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Picture Gallery: Congreso 2010
Heading down the river towards the Congreso
Hanging out with friends while lounging in the hammocks while on the barge
Giving a smile for the camera
 
 
 
 
 
Villagers unloading after arriving for the Congreso 
Saying hello to the newcomers 
 
 
Worshipping God through dancing and singing 
Group of villagers singing a special praise song 
 
 
Raquel Flores and her beautiful voice
Jorge & his wife Elvira speaking to the women of the villages
 
 
 
Dedicating their lives to following Christ
 
Singing praise to God
Worshipping together
Over 150 villagers were baptized
Baptizing in the Chambira River
Jorge leading the baptisms
The Peruvian team that led the children's ministry all week
 
The clowns putting on a show for the children
 
 
 
 
Singing and dancing with the kids
 
 
 
Showing off their cute costumes
The last night the leaders and kids put on a show for the rest of the Congreso participants 
 
Singing and dancing away 
David and Goliath (clown style)
Children doing crafts
Showing off the children's work for all to see
 
 
Jorge with the Congreso's Medical Team
Over 500 villagers were seen in the clinic in 3 days
 
 
At the end of the Congreso, every village walks behind the tribal flag down the sidewalk in San Juan 
 
The U.S. team walking in the parade
The Peruvian flag being carried by Jorge's son
American missionaries who live and minister in Iquitos and the surrounding Amazon 
 
All of the Congreso's participants
 
Jorge addressing the crowd 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the way home after the Congreso
 
 
 

 
 
Picture Gallery: January Children's Ministry Trip
The entire children's ministry team
Studying up on the way into the jungle
The group after arriving in San Juan
Traveling down the Amazon River
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preparing to travel down the river
Packing up...
The loading train...
Traveling
Dancing and Singing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Picture Gallery: Christmas Toys Ministry December 2009
 
 
 
 
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  • Picture Gallery: Share some our experiences with us...
    A missionary with children from a local village
    Jorge and some missionaries giving rice to villagers who attended a special Father's Day church service.  Some tribes travel as long as 5 days in their canoes for Aventuras Misioneras' special services.
    A missionary who got ahold of one of the native villager's pet sloths
    Jorge and a missionary doing some construction on the Congreso building in Nuevo San Juan
     
     
    Traveling into the jungle to get some wood for the Congreso building
    Missionaries painting a church in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon Jungle at Nuevo Union
    A missionary with some children at the Congreso
    A missionary with a village girl in Nuevo San Juan

     
     
    1 of 47 villages arriving for the Congreso
     
     
     
     
    Some of the Iquitos girls who come down and help at the Congreso
    Village boys of San Juan
     
    Some children at the Congreso

  • Miscellaneous Pictures: Taken over the summer of 2009
    Parade of villages at the Congreso
    At the Congreso, the missionaries dress up as clowns to communicate the Scriptures in a unique way
    Traveling down the river
    One mode of transportation, the barge, in which you have your own hammock and travel down the Amazon River

     

     

    A missionary doing some medical work at the clinic in San Juan
    Some missionaries doing electrical work on the Congreso building
    Local villagers out on a canoe ride
    After trekking through the jungle, a missionary with a villagers pet on her head and tribal beads (which signify acceptance)

  • A villlager's hut on the Chambira River
    Two missionaries dressed to entertain some of the village children
    Jorge, our leader, showing off his talents at a construction project
    A villager's pet sloth who got ahold of one of our missionaries

     

     

    Painting a village's church
    A village along the Amazon
    Missionaries carrying sawdust from a lumber camp
     

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    A dolphin that got caught in a fish net
    Jorge's pet monkey, Ponchito

     

     

    Missionaries singing and playing piano at a church service
    Traveling down the river to Nuevo Union
    Eating at Jorge's camp in Nuevo San Juan
    Playing with a villager's pet monkey
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    A group of Congreso helpers
    Villages arriving at the Congreso
    Jorge's camp in Nuevo San Juan
     
     
    Jorge with a crocodile...a delicious snack
    A missionary with a young villager at the Congreso
    Singing at a church service
    Our living quarters in Nuevo Union