First Medical Outreach to the Amazon Jungle.

Probably the first time he has ever seen a doctor

  Last week I went on my first Amazon River outreach as a YWAM Iquitos Staff member. It turned out to be a wonderful trip. We had one docter, one dentist, five nurses, and about 8-12 more volunteers/staff helping with the trip. This team of short-time missionaries came from North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, Austria, and Germany. (sorry if I left anyone out)

   The strip started pretty normal. We had about a 6 hour boat ride that turned out into a day and a half. (we had to stop and sleep in a village.)  Julio, (a YWAM member from Columbia who is in charge of the river ministry) decided that we would stay in one village the entire week. We held medical clinics in 4 different villages but we slept everynight in the same village. It went really well. The doctors and nurses ended up seeing about 1,000 patients. (not sure exactly) And I'm not sure how many teeth the dentist pulled but everytime I looked over he was torturing someone!

Doctor David from Lima, Peru.

Everytime I go to the Jungle, I fall more in love with the children who live there. I mean, they don't have much of anything to do, but they are so happy and friendly. Just to be able to goof around with the kids out there make it all worth it.

                                                                 

This Girl had a smile on her face as Doctor Jim was giving her a shot and stitces in a nasty cut on her foot. Amazing!

  It was a really great trip. We have another medical outreach this Friday (September 25th) for 7 days. Then I come back to the YWAM base for about a week. Then we go out again on a construction trip for a week. On that one, we will dig two wells, and build a church. So far, I am staying very busy.

Please continue to pray for me and the rest of us YWAMERs down here.  We are doing our best here in sometimes very uncomfortable conditions. (right Daniela?) If you would like to support me or Daniela financially, please send donations to Friendship Baptist Church Mike Faulkner Mission Fund. 10150 Brockington Road. Sherwood, Arkansas. 72120 .      If there are any questions about what God is doing down here in Peru, please feel free to write me an Email at Mikesway0078@yahoo.com or you can call me at 501-588-2278. That is a Skype phone number that rings to my computer. If i am online I can answer. Please leave me a message and I will return your call.   . Thanks

                                                             

Starting after finishing

So I graduated the DTS (Discipleship Training School). I went home to Arkansas for about a month. I got to eat all of the food that I had been missing for the last 7 months. I was able to see all my friends and family that I had been missing. I got to meet my brand new nephew while I was home. I only was able to meet him for about 45 minutes, but I'm just glad he was born before I came back. ........... This all sort of sounds like the end of a chapter, huh?

Now I'm back in Iquitos, Peru. I am a staff member of the YWAM (Youth With a Mission) base that I took my DTS at. All of the students are gone. It is much quieter around here. I am moved in, settled in, and almost completely organized. Seems much hotter here than last time I was here. I already miss my family and friends. Seems a little more lonely here now. Hopefully that will change.
I have been praying a lot lately. It seems that as soon as I feel like I understand how things will go, things change. This is not always a bad feeling. But, sometimes frustrating.
I haven't really been working much yet. I have done some cleaning around the base, but its pretty slow around here now. This coming Thursday, however, we will be going to the Jungle on a medical outreach. We are going with one medical doctor, one dentist, about 4 or 5 nurses, and about 10 more volunteers or so. I don't know the village we are going to yet. Might be that I have visited here before. I actually hope so. I would like to see some of he people that we evangelized to. I think it would be interesting to see where they are on their walk with God.


I have realized since i got here that I need a few things. I need a desk, notebooks, pens, and a few other little things. I have support to last for about 2 months. But, after I buy all the things I need, that might go down to about a month and a half. I have learned to trust God. He will provide for me as long as He wants me to stay in Peru.

I will bring my camera to the jungle and get some pictures of the medical outreach. Also, I hope to bring back some stories of how God has been working with and through the people of the Amazon Jungle. Until next time,
Mike Faulkner