...and before you ask, no it's not in the USA. This is a small village about an hour from Abancay. The AIDIA team has recently started working there as the village has no church and they are trying to focus on establishing new churches. I went along for an afternoon.
The government has recently built a road passing through the village which brings lots of changes, including a new water project. This means I'm not likely to work there long term, but it was great to visit and learn about the village.
With so much green, and the clover and the bees it reminded me very much of England!
This girl was terrified
to come and talk to us - her mother had told her the white lady would kidnap
her and steal her organs (partly urban legend and partly old
superstition). It was lovely that 2
hours later she was hanging onto my sleeve - but I did manage to leave her
behind.
We were teaching the children about when Jesus miraculously fed 5000 people with 5 loves of bread and 2 fish. We talked about times when they have been hungry and when there has not been enough food. It was wonderful to be able to teach them that, in this situation, they also can pray and ask God to provide.
Afterwards Dina taught several of them a traditional dance ready for a local festival - and my task was to take charge of the music to avoid the hyperactive non-participants from turning it on and off all the time. And as their attention wore thin, lots were beginning to fight each other - Dina who knows more of the families explained that this is behaviour they have learned from watching their parents. It's very sad to see this effect, but we also have a lot of hope that as the good news of Christ comes into this village that people can be changed.
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