MOBBED IN THE JUNGLE ......... FOR BIBLES !!!!!!!
While in Lima, we met up with Pastor Dennis, a friend we had traveled with 2 years earlier with in Bolivia. He lived full time in the Peru Jungles for several years and has several ministries to the nation of Peru. He introduced us to Pastor Edgar from Huanaco, a city deep in the Andes. We felt the Holy Spirit´s leading to visit the city of 100,000 people and minister wherever we could. We went to a car rental place to get a car and they said "you will need a truck, it is the rainy season". Little did I realize what a journey we were about to embark on.

Over the Andes Mountains!
Jordan, Javier, Jenson, and Miles left at 6 am to beat the Lima trafic and stared the long climb over the LONGEST mountain range in the world. Even our 4 x 4 toyota was chalenged with the road. In the matter of one hour, we were at 15,000 feet! We struggled for breaths at that altitude and marveled at the beauty of the snow-covered peaks around us. We didn´t stay for long, we were in shorts and t-shirts and it was close to freezing. Even the vendors were laughing at us as we were clearly not "dressed for the occasion". It was another 6 hours to the Huanuco.
In the morning, we met with Pastor Edgar, who feeds 1,500 children each week, and visited an orphanage he is building. It was wonderful to see his vision "saving a generation". We then embarked on another wild ride, going deeper into the heart of Peru.

Into the Jungle.....
I have never gotten carsick before, but as they say, there is a first time for everything! Curve after curve after curve after curve after curve after...get the point? Thousand foot cliffs hung over the road and dozens of waterfalls made the scenery world-class spectacular. Within a few hours we were in the upper Amozon Jungle, the steamy heat and humidity was what you would expect. We took a short walk into the jungle, finding such things as leaf-cutter ants, tarantula, a cave full of bats, and dozens of beautiful butterflies. Even an ant the size of Miles´pinkey! We left time for an outreach in the market of Tingo Maria, a jungle town of about 20,000.

Ice cream man testifies of a miracle!
We pulled up in the market and began praying for the sick. A man selling ice cream was complaining of sharp stomache pains, after we prayed, he told us ALL the pain had left. He was so excited he grabbed our bullhorn and testified to the crowd that it was a miracle. We thank Jesus for healing this man and showing His love to the people of the jungle. "Many of you have forgotten God, but He has not forgotten you" I yelled. "You have seen the Love of Jesus here today, He wants your life, all of your life!" 20 adults and around 30 children were so touched by Jesus that they wanted to recieve the gift of salvation and give Jesus their lives. I prayed for them and told them what it means to follow Jesus. We had purchased new believer bibles earlier in the day for this occasion, but didn´t realize the hunger of the people.

Jordan is mobbed for the Word of God!!!
As I began handing the bibles to the new believers, they began rushing at me and pressing in on all sides. I stopped and yelled" Do you know what this is? It is the very words of God! Jesus loves this, you are so excited to recieve His word! " Jenson and Miles were handing out candy, and told me later, people were asking them for bibles, and not even candy! So pray for these people now, that they would continue in the faith, that they would read the word and obey all that Jesus has commanded. Thank you all for praying for us and know that as you pray for this ministry, you are joining with us in this work, you are partakers in the harvest , and you will surely recieve a blessing.

Mayor offers us the national stadium and police force!
The next day Pastor Edgar arranged a meeting with the mayor of Huanoco and the Chief of Police. We recieved a warm welcome he asked why we were there. I told him we wanted to have a Festival for Families and Children around this coming Christmas. I also explained that we didn´t want it to be just our event, but the city´s as well. This way, the city would also show they care for the poor children of the city. He loved the idea and pledged the citys support. I asked him the city would donate the plaza, but he said it would be too small. " We will give you the stadium (holds 20,000), help you set up the platform, and give you police for security. We were honored and told him of the Blessings that come to any city that welcomes Jesus. We also met with the chief of police who was deeply mooved by encouraging words given by the team. He likewise pledged his support.