This week has been a fabulous week! I am utterly exhausted from all the ministry, excitement, children and travel on the river, but it’s been good.
Tuesday we left for Islandia, Peru to do a youth purity conference with the highschool. Before the conference, we began to pray with the Pastor of the local church. The little church soon flooded with the presence of God, several prophecies were given to the Pastor and his family, and we were all spiritually prepared for that night.
It was amazing! As we began to sing the spirit of God fell, it was incredible. Later we split up the boys and girls, I then spoke and give my testimony to the girls. The response we received was far above our expectations. The girls popped with questions, and the three of us ladies were able minister to them. Then we ended with a song, “La Nina De Ojos,” which talks about how we are the apple of God’s eye. When the girls began to sing that there was such as sweet spirit of God, and many tears. God is so good! We spent that night in tents in the little church, and headed out early the next morning for Brasil.
Wednesday afternoon we reached Clauber’s and set up camp inside the small school there. Thursday we were raking, sweeping and cleaning up the school, yard and home. Then we headed out on the river to see a bible school Amazon Xpeditions had built for the Tikuna people in Brasil. As we reached the bible school, we looked up the hill to see a building, overgrown with jungle and brush. George (AX founder) began to tell us that a few years ago they had funded and built the bible school, however after much controversy with the government, it was now barren. It was now in the hands of the Tikuna, but not being utilized at all. It was the saddest thing. Since I have been here I have heard story after story of how AX has provided so many things, and many opportunities have arisen for a great need in the Amazon to be filled. However, so many things have gone to waste, just sitting waiting for someone to take up torch and keep running. The workers here in the Amazon are very few…
We then headed back up the river to a local missionaries bible school. He was an old Korean man of 81 years old, who had been there for over 20 some years. As he shared his story with us, his plans, and showed us the school, I wept. God had called him to the Amazon, to those people, to that specific area 20 years ago and he’s not leaving until God says. Ahhh! He absolutely blessed me and encouraged me. I would be so blessed to be able to work with him.
Later that day we held a purity conference with the youth at a local church. It went so good! There was much response, questions and interaction. During Q & A time, we asked the girls if they had a mentor (preferably a woman) to talk to. They all shook their heads, they had no one to talk to. It broke our hearts…I hope that I can soon go back and be able to speak more to them.
Then Friday we held two vacation bible schools, which went really well! The next day, in pure exhaustion we left for Leticia, only to head out early the very next morning to do a youth purity conference with the adults in Brasil. Teaching them the importance and responsibility they have over their children and their purity. It went really well.
Well! The CFNI team, aka, “Dream Team” leaves tomorrow. I’m so sad! They have been such a wonderful team, done such a wonderful job! I’m so proud of them!
In two weeks there is a medical team coming and we will be heading for several hours up the Javari River, to reach the unreached tribes in the valley. There are 11 tribes in the Javari Valley, that are unreached and suffering from lack of medical attention. Please keep us in your prayers!
Blessings,
Heather
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