Speaking of which, the Peru team got our tickets finally purchased yesterday! We'll be flying down to Lima the 13th of December and staying there for about a week. We'll be working with a church in the city there and it sounds like this pastor is more than thrilled we will be there. He's actually requesting that we stay longer than we're planning to, which might end up happening.
After that week (or more?) we will be flying into Iquitos, a city completely surrounded by the Amazon jungle/river. We'll be working with a friend of mine and her women's ministry for the first week, doing CPR training and anything else she needs help with. The next week we will be putting on a youth camp in the city with worship, teachings, games, and building relationships with whoever shows up. "Youth" in latino cultures means anyone from age 8-28, so we're not really sure what range of people to expect, but I am really looking forward to youth camps on this Outreach because they were my favorite part of my Outreach last year. For the rest of our beginning weeks in Iquitos, we will be doing random service projects around the YWAM Iquitos base and working with local churches.
Around January 9th, we will head out on our first river trip. We'll spend about 10 days in the Amazon villages doing another youth camp, we'll have some sort of children's ministries, evangelism, handing out de-parasite medicine, and we will be digging one well. After that trip, we'll go back to the YWAM base in Iquitos for about a week to rest after the strain of living in the jungle, and then we'll travel back to more villages on the river. We'll be doing the same ministries in these communities, and digging one more well if we get the funds to do it. One well costs $1,173 so it's not really money we have in our back pockets but we're hoping to hear back from an organization that has sponsored wells in the past. Be praying for that money to be donated please!
After the second river trip, we will return to Iquitos again and do some ministry in the city for another week or so. We're hoping to do some open-air worship, maybe some dramas, and hanging out with people in the plazas. You never know what you're going to find in the heart of the city there. I'm personally excited to see my hippie friends again that I met last year and I'm hoping to spend good amounts of time with them.
We'll spend our last few days back in Lima doing some debriefing from the trip and hopefully fun outings. We'll come back to Minnesota on February 17th and have a week of debriefing with the DTS staff and the South Africa team as well.
Soooo that sums up what I know about our Outreach so far. I'll keep you guys updated while I'm there as well in their super shady internet cafes. But please please please keep my team in your prayers the next couple months! Me and Scott -leaders- still have lots of planning and preparation to do, so please pray for clarity in decision making, patience, productivity, and restful sleep for us. For the rest of the team, we still need a good chunk of finances to come in to make sure they will all go, and also peace instead of nerves, flexibility as plans change often, rest, and good attitudes for everyone!
Thank you guys so much for your prayers. I really need them and appreciate them :)
Oh and... here's my SOMD class and staff!
Back row: Chris and Jeanne (staff), Jasmine, Jo, Brenden, Scott, Dain (staff), Jenesa, Rachel (staff)
Front then middle: Ahnna, Kallie, Me, Ivan, Caitlin, Becca
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