Shishinahua River where the villages of Santa Clara, Santa Rosa and Yarina meet
Our last trip to the Shishinahua River went very well. The purpose was to invite the villages to the 5-day training that we are having March 5th-9th and also to minister in the Word of God. In the first village of Santa Clara we had the privilege of leading 4 people to the Lord! Two of these people were the husbands of women we had led to the Lord earlier but the men never wanted to to do the same, until now. In the village of Santa Rosa 5 people prayed to make Jesus the Lord of their lives.
Although some of them had done this before this time something seemed to be different. So we explained the significance of water baptism and offered to baptize anyone who would like it. Only one person out of the group responded and it happened to be Sabina, the wife of the main village leader of the community. This is a big step for her because her husband usually does not come to our meetings and shows no interest in the things of the Lord although she has consistently shown interest. We gladly baptized her and invited her and the rest of the people at the meeting to the 5-day training. Please pray with me for our new sister in the Lord that she will be able to maintain her commitment to the Lord and be a strong witness to her husband and other family members in spite of resistance.
The last village of Yarina we were not able to visit because Florentina, who travels with us, stepped on a stingray while she and I were washing a large tarp in the river. The venom of these water creatures does not cause damage to any organs or other parts of the body but it does cause excruciating pain for several hours. In order to relieve Florentina’s agony we took her to a health post 1 ½ hours up river where she and Maria had to stay over night to receive treatment. When we got them the next day Florentina was much better, praise God!
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