Multiple Blessings

I have had a hard time updating this blog for one of our church plants in Bellavista Nanay because, to be honest, we have really been struggling with our work here. There have been many closed doors, many hostile faces, and just in general a feeling of being unwelcome in Bellavista. My partner and I have been constantly praying and working on figuring out what to do next, how to reach those who still don't know Christ in this area.

This past week brought hope and a renewed energy to both of us as we began to see some answered prayers.

On Tuesday we were invited to the house of Letty, one of the members of the Central Nazarene Church here in Iquitos. She actually lives very close to Bellavista, on a Navy Base. She had started a prayer group with 3 of her friends and wanted to go deeper with them in studying the Bible, but she felt like she didn't know how to do that. So Tuesday afternoon Dalila and I went to Letty's house, not really knowing what to expect or exactly what we should do with this group of women. We met Jaquelina, who has been a Christian for 12 years and attends a Pentecostal church faithfully, Lily, a devoted Catholic, and Doris, who didn't yet know Christ.

We "hit it off" really well with this group of women and had a good time of deep discussion, laughing, and eventually tears. That day Doris accepted Christ and Lily proclaimed that she wants to live a life for Christ as well. We had an amazing time of praying out loud together before we left and the women were all moved to tears. We're now going to be visiting them every week and doing discipleship lessons with them. They also want to attend our church services once we are able to start them (we are still looking for a house to start having services). Praise God!

Please join us in prayer as we continue to work with these women, and search for more contacts in Bellavista Nanay.