Changes

Things have changed drastically here at the Amazon house. I was here with a team of 20 from Christ for the Nations Institute, and on Sunday evening they left Leticia, Colombia to start their trip back to the United States. The house went from being very loud and filled with people, to very empty and quiet. The first night it took some adjusting to get used to sleeping in the room by myself instead of with 6 other girls. I am here with another friend that came with us last summer, Mark, that will also be staying for 7 more weeks.

Before the team left we had a very busy schedule, which made time fly by! We went to a town called Islandia, Peru to minister. This town is completely on 15 foot stilts!! There were so many kids there to love on and play with. Amazon Xpeditions has installed one of their biggest water purification systems at this town and have pipes running to different spots of the village. People will come to these water spouts to fill up their water cans and take the clean water back to their homes. They work so hard just to have clean water!

We evangelized on the streets of Leticia. We saw many salvations and we were able to pray for so many people! One incredible testimony came from a very sad man sitting alone. Two guys from our group went over to talk to him, only to find out his wife had left him a couple days ago. He said that morning while he was sitting there he prayed to God asking that if He is real, to send someone to him!!! What an incredible God we serve!

What I will be doing the next 7 Weeks

The remainder of my time here is going to be extremely busy, and will keep me from being able to get to the internet often. Tomorrow I leave for Brazil, to the Brazilian missionary’s home we went to earlier. Mark and I will be there for 9 days helping them with anything they need, with VERY limited Internet connection. We will return for one day to then go on a medical trip down the river, along with another team of doctors. This will be for a week and we will be spending many, many hours on the boat to reach these villages. After returning from this trip we will be in Leticia again for a couple days, then we head out to Brazil again for 3 weeks. After these 3 weeks, our time here in the Amazon will come to an end.

I am very excited and nervous about what is in store for the next 7 weeks. One of the main things I will be doing is teaching English to the Brazilian missionaries. I will definitely need God’s help because they speak Portuguese and I barely speak Spanish!! But I am able to do all things through Christ who strengthens me and I am so excited to see how He uses me to help them!

I ask that you continue to pray for me daily as I embark on this journey God is taking me on. I need His strength to help me and to guide me. He has proven to me over and over again of His faithfulness and I know this will be another testimony of how great and how awesome our God is. I want to thank you with all of my heart for investing in the Amazon with your prayers!!