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