Visit to Chile

An update from a handwritten letter of Brother Kori Wawa dated 4/20/07...



Gasoline & sunflower seeds: (essentials for the skimmers)

* Classes are going well as we learn about Biblical, primitive church

* Jeff & i went to Chile to renew our visas.

* The skin infection has cleared up, but i've been very sick lately.

* Prayer requests below.

A change of clothes for the road trip: (non-essentials)

Dear missionaries in the USA,

I wish i could tell you all the interesting things we are studying in our classes. Alas, there is too much, & i'm afraid too many would take offense to an explanation contrasting the 1st century churches and our modern day churches. The cool thing is, we have the opportunity to plant Biblical, primitive like churches among the indigenous people groups. Since we'll be going to communities that have never heard the Gospel or seen churches, they won't have to worry about what unbiblical church traditions saying, "we want this thing because that church down the street has one!"



Jeff Hill, the other missionary from the US in our training, and i paid a visit to Chile this week. I confess, when we heard we'd be leaving the jungle to renew our visas in Chile, we pondered about all the hot showers & fine dining we'd be doing for days in a big Chilean city like the capitol. It was not so glamorous, though a nice change of scenery, nonetheless. We flew from Puerto Maldonado to Cuzco, rode a bus 17 hours to the border town of Tacna, crossed over into Chile for an hour to get our documents stamped, flew to the Peruvian capitol of Lima to do some more paper work, and finally flew back to Puerto Maldonado. The highlight of the trip for me was a lunch at Chili's in Lima. It was a wonderful contrast to our usual open-fire-cooked rice and/or noodles with potatoes.



In other news, i've been quite sick as of late. Since the 6th of April, i've had severe headaches that come & go, fevers of up to 103.8 degrees F that come and go, vomiting once, often losing appetite, and cold shivers sometimes. It's made memorizing stories & devoting full attention in classes impossible at times and has made my life in general, miserable. However, i can see the Lord using it for His glory. In the past, several of my relationships with the other trainees has been less than brotherly. My teammates can tell i'm very sick, and i've not failed to do any of my work or physical exercise. I believe several have a new found respect for me, & a few have voiced their respect. Glory to God! Now we can act as brothers in Christ, perhaps, and all it took was being sick. I did see a doctor in Tacna and got some medicines that are helping a lot. Hopefully, they will clear things up for good.



Prayer Requests:

* Pray that i would give everything i have to the Lord each day, sick or healthy and that He would be glorified in my thoughts & actions.

* Pray for the Tigre Quichua people to have prepared hearts, & the Father would be calling them. Pray i will present the right stories from the Bible so they connect & understand the Gospel. I hear they are skeptical of outsiders so pray that Satan would not use this part of their culture to confound the Gospel.

That's all for now. I love yuns!

†il the whole world hears,

corey reid pendergrass