Finally Finished!

Our training in the wilderness now finished, we we have returned from our camp 12km outside of town and are now enjoying such conveniences as electricity, running water (most of the time), walls, toilets, restaurants, and a kitchen. I included kitchen in that list even though we technically had one:


All these luxuries, however, do come at a cost. We watched our friends, many of whom we had been with since arriving, take off Wednesday for their various communities. Life here just isn´t the same without my hermanos, especially the Yine; however, as Edgar, one of the best friends I have from this training, said, this is not a time to be sad. We each have our work ahead of us:

-The Yine plan to work through the schools in their communities to teach the stories of the Bible and what a Biblical church looks like;
-Caleb has a vision to plant churches among his people, Quechua, first in Sicuani and then in the surrounding countryside;
-Vicente plans to plant churches in his hometown of Arequipa;
-María is staying to work with the women´s team;
-Corey will leave next week for Rio Tigre to investigate the Tigre Quichua people that he and Levi will work with for probably their entire terms with the team;
-Levi is returning to his home in Quito, Ecuador to raise funds for the term he will spend with the team.

As for me and Jesús, we will train young men among his people, the Chayahuitas, how to be missionaries among their own people and groups with similar cultures! He left Wed., and Graham, a journeyman fresh from the states, and I will leave next week. Look for more details of that trip and a more complete summary of training in later blogs. May God bless the work that He has given us!