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hello friends! i only have a few minutes unfortunately (and am having trouble figuring out this spanish keyboard!) but i really wanted to send out a quick note to say we´ve arrived safely! God has been so good in so many ways so far during the 24 hours of travel to get here, going through customs, and the days we´ve been spending in this city! Iquitos is a very lively city for being surrounded by of thousands of miles of Amazon jungle on every side and has quite a culture of its own. its been such a blessing getting to know the people on our team (8 of us), spending time in prayer and worship, and learning more about the Yagua and practicing our stories with the translators. its also been very exciting to travel around the city on the very popular “mototaxi”s that are driven at a million miles an hour with no lanes, speed limits, or road sign, haha exillerating! and trying some authentic foods including aligator and papaya juice. the most amazing part has been being able to interact and engage in conversations with the people we´ve interacted with thus far in the city! Many have expressed a great interest in why we have come so far and what the stories are that we find so important to tell, opening up an opportunity to tell them of Christ´s love! ok here are a few prayer request before we head into the jungle tomorrow morning! (unfortunately we will not have any internet access for the 14 days we are in the Amazon).
-please pray that these people will have open and hungry hearts to hear our stories.
-we will be able to present them with passion, earnestness, and enthusiam, and not let the uncomfortable living conditions distract us in any way from the honor it is to be living among them.
-pray for our translators Alejandro and Luis. Both learned English from missionaries when they were children and also have a passion for the gospel!
-pray against spiritual warfare. interestingly enough, unlike Americans we will not have to convince them of the validity of the spiritual world. They activily practice animalism and sometimes witchcraft so they have experienced the supernatural first hand. Pray God would open their eyes to see that those spirits they are worshiping are of the devil.
o my goodness there is so much more to say- alas! Thank you all so much for your prayers. He is so good! To God be all the glory!

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