Just keep moving...

As I am sitting here typing this morning I can hear several children outside of my door. I am reminded that our task is worthy of the effort.

Please continue to pray for our team to keep a focus and strength that will glorify The Lord. We were reminded yesterday that reaching these precious people continues to be hard and that great patience is required. The temptation is to start pulling out all of the “tricks” so that we can say that their have been many decisions this week. However, those types of decisions will be made with a low level of understanding and surely will not last past our departure. Please pray that we remain committed to our strategy of reaching the people through relationships and the truth of God’s Word.

We were able to meet with the mayor and several others last night. The team did a wonderful job at sharing their testimonies. They wanted to know once again about our purpose and they were presented with the Gospel.

We are thankful for the privilege of being here in Cabana to join God’s work. Your prayers are being answered and we thank you for being part of this mission trip.

We only have 2 more days here in Cabana before we begin the journey back to Lima. Please pray for the people to be receptive to us and to what we have to share.

The photo above is our team plus the Enhancement Team that is working in Cabana. Brittne, Ginny and Martin have spent about a month working in Cabana. Juvenol is the translator who has been a part of our last 2 trips.

And… just for the Peruvian experience: we have found guinea pigs to enjoy for lunch today! We were able to purchase huge guinea pigs for about $3 from the high school. If we are able to find someone who can cook them for us then we will experience a delicacy of the Peruvian culture. I’m guessing it is going to taste like chicken????

Tuesday news...

What an incredible day Monday was as we witnessed God opening several doors for us to take the next step with our friends here in Cabana. Our team is doing well at staying “on task” in building on the trust that has been established by past teams and missionaries.

We met with the mayor yesterday – it was awesome. He told us that all of our teams have done a good job at coming into the community and treating the people with respect. He said that he felt comfortable with us and appreciated that we did not come here acting like we were any better than others but simply came into Cabana as regular people. He said that most outsiders come into their town and act arrogant while looking down on the people. He said Cabana was our home, too. We will meet with him tonight to begin telling him why we are different. He knows that we are here to share spiritual knowledge based on the Bible but tonight we will begin sharing with him how our relationship with Jesus differs to the religion that he knows. Please pray for Octavius.

We will also meet with Wilder and his wife Elva. Please pray for them as we try again to help them realize the difference between what they believe and what the Bible says about their need for a relationship with Jesus.

The summer missionaries did an incredible job with this community. They are loved with a deep love by the people here in Cabana. More than once yesterday I heard them referred to as family. Way to go Shane Hess, David Jacola, Kelly Pajar and Kim Hiser! You have impacted their lives as they saw a difference in you.

We appreciate your partnership with our team! We are grateful to be part of a church that believes that we are to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Your prayers and encouragement are making a difference that can be identified by the response of the people here in Cabana.

We are also grateful for our families! We love you and miss you. It is awesome to hear how much our team talks about our families during the day.

Adam´s doing good, looking forward to today

Thanks Allyson and Poppy Dave and Nanna Mory for the posts. I´m doing quite well. Thought it would be cool to do the mock hold-me-down-and-force-me-to-eat shot. Didn´t know Kevin was going to post it but ...

The mayor just came back so I have to go.

Looking forward to today´s work; please pray as Kevin mentioned and for my part.