It is awesome to hear from you all and to know that you are praying for us!!! Keep praying. All is well. We have had only minor setbacks in health. One with alergies, 2 with sore throats and a couple with heat rash but all are still going strong.
We will try to post more pictures. The upload speed is slow so it takes atleast 10 minutes per picture. So its very loaborious. We are on it though.
Saturday was a big game vs. the Shipibo Indians in the stadium in town. They are tough. They borrowed jerseys and most had shoes. They tackle hard with no shin pads and barefeet! We went to pizza with the Universidad team and made many inroads for Christ that night. Praise the Lord.
Today, Sunday, was our day of rest, yeah right, and we went to the Shipibo church where we worked the clinic. Wow. We will post the video of worship. It was like stregnth training. They are truly joyous! 2.5 hours later, the women said it was awesome. We took a tiki tiki ride on the Ucayali (Amazon headway) to the zoo. We saw monkey, Ocelot (kind of jaguar) and also an anaconda. It just about knocked me over when I held it. It was about 7 Yards long and extremely heavy! The boat ride back turned into a water war with splashing and water bottles. Just about everyone got wet. No matter what anyone says Messer started it. Later we walked the market and got a true taste of daily life and descrimination of the Mestizo and Shipibo Indian. We are learning so much about the Peruvian cultures and people groups that make up Peru.
At 6am half of us leave by boat to Santa Rosita. It takes 3 hours by river. The other half leave by water plane and that takes 20 minutes. Huh. Missionary air is amazing true? we will be out of contact until late Wednesday night and we will post then. The Shipibo are fired up about us being here. They feel honored that we would take notice of them. It is a truly humbling experience. We are pioneering soccer for these women and every person we play is open to listen to the gospel. We have presented the gospel and had so many one on one contacts with players there are too many to number. Despite the language barrier God bring commonalities to many each time we try to communicate. Over 20 villages were represented at the Sports ministry clinic and there will be over 10 teams in the jungle tournament we are going to. Pray that God would open the doors of their heart to salvation and set them free in Christ Jesus. The tournament is put on by a sports minister from the church so there will be a team of native Christians speaking to the players form all over the deep jungle basin.
Santa Rosita will be the most stretching part of our trip for and very demanding for our team. 3 days in the jungle. Pray we have strength from Christ and the team is renewed by the Holy Spirit.
Sorry to tease you all but we have many picture that you won't believe, we'll post them Wednesday.
God is at work in Peru and we have seen His handiwork. Thank you for partnering in prayer for and with us!! Peace in Christ. mv
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Amazing to hear the updates...
we are still praying here.
Ladies, I can not wait to see your faces and hear the reports that come flowing from your hearts!
Wow! Amazing. I am proud of you women and coaches for being willing to take the message of Christ across the world.
Our God is awesome and your messages are testimony to that.
Praying for your protection and more important for you all to grow richly in your relationship with God through Christ Jesus.
Peggy Underwood
Messer starting water fights??? Haha! That is awesome! I'll tell you one thing, being in the jungle will be stretching, but it won't be without much humor and good laughs, thanks to cool people like Heidi!
What I am so pumped about is that people are so receptive to the gospel! God's kingdom is going to be so much larger due to you guys being footsoldiers for Christ!
So glad to hear y'all are doing fine. Hope those that got a little sick return to good health soon, if no already, and that it doesn't get much worse than that. Tell Katie that she better bring me back an anaconda or else...Praying for you gals!
Nate
(Katie's Nate)
Hey Ladies, Great to hear that God is taking care of you all. No surprise there! Miss the Roe girls big time..you are so appreciated..can't believe we are at the end of the campaign you..but I am sure you are happy to be there..and so are we. Grateful to be a part of your trip. God Bless and can't wait to hear all the "stories". lol Momma Roe
Hey Gals!
Sounds like you are having as much fun ministering as the Peruvians are listening and learning in your fellowship. We are praying for you here in Palmyra, PA.
Katie, miss you, but am proud to have the opportunity to miss you while you are doing God's work.
Love you,
Deanna
Praying the Lord will give you renewed strength when you grow weary and refresh your bodies.
I'm sure the jungle was a stretch for some...if not for all. (bug, heat, and who knows what you had to eat) :)
Can't wait to hear more about how God has used you all to.
Sandy T.
opps....I'm not to good with this blog thing. :)
I just need to finish my sentence
to Glorify HIM!
(*bug needs an "s" on the end)
Thrilled to hear all that God is doing in Peru and in the hearts of each of you. We're Praying for your physical strength to complete the task at hand.I hope you are keeping journals of your experiences. Girls you have great spiritual leadership in your coach and his wife. Waiting to hear about your trip to the jungle basin.Love Ya KT
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