We went out for the most amazing lunch today at this restaurant call Bucanero, it's was one of the coolest places I've been so far to eat in Iquitos, it's right on the river, literally right beside Puerto Huequitos. You enter the restaurant on street level and proceed upstairs into the only air-conditioned space that I've been in during my stay in Iquitos thus far, and trust me you feel that air-conditioner when you walk in :) Pam had to put on her rain jacket she was so cold. The entire dining room was about the size of a whitemen dorm room at wofford with about twenty or so four person tables scattered throughout it. But the most amazing part of Bucanero is that the entire dinning room is enclosed in glass, so there are no walls to block your view of the river, if I would have know how amazing it was, I would have brought my camera, but your just going to have to take my word for it.
At lunch we discussed the concept of foreign missions, it came up because Pam will be celebrating the two year anniversary of her move down to Iquitos this thursday. We discussed the amazing faith it takes to follow God's plan, when that plan differs so greatly from your own. It seem I'm surrounded by examples of people who follow their passions and deep personal desire to serve humanity around the world. Just the other day I burrow a book from the communal shelves at El Jardin, it's call the Kabul Beauty School, by Deborah Rodriguez. It's a true life account of an American woman, who follows her heart to Kabul to teach the woman their a trade, hairdressing :) although not technically a foreign mission, the message is the same, follow your talent, serve a need, make the world a better place. That's what Pam did, abandoning her teaching career and moving to Iquitos to serve as a full-time live-in missionary, she followed God's plan for her life and move herself down here, knowing that he would provide the skills she needed to do this job effectively and that's what Debora Rodriguez did. She used the skills she had acquired as a relief worker, and her experience as a hair dresser to serve a need she saw in Kabul.
The challenge is finding that need, and recognizing that you have the talents or skills needed to meet that need, that's the starting point for foreign missions, then comes the real hard part comes... You have to figure out how you go about living and working in a culture not your ow
For anyone who hasn't read Kabul Beauty School I highly recommend it, I literally started it today after lunch and haven't put it down till I started blogging for all of you :) I'll probably finish it before I go to bed :) I'll let you know how it goes...
I'm off to finish reading :) talk to later lol
Pray for Foreign missions
Location:Iquitos Peru
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