Last Days In Peru

Just to catch you up a bit. The first service at Orlando and Brigida's went really well. We arrived early to meet them and pray with them. There ended up being about 4 families represented that day. About 6 adults, 4 elementary/middle school age, and 1 youth....and about 7 dogs at the door..haha!
That Tuesday we met with Brigida and little Orlando (the son) to go over the Bible lesson for the next Sunday (the one we wouldn't be there for). After a good day with them, we left to meet the team from Calvary Baptist in Hattiesburg that we would be going to the mountains with for the next week.
We left last Wednesday morning at 6am on an 8+hr drive to Jimbe (the place we went to when the BSU came). We went back to this area to continue the work that was started about 5 years ago with the Lamar Baptist Association and so this was also a continuation of what we had done back in May with the BSU group. Instead of the people from the mountains coming to us, we went to them this time. There were 3 groups and we went to 3 different villages (Rayan, Anguy, and another one that starts with a C) Pavel and I went with the group to Rayan about 2 hrs from Jimbe at 13000ft...WoooWeeee that was high and pretty cold. The scenery made up for the cold weather and the bumpy ride. We got to work with a family we met back in May and it was such a blessing to see them and get to minister with them again. They are young and young believers. They held the study in their home for all of the 4 nights we were there...AMAZING!! You could just see the eagarness of these young believers and those you heard and received the gospel for the first time. They soaked up everything that was said. The 4 lessons were Assurance of Salvation, Baptism, How to study the Bible, and Prayer. Pavel shared the gospel the first night (Genesis to Jesus) and at least 4 received Christ. Then the next few days were discpleship for them. So good.
After we got back on Monday I rushed back to Pavel's home and got my bags ready to come back to the States. He dropped me off at the airport around 9 and my plane left at midnight. I got home around 3 on Tuesday and left for Atlanta on Wednesday for a conference.
I'm in Atlanta now, and just talked to Pavel about his day. I will update more about my time here and his time back in Lima.

I will have a post about all the interesting things I got to eat in Peru...it HAS to be a post all of its own!