The majority of our remaining time in Peru was spent deeper in the Peruvian Amazon basin in the small town of Nauta with short visits to some villages along the riverbank by boat. We learnt that while the Amazon river runs through a number of countries, it was actually ‘born’ here in Peru where the Maranon river and the Ucayali (U-keye-ali) river cross each other.
We spent three days at Aurora, living alongside a Peruvian host family in a purposed-built facility in the jungle. A recording studio has also been built here to enable the translation of the Jesus film into all the different tribal languages in these remote villages of Peru. Our main focus while being here was to bless the children by playing football (otherwise known as soccer in Australia) and volleyball with them and providing them with good food.
Our safe haven from mozzies 🙂
And volleyball players
An unfortunate incident occurred while the young boys played soccer. One of them had a bone come out of place near his ankle and this put an end to the afternoon’s activities. The team immediately gathered around and prayed for Ronny and released the love of Christ amidst the concerned onlookers. The peace of God truly reigned that afternoon. As much as we all desired to see a creative miracle from God, it did not occur that afternoon. On reflection though, it was a miracle that we had ice (in the form of frozen desserts) to stop the swelling, people available to speedboat it back to Nauta to purchase medical supplies as well as access to a local physician to manipulate the bone back into place – three very rare commodities in the jungle. We have since checked back in and hear that Ronny is recovering at a very good pace and there are no complications – praise Jesus!
Because of the sporting accident as well as end of school year requirements for our host family and their children, we ended up not going to show the Jesus film that night but were able to love and pray for children and families in the neighbouring village of Florida (pronounced Flor-ree-da) the next day. It was an honour to sit in the church that was planted there through the ministry of Joyce Meyer and pray for and prophesy over the pastor there and his family.
Apart from the heat, humidity and mass of mosquitos, Aurora is an incredibly beautiful place and it plays quite a significant role in the gospel being brought to neighbouring villages, different tribal groups as well as those from other nations for conferences. We believe this place will have a big impact on all who set foot on the land and it will be like a ripple affect that will carry the impact to other nations.
A beautiful sunset after the rain