Stranded

On our way to the airport today, I got a call that our flight was cancelled and that our trip would be extended another day.  I have to believe, after all we´ve experienced of God opening doors, being stranded in Tabatinga is part of His plan.

Over the past week, fellow missionaries Clyde Bergquist and Tim Kubacki and I, have been exploring a remote area of the Amazon where we believe God may be leading us to start a new work.  Tim had visited the area several months ago, but we wanted to do a follow-up trip to explore more of the interrior to see what the reality of the river communties were.   Traveling up-river in a rented boat, we found several river communities, some in Brazil and some in Peru, dotting the riverbanks.  What we found confirmed that it is a very needy and unchurched area. And it was striking to see how God lined up so many encounters with people along the way.

We leave tomorrow with a good picture of what this region looks like, and not a little excitement of what could be.  The enormity of the task of picking up and moving to such a remote region is daunting.  Our one desire now is that God will reveal to us if this in fact is where He is calling us and that we would have the trust to follow if He is.