Chayahuita Praise

Ken talked with Oscar Pua day before yesterday and he is very excited with all that is going on in the region. Nueva Vida just finished a 3 week long seminar training Sunday School Teachers. He said that many came from nearby villages to take advantage of this time. Oscar said this was a great encouragement to them all.

Jesus Pua has been in Pucallpa. He helped out his mother-in-law with care before, during and after the operation that she had to remove a tumor in her belly. Then he also attended CAMIT session 2 for cross cultural training. His desire is to go outside of Peru and reach other indigenous with the Gospel.

Please continue to pray for the spiritual leaders. The enemy is really on the prowl. Pray for spiritual strengthening and faithfulness.

Where in the World are we?

Many of you may think we have fallen off the face of the earth. Rest assured that we have not. This month has been a very busy one. Since the Alteco meetings we have taken time to spend with family and catching up. We spent some time with Ken's brother and his family in Florida then headed to Georgia to see my son, Tom and his family.

We are now in Dallas with my family. My youngest niece recieved her master's degree today Tomorrow my sister and I will go to see my dad in the hospice care. Then Ken and I will finally head back to Colorado. Please pray for our safety.

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Renewed!

Alteco, as usual, was a blessing and a couple of weeks of being renewed. The first week was filled with time with indigenous sharing what has been happening in their necks of the woods. The are amazing men! There was plenty of time to fellowship and chat at meals.

The second week with the conference and sessions of learning were empowering. Our pastor, Rick Anderson and his wife, Becky came for the week and it was great to spend the time with them at night chatting. Many things are in the works for this coming year.

Please continue to pray for us as we travel and continue raising support that is needed to continue in this fantastic ministry God has called us to.

Please pray as we travel.

We are so excited to see what God has for ALTECO this year. So many things are happening in the Amazon Basin and very quickly. It is wonderful to be where God is truly working and at mach speed.

Pray for safety as we travel to the conference, for the indigenous coming from many different countries of South America, for the speakers and attendees.  We will keep you posted with all the great things God will show us all during this time.

Romans 15:20a But I have always tried to preach where people have never heard about Christ.

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Elvis and Jesus Together again in the Amazon

Thank you all for your prayers for the RELENAP meetings in Yurimaguas. There were 46 attendees. The following tribes were represented: Chayahuita, Achuar, Aguaruna, Quechua San Martin, Machiguenga, Ticuna, Shipibo and Ashaninka. This was a time to help all understand the differences between dependency and interdependency and empowerment. Not only were there times with speakers (Irma Espinoza, Elvis Shantiori, Jairo Sangama, and Ken) but times of learning with games and of course time to eat and have fellowship.

There was a great turnout by the Chayahuita leadership. Oscar and Jesus stayed for the meetings and Jesus will head to Pucallpa to help his mother in law get to the hospital for her operation and then go on to attend CAMIT.

Jesus and Elvis

Please Pray

The last week we have been able to spend a lot of time with Jesus and his family. His mother-in-law, Dominga was brought here from Nueva Vida because she has a tumor in her abdomen. It took a week to do sonograms, blood work and get results. Fortunately it appears to not be cancerous but it is quite large and she looks about 6 months pregnant with the protrusion. She will be sent to Pucallpa to be operated on since they have better facilities there and she can recuperate at Swiss Mission. Dominga’s husband, Roque, also we have eye surgery.

This family is truly amazing. They shared with us that they lost their oldest son just days before he was due to go to Pucallpa to study at Swiss Mission in 2006. Day before yesterday one of their daughters lost her youngest son (3 mos. old) to sickness. Through all of this they are resting in the Lord. They are not complaining at all but are asking for us to pray for them. Please uphold them in prayer with us.