In my mind i’m goin’ to Carolina…

"...Can't you just see the sunshine?"

The Will of God: (essentials for the skimmers)

• I'm off again on another venture to the Paranapura River. Never heard of it? See the attached map.
  
• We'll be there 'til late September and won't have outside contact. Well, maybe the town's phone, which i haven't found cards for it yet.
• I updated an old blog entry if you're interested.
  

...In My Life : (extras for the non-skimmers)

Dear Rope Holders,
And just like that they were gone once again. My family got to step out of and back into the "real world" these past 2 weeks. Now it's back work...for all of us, i suppose. I really don't think i could begin to do such a visit justice by describing it in a quick email. We did make a less than legal run across the boarder of a large South American country. I don't think i should name the country involved over the internet, but i'll hint to you that there are a lot of Brazilians that live there. If you want a good laugh, i suggest calling my dad to get the "Butch Pendergrass version." We even paid the federal police a visit that night.
Okay, time for a call out! It's that time again: time to pray for and write your brothers and sisters in Christ in the Southern Hemisphere in training to become missionaries. Being that i won't have access to the internet, i wanted to go ahead give you this list. Though not complete, this a list of some of the trainees for the Xtreme Training that starts August 20.

• Esrom
• Zacharias
• Hagler
• Mariela
• Graham Michaels (from AL)
• Amanda Brock (from TX)
• Trent and Kay Jones (from TX)

Write them encouraging letters! Tell them how much you're praying for them. Share what the Lord is teaching you these days. Ask them about their lives. The thing is, for some reason, the families and churches of these South American missionaries-in-training usually don't write them to encourage them. You all have an opportunity to fill that niche and love on your extended family. If you do know Spanish or someone who can translate for you, it would help us save time if you sent the letters in Spanish. Please write even if you don't know Spanish because we can translate if need be.
This week Jeff Hill and i will be headed to the Paranapura River. There we'll hookup with Jesus (the guy who was in our training last Spring) in Nueva Vida and will hopefully train some of the other Chaiuita believers there to reach out to the other groups in the area. We hope to also do some research on a couple of other people groups. We should come back out in late September. Talk to you then.

PrayeRequests:

• Pray that the Lord would use us to train and encourage the Chaiauitas to reach out to surrounding communities who don't know Christ.
• Pray that the Lord would glorify Himself through Jeff and i on this next trip.
• Pray for the hearts of these new Xtreme trainees to be ready to learn and cope with a new environment. Pray for the instructors to have wisdom.
  

Quote of the Week:

"I'm taking the family to Topsail Island on Monday. There was a shark attack there a couple of weeks ago." -Brody Holloway, phone conversation

love yuns,
†il the whole world hears,
corey reid pendergrass

A Sabbath (period of rest)

The Love of My Family: (essentials for the skimmers)

• Butch (Pop), Jennifer (Momma), Lena (Sister), and Bobby "Rupert" Lane are in town! What a blessing!
• Jeff Hill and i are heading out next week to go to Nueva Vida, a community in northern Peru.
• We are asking individuals and churches to support your brothers and sisters in training that are native South Americans. Please, see the letter below. Please let me know if you or your church decide to participate or would like more information.

The Ability to See It: (extras for the non-skimmers)

Last Saturday, my wonderful family rolled (or rather flew) in to Puerto Maldonado where tears of joy flowed. It was a blessed reunion. My sister was the first out of the door and as she leaped into my arms and we kissed and hugged one another with inhibition, the many taxi drivers encircled around us began wolf whistling, assuming we were lovers or what have you. They have been staying about 50 yards from my house at the Anaconda Lodge. We've been thoroughly enjoying the past week buzzing around Pto. Maldonado. They been discovering new foods, customs, places, and people. What a blessing to see them again!

Jeff Hill, who i trained with in the Spring, and i just found out we'll be heading out together on our next trip. Since Levi has not returned, i won't go back to the Tigre River right away but on the following trip, Lord willing. Jeff and i will go into the northern Peru jungle to a community of Chiauita (CHAI-AH-WEET-AH) indians called Nueva Vida and will possibly be discipling some of the believers there and in surrounding areas, encouraging them to reach out to the lost. I will leave Pto. Maldonado next Wednesday to go.

As in the last Xtreme Training, which i participated in, several South Americans will be attending in order to be trained as missionaries. I want to ask you to pray for those still making final decisions and preparations to come. We already have two indigenous guys that came in yesterday from the Marañon River. Sorry, i forgot their names. Soon, i'll have yall a list of names for people in this training so that yall can be praying for them and writing them letters by name. Yes, i want to ask yall to write letters to them this time. Very few of the trainees last time received letters from their loved ones. I want to invite all of yall to reach out to your brothers and sisters here in Peru and write them encouraging letters (¡ESPECIALMENTE SÍ TÚ HABLAS ESPAÑOL!). Please see the letter below for more information on supplies they need.

PrayeRequests:

• Pray that my family and i would well spend some precious quality time together until they return to good ol' NC.
• Pray that the Lord would glorify Himself through Jeff and i on this next trip.
• Pray for the hearts of these new trainees to be ready to learn and cope with a new environment.

Quote of the Week:

"I can't believe i flew 3800 miles to wash your dishes!" -Butch Pendergrass

love yuns,
†il the whole world hears,
corey reid pendergrass

Dear Church,
We are about to begin our next 3-month Xteme Taining session August 20. During this time the participants will learn how to share the Word of God through storying and how to plant reproducing, Biblical churches. Most, however, come from indigenous communities and cannot afford certain items necessary to complete the training.

The items they need are:

• Nalgene bottles: 1 liter, wide mouth, hard
• Headlamps: uses AA batteries, small and durable
• Good cotton socks
• Pocket knives

If you would like to help these future missionaries by sending the above items, please address the packages to:

Taliaferro
Apartado 111
Pto. Maldonado
Peru

The packages must be less than 2 pounds and placed in 8.5x11 envelopes with or without bubble wrap. Thank you for your support.

Xtreme Team