I wake up at 5:30am and found myself coughing with chest tightness. Luckily the coughing didn't linger long. Having my devotional time at the deck with sunrise as the backdrop was a great blessing. The book of Proverbs is my focus for this entire trip.
Today's update was provided by Tanya Jeong
The team is in the same place as yesterday. Since the river water had receded, they could not take The Chosen Vessel, the name of the large boat which is their "home base" on which they travel from village to village. Instead, they had to take a smaller boat about 20 minutes to the village of Puerto Rico (same name as the US territory). This is the first time the village of around 250 people has been visited by The Chosen Vessel ministry. School is out, so about half the villagers were away visiting relatives. School vacation notwithstanding, the team saw about 120 people (i.e., almost all of the remaining villagers) this morning at the five stations which included the eyeglass, toothbrush, evangelical, pharmacy and
medical/dental stations.
The team returned to the larger boat for lunch, where they experienced a heavy rain storm. After it passed, they returned to Puerto Rico to present their outreach program. They gave fishing kits to the men, beauty kits to the women, and finger puppets to the children. Their translators are very musical and had praise songs in Spanish. The local church helped lead the worship. Members of "our" team sang "I
Can Imagine" and "Here I Am to Worship" in Spanish. Prior to presentation of the drama, a video (with Louis) was shown, explaining what the audience was about to see. The audience found parts of the drama humorous, but an encouraging comment from at least one of the villagers was that it was "beautiful." The translator team closed with worship. No formal evangelistic call was given, but the local
church will follow up.
The team then returned to The Chosen Vessel for dinner. They played volleyball; Lois Yeh found guava; and Hannah Ong, Bryan Woosley and Eric Feltes caught some "weird looking catfish." After dinner, they finished debriefing.
No anacondas have been spotted yet (parents, you can relax!), but Tanya reports that they have seen many beautiful birds.
Thanks to God for:
-the team catching up on rest. They went to bed about 8:30-9 pm last night, and spontaneously awoke around 5:30 to 6 this morning, before their scheduled wake-up call Tanya asks that we pray for:
-the program tomorrow, that they would "smooth out the kinks"
-the hearts of the people who are hearing the Gospel, that they would have understanding, and would respond
-health for the members of the team (McLorn, Anne) who are experiencing colds
His mercy and grace to you,
Eudora and Te Hua
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