the long road

I know it has been way too long since i have blogged last. One of the reasons i havent written is because we have been travelling for the last 2 and half months. Another reason is that my computer died the first day of travelling. It´s pretty annoying trying to type a blog in an internet cafe. But here I am.. I´ll give it a shot.

Ok, so what has happened in the last few months since i have blogged last? Well one thing is that I have decided to come back to Iquitos, Peru (after about a one month vacation back home) to work with the DTS (Dicipleship Training School) that i am in now. I have had a really great experience here. Not always easy, not always fun, and many times, not a fun place to live. But i have made some great friends here. I really admire the work that they do. Not only do they have the school for 6 months out of the year, they have many other ministries for the other half of the year. During the non-school year, they go out to villages in the Amazon jungle. Many times we go with nurses and doctors with much needed medicene. I never thought i would say this (on account of the mosquitos) but I actually am looking forward to heading back out to the jungle.

Over the last few months we have been travelling around South America. Staying in a different city every week. Performing our dramas and choreographies for people. Mixed in with our program, we add a few short testimonies. As soon as the program is finished, we immediatley go out into the crowd and talk to them about Jesus. One great thing that I have learned over the past few months, is how to not fall into a mold. I have heard people talking about evangalism and they say the same things everytime. For example, ¨This is what Jesus did, This is how you accept Him, do you want to accept Him too? ¨ This normally produces a false response. Most of the people who are approached like this will just say yes, because they dont want to be rude. I have been praying and trying to approach people in a sincere way. I tell them about Jesus, about what He did for us, and what that means. Then I tell them what He has done for me. Afterwards, I tell them how to accept Him. Then I just let God take over. I believe that if they really want to accept Jesus, that they will ask about it. But even if they don´t, then I presented the Gospel to them. (which is what the Bible tells us to do, not force them into a response).
So that´s about it. I am looking forward to coming home and visiting family and friends for a while. Although, it will not be all fun and games, I will need to raise more support so that I may be able to afford to live in Peru for the next 2 years-ish. So please pray for that. I miss everyone and I can´t wait to see you... Love,
Mike