The title ‘The Girls at the Well’ was inspired by the story of the Samaritan woman in John 4: 6-42. While in Cochabamba I will be working with Mosoj Yan, a ministry geared towards women and children. Working specifically in the ministry’s Casa de Motivación (House of Motivation), I will be serving on the streets in the roughest neighborhoods in Cochabamba, sharing the Gospel with girls from the streets.
The Samaritan woman lived a life plagued by sin, having been married five times and living in sin with a man to whom she was not married. Due to her lowly status, the woman goes to the well during the hottest point in the day in order to avoid being the topic of her fellow townspeople’s gossip and is surprised when a Jew, who would generally have no dealings with Samaritans, requests water from her. The girls living on the streets of Cochabamba no doubt also live lives plagued with sin, placing themselves in compromising situations in order to survive each day. Equally low in status, these girls are probably filled with shame and may not understand that the love of Christ extends across all social ranks, and that there is forgiveness and redemption in the blood of Christ.
Jesus speaks to the woman about living water, which gives eternal life. The things of this world will always leave us hungry and craving more, but the Holy Spirit satisfies our spirits. It is only through the grace of God that anyone, including the girls on the streets of Cochabamba, will find eternal life in the presence of the Father, where all thirst is quenched.
I pray that God would use me to spread his love and promises to the girls of Cochabamba, and that through reading this blog you will be blessed hearing the work that God is doing here in Bolivia. I ask for your prayers for the ministry of Mosoj Yan, the Church of the Trinity where I will attend while in Bolivia, my safety, and my health, both physically and spiritually. I am still in the process of raising funds for this mission, so I ask that if you are lead to do so you consider partnering with me financially so that I can complete the work I’ve come here to do. Support can be sent to my missionary organization via snail mail at
SAMS
PO Box 399
Ambridge, PA 15003
or donations can be made electronically by going to www.sams-usa.org and following the link to ‘online giving.’ Please be sure that my name (Rebecca Hunter) is on the memo line of any checks or, in the case of online giving, that under the ‘designation’ pull down menu, you select ‘Bridgers Interns’ and then find my name under the subcategories. Thank you for taking to time to read this, God bless and I look forward to sharing my adventures with you!
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