Panama!

Hola! Outreach has started! We arrived in Panama on Sept 30 around 3:30am local time (which is 1 hour a head of both Costa Rica and Saskatoon). Our first two days in Panama, we spend at the YWAM base in the small town of Chilebe (which is about 45 minutes from Panama City). We did local ministry in a park, where I was able to share with some kids the story of my Lisa Bear. On Oct 2 we left our comfort zones to live with the Embera tribe. It was quite the experience. We lived in huts with birk floors and washed in the river. Most of the week we did small physical tasks, such as helping collecting sand for a water cleaning system, finishing the roof on a hut, and widing the path that leads to the river. We did get some ever awesome experiences to share with the people about our faith. The tribe has had many missionaries over the past few years come and share with them, over 400 missionaries! But we were the first team to stay for more than 2 nights! Because of that we really were blessed to be able to build relationships with the people. One afternoon Paola and I spend 2 or more hours just taking to a woman in her hut. Most of the girls in the tribe are married off at the age of 13 or 14! This woman we were talking to was 22 years old and had a 7 years old daughter. All the people in the tribe know Spanish, and luckily for me some people even know english. God really blessed me with this little girl named Ester. She was six years all and the only kid in the tribe that knows english. Esters know is only 19 years! We really grew close to people and it was really sad when it was time to live. But on to the next adventure! Tomorrow we will be going to a village high up in the mountains. We will be there for 10 days, mostly helping with more physical work. Please pray for us as we continue working in Panama.