mud and white socks

Jungle village #3: Peas (sounds like Paos)

What a legit place! It was so great to be here! An hour canoe ride in and the village was about 30 or 40 people. It was a small place. The kids! I LOVED THEM! Swam in the river [scary at first, b/c I’m in the jungles, so anacondas and boas are common], but I did it and had a BLAST! We played in the mud too! and so much soccer! Oh I want to go back there SO BAD! 

(the one girl behind me washed one of my socks and I washed the other...guess which one is which...haha!)

They are meeting at one family’s house for church and it is great to see all the people coming out! In a month they are going to have 8 people baptized and 3 wedding ceremonies! These people are hungry for Jesus Christ and for His Love! It is so great and I love it!

They are meeting at one family’s house for church and it is great to see all the people coming out! In a month they are going to have 8 people baptized and 3 wedding ceremonies! These people are hungry for Jesus Christ and for His Love! It is so great and I love it!

There are so many unreached people groups here in Amazon. Pray that the Lord would send out more workers. [Luke10:2]

local's paint

So a typical missionary is known to paint. You know what I’m talking about: whenever you go on a missions trip, whether international or national...you ALWAYS paint, like the whole time. Well, I am here to inform you that if the missionaries don’t paint, then the locals do. haha! Who would have thought?!

And I sorta understand why: it’s the easiest thing to do and you can’t really mess up. And when there is a whole group of missionaries, it goes quickly. But when the locals do it, it takes forever because there isn’t a HUGE group, sometimes it’s just 2 to 5 locals painting and it TAKES FOREVER. does this look very fun --->

So the next time you go on a missions/volunteer trip and have to paint, don’t complain. Know that if you DON’T paint, then the locals have to do it. 

Reunion

Jungle community #2: El Reten

So a year and two months ago, I was in a little village in the jungles of Ecuador called El Reten when i was on the World Race.

Well, it just so worked out that I was able to SURPRISE visit them! It was only for a day and night, but it was legit and worth it! I’ll for sure be visiting them again in the future, for a longer amount of time!

Here are some of the people in the community, (the first picture on the left is a very important family)

If you followed my blog last year for the world race, you might remember them, well this picture may help, remember her?

Her name is Betsy, if you don’t remember her, refresh yourself with this blog “Tio Bryan” http://brentfrederick.theworldrace.org/?filename=im-an-uncle

This is her brother, Michel Jordan:

And this is their new baby sister, who is named Kenya. OUR TEAM was in Kenya when they had their baby and they wanted to name their baby after our team, because we had so much of an impact on them! Wowzers! 

This reunion was so legit!! Definitely orchestrated by God :)

we go to church in rain-boots

My first jungle visit: Higuerones

This was a cool village! It was a 2 hours mule ride in, during the rainy season. I’ve never trusted mules so much in my life! snap they are smart, and mine didn’t fall over, so I was counted fortunate :)

It was a small community. Each of the house are about a five to fifteen  minute walk through the muddy path, but praise the Lord for rain boots! We picked beans, peas, watermelon , peanuts (and just so you know, peanuts are the ROOTS!) and so much of the other stuff is growing in the huge farm (in the jungle). Also, milked cows by hand, bathed in the river, normal jungle stuff ;)

then we had a chance to speak to their church, which was legit! They are also building another church, which is so cool! It’s amazing how God is working in the jungles here in Ecuador!

a quick update from the Jungle

So interet is a little slow. So I cannot post all the pictures and blog that I want to post, but I’m in the jungles of Ecuador in a little city called: Huaticocha. We are building a missions school for people in the jungle to attend. Then we will send them BACK INTO the jungle to different villages to spread the gospel, because there are UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS HERE! I went to one of them and we took an hour canoe ride into the place and it’s so legit! Some of the tribes are actually the one's that Jim Elliot evangelized to! It’s super legit! Watch 'the end of the Spear' if you want to know more. It’s usually on Hulu.com for free.

So yeah, this school is legit. I’ll post a video to talk more about it! It’s AMAZING! So construction, studying Spanish, visiting jungle tribes in the Amazon rainforest, and getting to know God more (which I’ll ALWAYS be doing).

Recently, there is a LOT on my mind, so please keep me in your prayers about clarity of the Lord’s Voice and also guidance. I just want to do what He wants me to do...