"It is clear that the ministry in the village ... is growing and the believers are encouraged and strengthened in their walk with the Lord," wrote missionary Todd Comstock.

Four men -- Alfonso, Oscar, Justo and Jorge -- hike six hours once a month to attend the teaching. They leave their community around 1 a.m. to get to the meeting on time. In fact, they arrive early and stay late, eagerly asking questions about the teaching so they can teach their own people. The four men, who became believers when they attended a Bible conference, say they now have regular church meetings in their village.

"Their desire to hear the Word is wonderful and God continues to put in their heart a desire for clear teaching of the Word," Todd wrote.

Augustin comes from another village and brings two other believers with him -- Victoriano and Francisco. Rosauro, one of the Chimane church leaders and a Bible teacher on the radio station, wants to disciple Augustin so he can be more involved with the teaching.

There is a growing interest in Augustin's village to hear more of God's Word. This community of believers recently took up an offering to support the Chimane Christian radio station.

Three Chimane church leaders want to invite other villages to come and take part in the meetings.

Praise God with us for all that He is doing among the Chimane. And pray that God's Word will continue to have an impact upon the believers and that more Chimanes will come to faith in Christ.

The village the Avendaños have lived in since January has been slow to accept them, but they have had opportunities in other communities.

Once a week they have been teaching evangelistic Bible lessons to Jose and his family in a village about an hour away. The family is hungry for God's Truth and doesn't want to miss any of the teaching. On occasion, Jose and some of his family travel to the Avendaños' home to get answers to questions they have.

After one lesson, Jose said that his people had been frightened by a variety of ancestor's beliefs about spirits who could do them harm.

Felix is also teaching Jose and his family to read their own language. Fortune, Jose's sister-in-law, already knows how to read, so Felix leaves the next Bible lesson he is going to teach for her to read to the rest of the family. This gives the family the opportunity to think about the lesson and have questions ready when Felix comes to teach.

Please pray that Felix and Zoila will have wisdom as they reach out to the hungry people around them, and that God will provide co-workers to labor with the Avendaños. Pray too that those hearing God's Word will understand and come to faith in Christ.