Teaching in the Jungle

Recently Dwight Rich and Stan visited a part of Ecuador that has our most remote churches. The two main towns are Macas and Sucúa. Dwight and Stan both presented workshops (see picture 1 in a grass hut setting) in addition to Dwight presiding over the District Assembly. Stan also spoke at a youth service on Saturday night. In the second picture, local pastors pose in front of a Nazarene church in Sucúa where the District Assembly was held.

Another highlight was to attend one of our Shuar churches. The Shuar people are known to be the fiercest warriors in Ecuador. This was the first time a missionary has attended this church as it took an hour-long drive and a 40-minute walk to reach the church. The given address for one of our Shuar churches was "east of the soccer field." In these villages, that is enough! The third picture shows the pastor of the Shuar church with his family in their church building. In the fourth picture, children hold up their "million dollar tract" that Stan passed out during a meeting.

Stan also visited "The Garden of Eden," a resort in the area that had an animal reserve. Here he saw monkeys, birds, tigers, tapirs and many others.

The missionaries had a long 9-hour bus drive back to Quito, but were thankful for God’s presence that was evident throughout the weekend. God is working among these Nazarene people!