It was so good to be back tonight and to see all of our friends ready to learn! We sang, laughed, smacked at mosquitos, watched the chickens walking around, played with the puppy and the frog, learned more about God and got a little closer to this special family.
We were so encouraged at Eduardo's participation tonight. For the first time, he stayed for the whole study, answered questions and accepted some reading material from a discipleship class.
For the second time in the last few weeks, we have been told about the pishtaco, which is said to be a white man who steals organs from chilren after he kills them. He has some kind of backpack or jetpack that allows him to fly. He has a watch that detects how many people are in a house and if they are asleep. There are stories. They sound fantastic and unbelievable to us. I felt sorry for the kids as they listened to the scary stories tonight. I felt like we were around a bonfire at camp telling ghost stories except these people really and truly believe this. White men have been killed out of fear that they are a pishtaco.
Recently, Brent went up onto the side of a mountain with some friends and a man there was afraid of him, asked if he wasn't a pishtaco and wrote down our license plate number, just in case. Our friends thought it was funny because of Brent's being a pastor and all. I didn't quite see the humor.
As always, we trust God for protection and trust in His perfect, loving will for our lives. We also hope our Ashaninka friends will know a life with less fear because of their relationship with an all-powerful Father.
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