Her mission was to take the Three Angels Message to this area via free medical care as an opening wedge. The first village they arrived in was Leoncio Prado, then Santa Rita de Castilla, San Jose de Parinari, and lastly, San Rogue. Unfortunately, because of lack of funding they were not able to continue. In each one of the communities our launch stayed three months doing medical work and evangelism.
After the Auxiliadora finished her work in each community a Bible worker and his family were sent to live there to continue the work.
| Elvio Manuyama and his wife: Bible workers in Leoncio Prado |
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Antonio Zatalaya and family: Bible workers in San Jose de Parinari
They have continued the work the launch started. Now, after almost a year in these communities we were able to see a harvest.
Let me share the adventure I experienced during my visit to these four communities along the Maranon River.
Leoncio Prado
I traveled from Pucallpa on Monday, September 20 on Star Peru (airline) to Iquitos, where I boarded the public launch, Eduardo IV, headed for Leoncio Prado on the Maranon River. Here we had a beautiful civil wedding for three couples, who were baptized on September 25th. In all, nine brethren were reborn in the Lord that day! Elvio and his wife will stay a little longer to organize them into a group and train them in their different responsibilities.
Left: Civil wedding
San Roque
My next stop was San Roque. Brother Geysen Macedo and his family are Bible workers there. We had a night of evangelism in the street by his house, and also baptized four people who are now beginning to work in a small group setting.
Brethren of San Roque
San Jose de Parinari
San Jose de Parinari was my next destination where Antonio Zatalaya and his wife are Bible workers. Antonio and his wife have worked hard, visiting every home and five precious souls have responded and were baptized!
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New brethren in San Jose de Parini |
Santa Rita de Castilla
Next, and last, was Santa Rita de Castilla, the district capital of Parinari. Bible worker David Saboya and his family have taken on the challenge of working with the youth here, with many studying God’s Word. The devil is using worldly influence in this community to pull these young people away from God. Three young people were baptized to the honor and glory of our Lord!
During those two weeks in this zone I was able to baptize 21 souls for the Lord. The work of these missionaries in this zone is arduous. Sadly, various baptismal candidates couldn’t seal their pact with the Lord because my visit coincided with the closing of a political campaign and there were many distractions for some brethren that were beginning to make their decision for Christ. In addition, many baptismal candidates had to travel to their home community to vote (translators note: in Peru, a person is obligated to return to their registered home to vote or face financial penalty) so they had to postpone their baptism. However, even with all that, we were able to firmly plant the flag of our church in each one of these places and we hope with the help of the Holy Spirit to continue their growth. We also ask that you help us to pray for each of these small groups that have been formed that they will continue to shine with the light of evangelism!
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Your report was excellent!!! I appreciated the pictures of the Bible Workers and their names. Then to cap it off were the baptismal pictures. The Lord is blessing the efforts of all involved. May you all "go forward in faith in God".
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