God is in Control

The nation of Peru is going through a period of political and social crisis, worsened in turn by the natural disasters caused by the Yaku cyclone and the possibility of the El Niño current forming with abundant rainfall.

After the failed coup d’état of former President Pedro Castillo, current President Dina Boluarte has been dealing with the crisis. In Southern Peru (Puno – Juliaca) marches and indefinite strikes continue, aggravating the economic situation in that region. While in Northern Peru, 40 years since the last cyclone, the Yaku cyclone hit mainly the regions of Tumbes, Piura and Lambayeque with heavy rains, high temperatures, lightning and overflowing rivers that swept away everything in its path causing material damage and even human losses. Unfortunately, we received bad news that our COJ churches in Piura were also affected by the cyclone, so please lift them up in your prayers.

As children of God we believe and cry out as His Word says in Psalms 18:6 “In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him in his ears.” Even though we see a desolate situation, we continue to believe that our Good Father will have mercy on the nation of Peru. We have hope in God that this political and environmental turmoil in Peru will cease.

Let us pray for God’s grace, mercy, and peace to fall upon the nation of Peru.
Let us pray that the Peruvian government will love, fear, and revere the Lord.
Let us pray that God will calm the natural disasters, not only in Peru but across the world,
just as He calmed the storm in the Sea of Galilee.