Buenos tardes con todos! (good afternoon everybody) We are safely here in Nauta Peru. We have been here for two (ish) days, and have started brainstorming as a team and planning our ministry. Its been a really strange feeling being back here after such a relatively short period of time, and I am so excited for the things that I am already seeing in our team. On our travel day we ended up sleeping in the Lima airport on the floor, on benches, pretty much anywhere we could stretch out. It was a long day, since we left Toccoa at 530 or so on Tuesday morning, and didnt go fully to bed until around 10 or so wednesday night. My days are still a little mixed up.
So far weve met up with Cristal, our contact here in Peru, and weve been playing pato pato ganso (duck duck goose) with the local kids, playing soccer, and going on prayer walks around the city. Tomorrow morning we are arranging for a 3 day VBS with the local children. Were believeing for big things as a team, and believing that God has things in store for these precious little ones.
It is always so encouraging to have confirmation of words that you have received from the Lord, and today after our prayer walk, during our time of debrief, Cristal confirmed several words that were received during that, one of which had to do with children, out of which the idea for the VBS was born. While we were prayer walking as a team this morning, the Lord highlighted the verse in Malachi in which He says He is sending Elijah to restore the hearts of the fathers to their children. We had felt a lot of brokenness, but I wasnt sure at that point if children and their relationship to their fathers was a big issue here. But after talking to Cristal, it was something that the Lord had been consitently speaking over this area. Its so cool to walk into an inhertance like that, to walk into a region where others have dug the wells of preayer and intercession, and see the Lord continue to pour out His glory and His Spirit in the same way. I leave you with the verse to ponder on, since this was just supposed to be a quick update
“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” Malchi 4.5-6