From August to December I spent my time living in Peru, in the city of Cajamarca (the Andes mountains) It was absolutely wonderful and beautiful! I finished my last semester of Bible college and graduated! now for the fun to began..... So during our last week in Cajamarca (which was thanksgiving week) a political unrest emerged that we kind of got ourselves into without even trying.... You see; there is an American mining company in Cajamarca that received the A-okay by the Peruvian government to blow up the cities source of freshwater. Naturally Cajamarca being an agricultural city became furious and the locals would not have it so they went on strike.
All of us Bible college students were stuck. The People of Cajamarca blocked the main road of transportation and even the airport was closed. It was recorded that for each day of the strike the city lost 10 million dollars. There was no import and no export, no one knew when or if the strike would end. There was rumors of the electricity and the water being shut off, and on top of that we were not sure how we would get enough food to feed all 25 of us students. It was so incredible because as a child I have always prayed for a chance to trust God even with the very food I ate but it seemed like in America I would never be in a situation like that. God provided that opportunity for me to trust Him and not only that but he provided for all of our physical needs. It was really a spiritual journey as weird as that sounds. I think God spoke more to me through that week of being stuck than in that whole year of my life. I am so blessed. Anyway moving on so we were stuck and did I mention this week was supposed to be our missions trip week? The original plan was after thanksgiving we would all take a 17 hour bus ride back to Lima and we would join on the ministries teams there and then we would all fly back to our countries whether it was the States, Belize, Columbia, or Israel... so instead we were all staying inside just playing games and listening to the constant helicopters flying back and forth.
WAKE UP CALL
When Sunday came around we were not aloud to go to church because of the roads being closed so we had our own service inside our swimming pool (there was no water in it!) It was a really good time and then one of my good friends Victor came up front to tell us something that God had laid on his heart. The crazy thing is, is that God had laid it on all of our hearts but no know had the guts to do anything about it until Victor stood up. He basically asked us, "What are you doing here?" If you have never asked yourself that well DO it! He went on to remind us that this is our mission week and we are sitting around doing nothing just enjoying ourselves while outside there are people getting hurt, dying, and going to hell. Maybe they don't like Americans right now but if you are a Christian then it doesn't matter if they kill you; you know where you are going. Why are you afraid?
Let me tell you... it was intense, and God spoke to each and everyone of our hearts in that moment. The outcome was just as amazing I will share that on Recap part 2 thanks for reading.
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