Teams Arrival in Peru

This is the beginning photo as the team arrived in Lima, Peru. We will start telling you more about the trip soon. Keep watching here!!

PRAYER REQUEST

Yesterday, the president of the Chayahuita Association had an accident. Accidents happen frequently on the river. Oscar and Jesus were on their way to Maranatha to teach in a Bible Conference for 2 weeks and the river was extremely low. He stopped to take the motor off the boat so it wouldn't be hurt in the low water. When it was being taken off the motor propellor struck his buttocks and it severly cut him. We were called to see if we could get the hospital to send out a plane to pick him up since blood was gushing everywhere. The doctor was unable to find a plane to send. All of the health workers were out either here or on other jobs for the day and so there was nobody to help. We stopped and prayed in the house with 2 other members of the board. In less than an hour we received another call saying that one of the health workers on his way back to his village saw them and stopped. PTL!! Oscar would have bled out otherwise. He received stitches and they were transported back to Nueva Vida. Today he is resting well. Please pray for this to heal. From what we understand it really mangled his skin. Pray that there will be no infection. Pray for the others that are taking his place teaching, too.

Pray for June Team

The river is quickly getting lower as we head into the “summer” non rainy season. It has been hot with several days reaching well above 110. Fortunately we have still had some nice rainy nights. Pray that there will be sufficient water in the river to be able to ride in the canoe the whole time and not have to push and pull all the way to Balsapuerto.

Remember to pray for the safety of the team on all parts of the trip: air travel to and from Lima, air travel to Tarapoto and back to Lima, the trip over the mountains to Yurimaguas, the boat trip and the Cessna out of Balsapuerto. Please pray for all to stay healthy during this time and for those they will be in contact with. Pray that God will be honored in all we say and do.

Also a few days ago, once again somebody poisoned a lake full of fish. As if this isn’t bad enough, the poison also reaches the Huallaga River where most of our fish come from. It killed big and small fish alike and will take a couple of years to recuperate from this devastation. Needless to say we won’t be eating fish from here anytime soon. This happened in 2005 also and the river was finally getting back to normal.

Drop us a line or two when you have a chance. Just like you enjoy hearing what we are up to, we enjoy news from friends back in the US. It would really be a big encouragement. Thank you.

Thank you for caring about these people that are so dear to our hearts. They care about you, too.