years. I now manage the office and help with the Spanish translating.
My wife Karin was raised in a faithful deacon’s home. She helped her father on his bus route every week. She decided to attend Hyles-Anderson College after the death of a close friend. We met while both working security. God has blessed us with three fine boys: Zachary, Caleb, and Logan.
First Baptist Church of Hammond
fbchammond.com
507 State St.
Hammond, IN 46320
(219) 932-0711
CONTACT
| 011-51-94944-6823 | |
| Zachary Foust / Urb. Las Brisas de Villa, MZ BE Av. Espinel Mz. BE Lote 5 Lima 09 Chorrillos, Lima, Peru |
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Zach Sr. and Karin Foust Prayer Letter: Thrilled to Be Serving God Here in Peru!
We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! God has certainly been very good to us this year, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to serve Him here in Peru. We are excited to have our son Zach and his wife Cassandra and our son Caleb here visiting us for the holidays. Zach and Cassandra are doing well on deputation, and we hope to have them serving here with us soon! Caleb is about to finish Bible college this coming year, and we ask that you pray with us and him as he seeks the Lord’s will in his future. Logan will be graduating from high school and heading to Bible college in the fall, Lord willing. That will leave us with an empty nest—we aren’t sure how the time has passed so quickly!
We have been busy during this holiday season in the church in San Gabriel with Chocolatadas! We are doing 6 of these events, giving hot chocolate, panettone, and a small gift to nearly 500 children and adults. So far, more than 50 adults have trusted Christ as Saviour! We are halfway through our scheduled events and are looking forward to all that God will do. We will also have a cantata, El Mayor Regalo (“The Greatest Gift”), this weekend, with two showings. We hope to have many visitors and people trusting Christ.
In November, we held a retreat for the staff and missionaries of Team Peru in beautiful Lunahuaná, a small town on the river in the mountains, just a few hours from Lima. Our staff were refreshed and challenged for the new year. Some of the events planned for next year include Youth Camp, several training conferences “in the field,” our biannual Ladies’ Conference, Youth Conference, Pastors’ School, and our Bible institute. Whew! We know that all of these “plans” that we prayerfully make can be changed in an instant! In the last couple of years, we have learned that lesson the hard way, but we also have faith that God is a God of the impossible! We are going forward for Him and are asking you to pray for us as we continue to try to get the Gospel to the regions beyond.
In November, we held a training conference “in the field” in beautiful Arequipa. God really worked, with many souls saved. We were able to be an encouragement and support to several missionaries and pastors in that region.
We are blessed to have several new families in our church! We are doing a lot of counseling and discipleship and doing our best to be a blessing to these new ones. We are still praying for land for our church! Please join us in prayer that the property we are trying to buy would become available or that God would lead us to another property for our church. Thank you again for praying and giving.
His for souls,
Zach and Karin Foust and Logan
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Zach Sr. and Karin Foust Prayer Letter: Excited About What the Lord Is Doing Here!
We hope this letter finds you well and happy and serving the Lord where He has placed you. Here in Lima, Peru, the end of September means spring. We h [...]
Zach Sr. and Karin Foust Prayer Letter: Up the River, All Over the Hills, and Back From the Grave
Thank you for your constant prayers and faithful support. We are blessed to have so many of you who faithfully follow the work here in Lima, around Pe [...]
Zach Sr. and Karin Foust Prayer Letter: Meeting at Our Church Location Again!
Since our last letter, much has happened here in Peru. One of the biggest blessings is that churches are now allowed to meet at 30- or 40-percent capa [...]