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