Right now the Marari village is facing a crisis. The people plant crops, but this season the crops failed because the region has been facing the worst drought in over a decade. Although the people also gather from the forest and hunt, there is no way to gather and hunt enough for the whole village. The missionary living among the people contacted her church who eagerly agreed to send in food until the next crops are harvested a few months from now. Asas de Socorro supports this missionary with air transportation, so when she explained the need for food to be flown in, Asas anxiously agreed to help with the crisis. Here are two of the pilots bringing in a plane of basic food supplies. What a practical way to serve a people group, not to mention a powerful testimony of this missionary's love for the people as she lives with them sharing about Christ every day.
The people carrying bags of food to be fairly distributed.
Unloading the plane
It's amazing how much you can fit in a tiny plane!
This is the typical nose decoration that the Yanonami women wear
Handing out much needed supplies
A few flights of food have been brought in already, and the village, church, and Asas de Socorro desperately want the service to continue until the village can support itself again. The only problem is that the 2 Asas airplanes at the Boa Vista base need to have maintenance done before they can fly again. In order for the maintenance to be done as quickly as possible, several mechanics from the mission are headed to Boa Vista to speed up the process....including Jeyson who is on a plane, about to land in Boa Vista in about 30 minutes. He will stay for about 2 weeks to help get the planes up and running again. I will head out on Friday to join Jeyson and stay for a week. We are so excited to be a small part of this vital ministry.
Please be praying for Jeyson on this trip, me as I am home, the maintenance to be done quickly, the Yanomami people group to receive what they need physically, for them to be open to the Gospel as they see and experience God's love in a life-saving way, and the missionary to share Christ clearly so the church there would grow.
I have a bunch more pictures of the Marari village that I will post in the next few days as Jeyson is in Boa Vista. Oh, and you might remember the name Boa Vista. I have mentioned it before because it is one of the two bases where we will most likely be sent to live in the future. This trip is especially exciting because it will give us a great opportunity to see what our future ministry will look like. How appropriate that Boa Vista is Portuguese for "Good View"!
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