May18, 2010
Hi All,
I know I just wrote but wanted to send another quick update. Yesterday we—Lucy, Gladis, Gian Franco, Pastor Leiter and I went out to San Juan de Sinchi Cuy where we are trying to start a church. It is kind of a difficult community as they are very wary of strangers. This village is 2 hours away from Iquitos by boat then a 3 mile hike into the jungle. Below: Esther, the birthday girl with her baby.
I have been trying to lay kind of low when I go there as last year some of the people were saying that I was coming there trying to change everything. I just want to be a blessing to them so I am just trying to get to know some of the people there. We went to celebrate Esther, Lucy’s niece’s 15th birthday. She had a baby about 3 months ago so this was the first time I would see her also.
Right: Baby Amy Veronica
We were greeted in the town where the boat stops by a herd of water buffalo.
We then walked the 3 miles toSan Juanwhere we played soccer, then bathed in a stream before holding a service. The family killed a duck so we had a delicious duck soup.
Left: Water Buffalo
That night, the service was awesome. We sang, did a drama, had a meditation then played games. There were about 30 adults and 50 children attending and they were all very open to hear the word of God. When we finished, they didn’t want to go home. They begged us to please return soon and 2 people accepted Christ. One was a young 20 year old man that had attempted to hang himself the week before. There is such a need for the gospel in that village. The alcoholism rate is very high and there is a lot of witchcraft practiced in their town. I would like to go there for one day with the team that is coming in July. I asked them to speak with the town officials to see if that is a possibility. We would like to try to regularly get out to that village. It is so difficult with all that we have to do this year and after each trip, I need 1 to 2 days of rest before going out again. It feels like there is so much to do and so little time but I know that God has it all in His control and I just need to keep doing things one day at a time. Please keep this village in your prayers. Hasta Luego
In Christ
Kayleen
Right: Lucita, my own personal stylist
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