Medical Clinics and the Shuar Language

Well it has been a rushed week let me tell you. We started on Friday morning, going hard. Over all, we saw over 800 patients free in our clinics. It was wonderful to be a part of something so beneficial and practical to the people. My job was translating. Initially, I was a little afraid that my spanish wouldn´t be good enough, but everything worked out fine. Aside from translating for doctors, I also had the opportunity to translate for several Spiritual Counselors. It was such a joy to lead people to the Lord and share the Gospel of Hope to them. There was such a spirit of religion over so many people but I know that God broke those chains for many. It was a lot of fun to translate, especially when we had people speaking only shuar. Then we would go from shuar to spanish to english. What an experience!! Today the medical team is vacationing in Baños. And it´s a much needed vacation too. The construction part of the team finished the foundation for the Girl´s home. They worked very hard too. So everyone is gone now and I am getting caught up on some housework and emails. Sunday was my first official service as the Children´s Ministry leader at Centro Cristiano Huambi. There were already over 25 children there. I am expecting to have a lot more as time goes on and the word gets out. The church is starting from the beginning, at ground zero. The main service that they have is the Children´s Church. So working as a kid´s minister with the kid´s ministry is really going to help get things going. The service will help get the word out to the community that there is a new church just beginning in Huambi. God has blessed me to be working with Pastor Angel. He and his wife Andrea are very sweet and have been in ministry longer than I have been alive. It is an honor to be partnering with him to reach children and adults for Christ in evangilism and discipleship. They are teaching me Shuar. The words are very dificult to pronounce. A "w" is pronouced like a "v." It is very interesting to hear people speak it- it reminds me of Native American languages like Cherokee or something.