Our mission here was to help Pablo and Belen build a long term missionary house. To help plant more seeds in as many people there starting with the children. When Pablo and Belen officially move, they will be able to continue to disciple the relationships we helped establish. The goal is to disciple more people and send more missionaries out into more villages. The base is the center, and the end goal is to have the Old Testament translated into their native language Namatsugenga.
ORIENTATION
Pablo and Belen gave us thorough information before going into the jungle. In the jungle, they work a lot more with the kids that we have established contact with four years ago. Everything we are going to do this week is going to contribute to what is going to happen in April. We were told not to drink the Masato drink that the people welcome you with when entering their home because it could make you sick. It’s an ancient fermented drink and very strong. Yuca, sweet potato, they boil the yuca, they crush it with sweet potato, in a big bowl they mix it. They chew it and spit back out. They then add water and then cover it. The bacteria from the mouth starts the fermentation process. The reason why Pablo is cautious is that if you reject the drink, you create a barrier. This barrier if created prevents them from ministering to the people of Chuquibambilla. So Pablo was saying that if we commit to doing house visits, we have to take the drink. If we didn’t choose to drink it, then we couldn’t do the house visits.
Before starting any work, we had to greet the Chief of Chuquibambilla formally. The formal greeting had to happen first because if they saw us walking around, we would have been killed because the people wouldn’t know who we are or if we had the approval of the chief.
TWO WORLDS ONE FAMILY
We weren’t the only missionaries there to support that week. We got the chance to work with missionaries from Enami Peru and Nicaragua! Below are the missionaries we teamed up with to finish the mission.
KINGDOM WORK
Both teams We had 14 hour days, and we knew that we were the last chance for things to get done for Pablo and Belen. Our work ranged from doing construction to painting the walls of the house. David was in charge of these things, and this is a list he gave us below of the tasks we needed to get done.
1. Finish installation bathroom
2. Install kitchen filter
3. Kitchen roof
4. Painted ten fiber cement and cut to 60 cm
5. Finish roof of the bathroom
6. Assemble and install window protectors house of Pablo
7. Installation of house door panels in Pablo
8. Installation of dining room outlet
9. Transportation of coarse sand
10. Making of molds for cement blocks
11. Vacuuming cement blocks
12. Painted dining room
13. Bathroom installation of Pablo’s house
14. Bathroom floor of Pablo’s house
15. Installation of profiles for roofing of pavilions
16. Entering of Pablo’s house entrance (8×1 tables)
17. Pablo’s staircase house construction
18.Embedded multiple house entrance
19.Mixed house staircase construction
20.Transportation and assembly of cabins
21.Mixing of frames for mirrors and installation
22.Sealing of water filtration holes in Pablo’s house
23.Interior roofing of Pablo’s house
24. Macheteadora maintenance (change of hose)
25.Lawn maintenance
26.Programming of multiple houses.
27.Painting of support structure of the bathroom
28.Installation of cement blocks (roads)
29.Maintenance and installation of new cords
We woke with early mornings with a devotional study, and we ended the nights with recapping the day with what the Lord spoke to us that day.
CHURCH IN CHUQUIBAMBILLA
Every day we played with the kids of Chuquibambilla. They craved our attention because their parents are off working all day in the forest. We held church every night while we were in the jungle. Each night, David would lead the children in worship!
Next, my team would perform a simple bible skit with teaching. Below are a few of the skits we did throughout the week.
1. Good Samaritan
2. Prodigal Son
3. The Unforgiving Servant
4. David and Goliath
WORLD OF WORDS
At the end of the service, we would go around, and we would say the words we learned from the day.
Pablo would go around in a circle and ask Chuquibambilla people what English word did they learn that day. Then he would ask us what Namatsugenga word we learned that day. After asking us, he would ask everyone if our word had the correct meaning. Below are a few of the words spelled out phonetically what I learned that week in the Namatsugenga language.
Kooshma- Dress they wear.
“A-roke”- Thank you
“A-rroah”- Yes
“Ce-roah”- No
“Sidani”- Male
“Chinani”- Woman
“Nashipi”- Beard
“Nageeshi”- Hair
“Na-garina”- Nose
“Narogi”- Eye
“Toe-sorenchi”- God
“Tobashidi”- Grass
“Meeshi”- Cat
“Nanitea-mini”- Love
Being here in the Jungle has been such a blessing to all of us. We have seen Jesus so much here, and we are excited to see Pablo and Belen officially sacrifice their lives to this ministry. They will be moving officially to the Jungle here on April 19. Please keep this ministry in your prayers. And if you would like to help and donate to this ministry, you can do so by emailing Pablo or Belen!
