Amazon Medical Team, 12-31-08
Today's report was given by Hannah Ong
Sunrise was at 4:44 am
Sunset was at 5:03 pm
The schedule today was the same as yesterday. The team has group devotions every morning right after breakfast, and then a meeting to go over the day's schedule. Twice every day they talk with Mike Dempsey, the head of the Chosen Vessel ministry: at breakfast and at lunch to see if any changes need to be made in their outreach. At night (around 8:30), the team meets to summarize the day's events, and talk about potential areas for improvement. They end their self-assessment period with group prayer.
Today, they visited Puarto Libre, a smaller village of about 120 people, of whom about 100 showed up. Apparently villagers here were not on vacation, as were those in the villages visited yesterday and the day before. There was no rain today, so the weather continued hot (guessed at 90 degrees) and humid. The water level continues to be low. Whereas normally the river is quite full and the village is right at the water's edge, today the team walked about 1000 feet on the riverbed to the village. It appears that the local church has not penetrated as much in Puarto Libre as Puerto Rico or Vanilla. The villagers did not seem as familiar with the Bible, and the church doesn't appear to have a regular pastor.
Today, they met in a classroom newly built (2006). Steve Yeh gave a different kind of altar call: first he asked church members and leaders to come forward (this was about 15 people). Then he asked all the kids who loved Jesus to come forward (about 25 came up). Next, he asked if any adults who loved Jesus wanted to come up. 10 did so. About 35 remained in their seats, and some were in the doorway. Steve asked them to come in, and after much cajoling all but 5 eventually came in.
Tonight, being New Year's Eve, the team will celebrate by playing games, and sharing snacks they brought along. The boat is going to travel through the night.
Hannah requested prayers for:
-continued safety and well-being. All team members are healthy and doing well
-that the team would communicate well with non-believers
-a successful outreach/meeting with the Chinese community (I didn't clarify where, but we think Iquitos) on Friday
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