10/1/09
A group of four adults from the church that adopted Cabana showed up this week to continue to build relationships and share God’s truth with the people here. They have been wonderful to work with and so encouraging! Sometimes you forget just how much you miss being with the Body after an extended time without it. It was evident that they had been praying for their time here and that their church was also praying over the people of Cabana. Culturally, the people here are Catholic and they also like to please others, which makes it difficult to know whether they are just being nice and agreeing with us or if they really understand. For many, they have a very hard time recognizing the differences between their beliefs and Christianity, between rules and a relationship, especially when we are both referring to the God and Jesus of the Bible. Even more, because
of the Incan traditions here, the indigenous have combined their indigenous beliefs with Catholic beliefs that were forced on them during the Spanish invasion, making this a polytheistic group of people. Anyway, I mention this to say that the group that came in from the church worked patiently with the people and were careful to make sure the people that they spoke with really understood what God’s Word says. During the week we spent time with people and were all able to share with many others in Cabana and in nearby annexes. One woman was even baptized the day before the team left—Praise God!
