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The
Worm , The Word , The Work
By Sean Lunday
The Amazon Connect Team reached the remote river village of Santoro in
Loreto, Peru, in 2019. The Peruvian pastor, Sean, stated that he had sought to
reach this village for many months but faced numerous barriers. Nonetheless,
there had never been a church of any kind in this indigenous village. The goal
of the evangelism team was to break those barriers down by providing medical
care that in turn would provide an opportunity to give the Gospel. It did not
take long for the team to set up the mobile medical clinic in a local hut while the
evangelistic team spread the news throughout the village making our presence
known. As we worked throughout the day, there was a steady stream of villagers
arriving from the surrounding jungle, eager to be treated and receptive to the
Gospel message.

The clinic typically will plan to finish by midafternoon, providing sufficient time
to return to our base village so as to not be on the river after dark. Just as we were
done packing, preparing to return to our base up river, three families arrived at
the riverbank. They had traveled three hours by canoe to bring their little boy,
hot with fever, whose leg was infected and swollen the size of a grapefruit. After
closer examination, we realized the cause of his pain was a large worm that had
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