Pucallpa November 2010 Part 3

Having a tour of Nuevo San Juan including eating fruit of the trees.

Day 3 was a later start at 9 o clock, and we took a moto taxi to a Shibipo settlement 13.5 kilometres outside of Pucallpa to Nuevo San Juan. The church in Nuevo San Juan which is falling down!

We spent 2 days there teaching, sharing, eating, and doing community. Mark teaching

This was a really blessed time as we received a very warm welcome and it felt like we had a new family. Free hair cutting.

At the end of our time there the leadership confirmed that they wanted to work with us and be advised and overseen by myself, and our church. The busy main street in Nuevo San Juan!

This is an exciting prospect as we have a large heart for the jungle. There is great need, financially, emotionally and spiritually in Lima, and the needs are even greater in the jungle and the Andean mountains, which make up most of Peru's landmass. We are now in a process with the church in Nuevo San Juan to discover whether it is God’s will that they are part of us. We finished our two days by trying out restaurants that we may well use in the medical campaign in April. The food we ate was really good and certainly a possibility for April. Are you called to come on this trip? Please let us know as soon as possible.

Pucallpa November 2010 Part 2

Day 2. Early set off on the river. This time we used a quicker boat than previous times, so this time we arrived in just over an hour, rather than between 3-4 hours. What a difference! We split the morning into 2 sessions, I taught the first session on how our Christian life should be balanced UP (our relationship with God), IN (our relationship with the church at large) and OUT (our relationship with those who are not yet in the church). Mark speaking with Antonio translating. I spoke for 15 minutes, the preach was 1 hour 10 minutes!!

This was well received, as were the small groups where we gave the people chance to share about their lives. We finished our time with them by sharing a humble meal of fried plantains and rice.

Following our return to the port John Mark and I wanted to buy a small snack and after asking the lady what was for sale she asked me if I wanted to buy a monkey. The 'friendly' Monkey

My response was ‘how much’? She said ‘120 soles’ about 40 dollars or 25 pounds. I’m sure I could have bartered her down, if I’d actually wanted to buy it. The lady then showed us the monkey, which was allegedly friendly, but did start to growl at us when we approached it. Following the monkey jumping and dancing, we returned back to Pucallpa and our hotel. We had a wonderful meal in the evening at the La Rueda restaurant which I have visited each time I have been, and was pleasantly full, which cannot be said for my American friends who ordered too much. Unfortunately we split the bill three ways!!