Point to Ponder

Iquitos is only accessible by boat or airplane. It is the largest city in the world with no road access, so why the other day when I was driving did I happen to see a "Cruz del Sur" bus company office?

Where can you go by tour bus from Iquitos? No where. Hmmmm? I'm sure they sale tickets to somewhere because they are able to keep an office space here...but really- a bus line office for a city that has no road access?!? LOL

Prayer Request for IWC-Orellana

INTERNATIONAL WORLD CHANGERS- ORELLANA

Please pray for the 56 volunteers, 3 missionaries and 15 translators that will be working amongst Yagua people off the Amazon River, doing discipleship of believers and holding Bible Yard Bible clubs this week. The original plan was to work in 5 communities: Atun Coche, Las Palamaras, Vainilla, Puerto Rico and Catalan Urco.

Specifically pray for safety, discipleship & growth for believers there and witnessing opportunities to those that remain lost.

Also we just learned several moments ago that the water on the river is unusually low for this time of year and the boats will not be able to reach most of the villages. Even Orellana, the community we will be staying in for the week. We will have to hike in & out of the communities each day. Pray for flexibility for the volunteers, missionaries, translators and for the Yagua communities as well.

We also will not know until we try, once we get there but we are fairly certain that we will not be able to reach one of the villages we were trying to minister to this week (Catalan Urco). The river has dried up too much and there is no trail through the jungle to get to it. It is one of the most remote places in the this segment of Yagua and has no church and only 2 new believers. We are discouraged by this news but trusting the Lord in providing a way to either reach Catalan Urco or opening up other doors in more accessible Yagua villages. The river should not be this dry until almost mid-August. Its even taken the Yagua by somewhat of a surprise. We were just there two weeks ago and made it in and out of all of the communities with very little difficulty.

Pray for Crystal and Karis as well. This is our first time out on the river for this long. Pray for Karis to sleep well at night, its hard for her with the intense darkness, no air circulation and new sounds. Last time she was very fearful at night. Pray for protection and safety for Crystal , she is almost 6 months pregnant. Pray for Jeremy as he is somewhat nervous and excited about having his family on-site for the biggest group he has ever lead into the jungle!