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Lott -- Missionaries to Peru
9/14/2026
In our last letter we reported on a survey trip to a couple of villages of the Ashaninka tribe about 6-7 hours from San Ramon. At the beginning of August, we took 16 people from the church here in San Ramón on a missions trip to the village of Osherato.
On Saturday we had sort of a VBS (Vacation Bible School) for children, adolescents and adults, including Bible stories, handcrafts, a skit about salvation, music and more. We also gave gift bags to each of the nearly 70 families of the community that included a
Spanish Bible, a notebook, pens, and some etible goodies.
On Sunday, we had services with a small congregation that they have there and Jonathan preached with Bro. Royer translating to
Ashaninka. After the services one couple showed interest in salvation, but after Bro. Paul witnessed to them for a good while, they said they were not ready to make a decision yet. That afternoon, some of the group visited a nearby village of Samaniato, that had not been very receptive in the survey trip. We took them Bibles as well and an opportunity was given to share the Gospel in that village, as well. They extended to us an invitation to come back and teach the Bible in their village at a later date.
After returning to Osherato, we had more activities, including the skit on salvation, a Gospel message and meal for those in attendance. The same couple was in attendance and after the activities had more questions. After presenting the plan of salvation again, both Mateo and Olga trusted Christ as their Savior! Praise the Lord!
About a week after returning to San Ramon, we hosted a missions group of 36 high schoolers and teachers from Pioneer Christian School (a ministry of Grace Baptist Church in Lima). For an entire week the group ministered in 6 different schools (a total of more than 1500 students) with games, puppets, a clear presentation of the Gospel to each class. In addition, they held a 3-day VBS at our church, a youth rally on Saturday and participated in the services on Sunday. Since then we have had several visitors in the services at the church. It was a busy week, but full of God’s blessing!
6/2026
Welcome to the world EDEN GRACE TOWNSEND! Οur 7th grandchild was born on April 14th at 4:50 am EDT, just a few hours after
Beth arrived in the States to help with Cristina’s other two daughters. Eden weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and was 21” long. Mother and baby did great. About 10 days later I arrived in the States for a short visit and then Beth and I returned to Peru on May 4th. It was also good to see our other children and their families that all live in the Chattanooga area. Thanks everybody for making our trip special!
Soon after returning to Peru, Beth and I traveled to Villa Rica (about an hour and a half away) for a wedding! Nehemias and Jhael are both former students of the Bible college, where I taught before the Pandemic. They had a rather lengthy courtship, but finally “tied the knot”. It was a blessing to see them again and to celebrate their joyeous day! Pray for them as they continue to serve the Lord in the Baptist church there in Villa Rica.
At the beginning of June, Jonathan and I made a trip with Royer (a Bible college student) to two villages that speak his native language -
Ashaninka that are about 6 hours away. We met Royer about 2/3 of the way there and travelled together to Puerto Prado where we took a boat up the river to the villages. At the first village, Osherato, it took a while to finally talk to the community leader, but we were met with a warm welcome. After explaining our desires and plans, we were given the “green light” to come back and will be allowed the use of the “community house” – a large open-air covered room – where we can stay when we return. The second village, Samaniato, we were told is very closed and normally does not allow people to come in. We went, and after talking with their leader, he said he would talk to the other leaders and let us know. That was three weeks ago and we still have not heard back. Pray that we will, and that they will allow us to minister in that village as well.
In June we also hosted a one-day medical outreach with a Christian team from Lima. It wasn’t as big as we had hoped, but they saw 55 general medicine patients, 26 psychology patients and 13 children for early development, each of which received a Gospel witness, tracts and free toiletries
April 2026
The "Other" Lotts Return
We praise the Lord for the safe arrival of our son, Jonathan, and his family after their furlough. Since the passing of my father last year, the “other” Lott family has been visiting churches and finishing up a long process of Rocio getting her U.S. citizenship completed.
On Thursday, March 26th, Rocio was sworn in as a United States citizen. The long process of legal
citizenship has paid off and now Rocio can travel freely to the U.S. with the whole family from now on.
It all happened “at the last moment” (including a week after the family was scheduled to leave for Peru), but God’s timing is always best and everything fell into place in such a beautiful way. What a blessing and huge answer to prayer. Thank you all who have prayed for this request!
Bible College Starts
After more than 2 years of reconstruction, on March 31st, the bridge that crosses the river going to the Bible College property was inaugurated for public use. Once again it was “perfect timing” for the
college students to be able to work during this school year and for the upcoming construction on that property! Praise the Lord for this blessing! Also pray for the first stages of construction of the Bible college facilities that will begin this year.
January and February are vacation time in Peru due to the heavy rainy season during that time. Our school year was delayed further due to several factors, including Easter week and national elections that were held on April 12th. This week we started our first modules for this school year with 15 students registered here in San Ramon and several others taking classes online.
A Gospel Tract in every home
Last year we began a project to place a Gospel tract in every home in San Ramon and the surrounding communities. The estimated population of San Ramon is about 25,000 people. We divided the town into several sections for easy reference and began placing tracts in every
home we could. We also are taking advantage of every opportunity to personally share the
Gospel with people on the streets. Our primary objective is to give every home an opportunity to know about God’s great salvation.
To date we have covered about two thirds of San Ramon with Gospel literature and invitations to our church (yellow area on the map). While the response has been minimal so far, we continue to pray that the Lord’s Word will not return void. Pray with us for the salvation of souls in this effort
that is ongoing!
Thank you for your prayers for us and the ministry here!
January 2026
For a good while now, a couple has been attending the church here in San Ramón; they even expressed a desire to be members of the church. They both had a good testimony of salvation, but the churches where they were baptized were not churches with sound doctrine, so we told them they would need to be bíblically baptized in order to become members of the church. The wife was fairly willing but her husband was very opposed to the idea.
They continued to attend the services and we continued to explain to them the reasons and doctrinal differences. In November, Bro. Fredy Figueroa and his wife, Jannet, told me that they wanted to be
baptized and to become members of the church! Praise the Lord for their decision to submit to the
Lord’s will for their lives!
The first two weeks of December, Beth and I made a quick trip to the States for a very special event: Our son, Tim Lott, graduated with a doctorate degree as a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist) from the University of Tennessee. In addition, Tim also received the Thomas Brett
Hill Nurse Anesthesia Service Award for outstanding service to his country (Air Force), his university (student representative in Washington, D.C.) and his community (search and rescue volunteer). As with all of our children, we are very proud of Timothy’s accomplishments and his continued service to the Lord in his local church. Congratulations, Tim!
We also got to have all the family together in one place for the first time in several years. We took advantage and had family pictures taken! We thank each one of you for your efforts to make this possible and a very enjoyable time!
Praise the Lord that the construction on the “Victoria Bridge” is coming along. Because of rainy season
beginning, the provisional foot bridge that we and others used to cross the river during construction was washed away! Pray that the new bridge will be finished as soon as possible.
I have also been discipling a young man for a while. Due to travels and schedule conflicts it has taken more time than normal, but Ezra Berry finally finished our discipleship classes. Keep your eyes on the Lord, Ezra!