Yesterday I was blessed with the opportunity to visit the tribe of Boca Inambari, Peru. I traveled with Pastor Dan and my fellow Intern, Alex. We traveled by van to the boat port and then by boat to the tribe. The boat ride was incredible! We passed by smaller villages and waved as we passed.
We played guitar and wrote in our journals too being that the ride was almost an hour long. Once we arrived at the tribe we were greeted by the chief and the rest of the tribe with friendly faces and smiles pasted on them. We told them of the bread we brought for them as gifts and how we brought God's word to preach to them as well. They were excited about the bread, but were so eager to hear God's word that they immediately lead us to a hut and cleared the space for us to set up. The hut flooded with villagers and the chief continued to call others to join us, everything happened so quickly. Once everyone was there Pastor Dan presented the message to them. Once the message was over Pastor Dan began to pray, then the coolest thing happened. They all began to pray with him! They began to whisper confessions, apologies, Praises, and even some cried by how moved they were by the word. Chills came over my body as my emotions were rising quickly, I was so moved by the hunger they had for the scriptures. Afterwards we sang songs on the guitar and I was even blessed with the opportunity to sing with the chief. I sat in front of him with guitar in hand and as I played he began to clap and sing "Jesus loves me" in his tribal language. It was so moving and beautiful to see how excited he was to sing those words. His eyes were lit up and he clapped and rocked back in forth in his seat just crying out to the Lord in song. It was such a sweet moment for me to play for him as I watched him pour his heart out. Later that night he even allowed us to stay in his hut for the night. I'll never forget this experience and trip.
