Day Six - 40% of our team is down!

We all woke up tired and several of our team members woke up sick. The men were to go and train 100 pastors from 10-1 pm and the women were going to a christian school. Jen was so sick that she could not lead the team as expected. The ladies had a small look of panic on their faces. In faith they proceeded to plan as much as possible with very little information. They did fabulous.

The men had to teach 100 pastors, many of them from the jungles of Peru. Some can not speak Spanish and had to have some translation in Quecha language. The pastors belong to a network of churches that was started by Swiss missionaries in the 1950s. The Swiss left in 2000 and have left the church to the Peruvians. The church has doubled in 10 years, they now have 240 churches. The pastors were so gracious and gave us an excellent review. We spoke to them mainly about the pastor's family, how to value the marriage and their children. Many Peruvian pastors are burning out, struggling in their marriages and losing their churches. It was awesome to hear their responses and their repentance.

The rest of the day was spent taking care of the sick . . .on our team. Two more got sick and by the end of the day 4 our of ten were sick.

God is teaching us so much even through sickness. He has a purpose in our lives even when we don't like what he is doing. We want healing but we want Him more!