"Inca Thakhi is an outdoor ministry of Inca Link’s (www.incalink.org) that provides an ideal space for people to foster a deep relationship with Christ through personal development and adventure in nature. Our vision, guided by God; is to run a Christian camp in Peru, to support Inca Link’s children’s home, “Pasitos de Fe,” (the orphanage from my earlier post); and to continue working with future generations.
This year Inca Thakhi is focusing on the Christian discipleship of children, adolescents, and teenagers by practicing adventure sports such as sand boarding, skim boarding, mount boarding, and hiking. These activities create opportunities to evangelize and build relationships with young people so we may guide them and share with them God’s irresistible love.
Most of the young lives God is allowing us to impact are at risk of being lured into joining gangs that will use them to murder, to assault, and to extort their enemies, but with your prayers and support, we can spread the message of love and peace they so desperately need to experience." (quoted from incathakhi.org)
I want to introduce you to a few of these young lives. First, lets begin with the youngest.
Meet Danny, a shy, quite 3 year old
Danny is rather small for his age and sometimes gets picked on by the older boys in the ministry. He is cautious yet brave. All the boys in the ministry live in a near by neighborhood, so they just walk over to the orphanage. On their way they have to cross a large ditch. The ditch is about 3ish ft deep and 2ish ft wide; when filled with water it can act like a small raging river. One day when Danny (2 years old) was coming to the ministry with a few of the older boys he suddenly fall into this ditch that was full of raging water. Danny was not big enough to climb out and was getting sweep up by the current. The two older boys (Jon Piere, 9 and Romario, 6) jumped in without even thinking and pulled Danny to safety. Once safe Romario and Jon Piere gave Danny their shirts to keep him warm and dry. Then proceed to the orphanage for ministry.
Joca, the leader of Inca Thakhi, loves to tell this story because it show how God is at work in these young men lives. AND IT'S SO TRUE! Here are a few pictures of the boys playing with Danny after the event:
Danny's muddy shoes
and just one more for good measure:
Joca and Danny on their way to mountain board
For more information on what the Lord is doing in the lives of these young leaders please visit incathakh.org
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