I heard about this on Air1. Great story. Peru is being changed for the Lord!
Peru (MNN) ― North American Native youth have taken their Gospel outreach strategy to South American Native youth. After wrapping up Summer of Hope 2009 in the United States, Ron Hutchcraft Ministries "On Eagles' Wings" team traveled to Peru.
Pastors selected two indigenous Christians from six key regions of Peru to participate in training and evangelism with the OEW team. In a two-day training camp, Ron Hutchcraft and his team trained the Peruvians to do outreach and cast a vision for revival led by youth reaching their peers.
"Peruvian young people are, like their peers around the world, shaped by the American youth culture," Ron Hutchcraft explained. "The church doesn't understand them, and they are often overlooked."
In the evenings, the teams from two different continents put the training into practice. On local soccer fields, indigenous Peruvians and Native North Americans shared their testimonies side-by-side. Over 12 days, 904 Peruvian youth accepted the Gospel -- the largest response RHM has ever received in such a short amount of time.
"God had powerfully answered the question, ‘Can the rescue strategy He gave to reach Native Americans reach indigenous young people in other parts of the world?' On a soccer field deep in the jungles of Peru, He answered ‘Yes!'" Hutchcraft said.
Indigenous people follow a mix of pagan religion, Christian heresies, and communist ideas. Many Christians suffer persecution. The experience with the OEW team kindled a fresh fire in the hearts of the 12 Peruvian youth for reaching their peers with the Gospel. The inspiration, however, went both ways. The passion of the Peruvians also gave the OEW team a renewed passion for evangelism.
"We had planned on lighting a fire in Peruvian hearts. We hadn't planned on them lighting a fire in ours," Hutchcraft said. "The passion of Peru's On Eagles' Wings warriors has done something in all our American hearts. We will carry their fire back to On Eagles' Wings in North America, and the warriors from both continents will never be the same!"
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/13115
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