Pastoral Care

Being a pastor in the Amazon jungle is not an easy task. Not that it is in the US either, but at least in the US there are other pastors that can be talked to by phone, there are retreats geared at building up and encouraging pastors, there is internet to keep in contact, etc.

There are about 50 Chayahuita pastors. Many of these are extremely isolated. Not only do they have no phones nor internet, they are days away from the fellowship with other pastors. Most only have once a year to get together at the annual conference. We'd like to spend the next couple of blogs just sharing the photos of these men. Please pray for them and their families. None receive a salary as a pastor and many have little formal Bible training, but are faithful at sharing with their communities the Gospel of Christ.

This is Eliberto Pua. He is the pastor in charge of Children's ministry in Nueva Vida. This is a village of about 600 people. It can be difficult to teach the children because they don't have the supplies that we have available in the US. (crayons, glue, scissors, paper, etc) We left some materials with him in January to help out.