Our team finished the last villages in the area surrounding Abancay on Saturday. That makes eight villages so far: Antabamba, Huaquirca, Sabaino, Pachaconas, Ayahuay, Chapimarca, Pichihua, and Pocohuanca. Almost all of these villages have no evangelical voice and are deeply rooted in hundreds of years of Catholic tradition. It is a nominal Catholicism with the churches only open once a year when. However, we did see some interest in the Bible from a gentleman in Sabaino and a nurse in Pocohuanca. Please pray for the breakdown of tradition and the opening of hearts to the truth as revealed through the Word. Also please pray for the people who took an interest in the Bible. After finishing research in this area all of us on the team were extremely tired and decided to take a few days to rest in nearby Cuzco.
We have been in Cuzco since Sunday meeting the ESL team (a bunch of guys from Samford) working in the city. We have had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people in the area. Those individuals have shown us such great hospitality and we cannot thank them enough. One awesome person is Omar, who totally helped us arrange our stay in Cuzco and our trip to Machu Picchu. That's right-- Machu Picchu. It was a truly memorable experience to see one of the wonders of the world in Peru as I press on toward the goal of reaching people with the message of Jesus Christ, which is our foremost mission. But it is also great to stop and enjoy the beauty that surrounds you and give praise to the Creator of it all. What a glorious God we serve. The Lord has really blessed our stay in Cuzco and the fellowship with the other summer team. We will eat with them tonight, along with a Barnabas team in town, and head out in the morning to the villages surrounding Andahuaylas: Chiara, Pomacocha, Tumay Huaraca, and Pampachiri. Please pray for our safe travel to these villages as we go. Also pray for the ESL team remaining in Cuzco and the ministry they are doing.
Another thing I am hoping for is to make it back to Cuzco in late July. Why? A friend of Omar,Ceasar, has invited me to talk to college students at a local university about science. He discovered that I was a physics major and wanted me to have discussion on the relation of science and the Bible, one such topic being evolution. I am excited by the prospect because it will be a great use of my degree to apologetically defend my faith. Pray for my ability to argue for the truth in the midst of unbelief. The Lord is doing great things for His name here in Peru and we take hope in the fact that He truly has sheep among these people.
(I posted lots of pictures and you can see all of the albums if you click on the slide show)
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