PERU 2012 - Ministry Among the Shipibo-Konibo People

Caco, Peru

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

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Ministry Among the Shipibo-Konibo People

We boarded a boat in Pucallpa that would take us 16 hours up the Ucayali River to the Shipibo-Konibo villages. We all hung our hammocks in the middle of the boat and slept through the night as the boat cruised along the river. All of this was after witnessing one of the most breath-taking sunsets from the top of the boat.

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We arrived in Pastor Antonio's village called, "Caco." This Shipibo-Konibo village has a population of 1,200 people. Their simple homes and muddy roads, mixed in with many mosquitoes, gnats and biting flies made us very aware that we were in a remote area of the Amazon Basin. We ministered at the small church the first night we were there. Everyone who came forward for prayer was healed. The following morning we had a tribal worship time as a team and asked God for his wisdom and revelation about the village and people as we felt much resistance in the Spirit the night before at the church service. We were delighted that Pastor Antonio shared with us the past and present history of his people and we became aware that most of the people in the village, as well as in the church made recent visits to the shaman for help when they are sick.

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After visiting house to house in the village of Caco and praying for the sick, we held a second church service that night. the tension was thick. It was as if the enemy knew his grip was being loosened from the people's lives. Thirty people came to Christ and many more were healed. Then we confronted them with the need to publicly repent from going to the shaman and practicing withcraft. Three of us were physically attacked by a demonic spirit during this time and Jesse said that there were people doing witchcraft against us in the church service. God was victorious! Almost the entire church gathered and publically repented from witchcraft and we prayed for the baptism of the Holy Spirit over them. Thank you Jesus! We heard reports from Pastor Antonio that the entire village felt the presence of God after our arrival and ministry among the Shipibo-Konibo people. Now we pray that this fire spreads to the surrounding Shipibo-Konibo villages.

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Christian Young