Colombia Mission Trip '25 | Day 10-12: Pouring Out in Pasto

First thing this morning again, a batch of us went to a brunch with around a couple dozen local pastors and their families to pray with them and encourage them. The city has a history of prophetic ministry gone awry because of immorality, so it has been fairly closed off to the prophetic ever since. Pastor Tim spoke to the leaders about Joseph, and Pasto being in a time of prison but to not give up on their dreams. From that divine appointment, the same group and some others went to eat the guinea pigs, and filmed it no less. Apparently this is a delicacy in this region of Colombia, but according to Josh Owers, it tasted like “tang-ey chicken.” No wretching was seen on film, but if interested observers want to see recordings of this phenomenon, take caution for yourselves. All this time, the rest of us stayed back at the hotel moseying around until go time. When go time did come, we went to a local mall to eat lunch and do a treasure hunt. Four salvations came of this treasure hunt, as well as several prayers for people in the mall. We were afforded a brief rest period at the hotel after the mall, where the other group finally rejoined us after they topped off their guinea pig with a local coffee establishment (where our very own coffee barista-maestro-connoisseur-extraordinaire Emily finally had a coffee that satisfied her demands). We walked to an evening service at a different church than last night, where Scott preached about Jesus’ desire to visit Pasto, a group of 14 pastors in the city were prayed for, and much personal ministry and prayer was given to the congregants. Afterwards, dinner didn’t quite work out, so we wound up having a makeshift dinner with a burger van on a curb, which did make some good hamburguesas. We finally retired for the night, and everyone was happy to hear that everyone gets to sleep in in the morning.

The lazy morning was enjoyed by all this morning before we went about our spiritual business, but some testimonies of yesterday’s treasure hunt were filmed for the Aleph Instagram account, so if you want to see them that’s where you can find them. We divided into two groups for lunch, hotel stayers and restaurant goers, and then met at the same church we were at last night to prepare for treasure hunts and dream interpretation outings before the evening service. The treasure hunt squad found 22 treasures while the dream interpretation squad interacted with several passers by and their dogs in a dog park. Some dreams were relayed from people who were clearly seeking God and others God was clearly seeking, and one man even put the drugs he had on him away without even talking to the team and told them to continue doing what they were doing. The lively evening service consisted of Jon preaching about the three levels of heaven and ended in a fire tunnel. A night that late made the burger van once again the only viable option, which for both nights now has been graciously paid for by La Casa.

Today is our last full day in Pasto and we are going out with a bang. Our team was split into five groups and spread out to five different churches. Pastor Tim, Jon, Scott, Hannah and Lori, and Christie Owers, Emily and Ashleigh were all the appointed speakers. The trifecta team of Christie, Emily and Ashleigh, who all shared a lot of personal stories and experiences, easily took the cake for longest time of ministry, as their team wound up praying for the entire church afterwards, which took until 3 in the afternoon. They ended up missing lunch with the rest of the team but that’s OK. A highlight of this service was a young girl about 2 or 3 who came up to me (Kevin) to say hi before the service and ask if I’d ever been to Disneyland….and her name was “Louis Anna” (which of course in one breath sounds like “Louisiana!”). Cutest picture and favorite divine appointment awards definitely go to her. At other services, Hannah and Lori spoke about the Tower of Babel as a picture of unity for the church in Pasto, Scott talked about how the prophetic helps us build the kingdom on earth in people’s lives and cities, Pastor Tim talked about following dreams of the Lord, and Jon shared many testimonies and expounded on simple obedience. La Casa threw us all a kind bash in the evening as a final get together before our departure filled with worship, prayer and a lot of distinctly Colombian treats. The walk back to the hotel in unison as one team (rare for this trip) had us all looking like a small army overrunning the sidewalks of Pasto, and we made it back to the hotel and wound our final evening down with some boisterous card games. Colombia has been good to us. Tomorrow is a full day of travel and we still won’t be back in Shreveport. May the Lord preserve our going out and our coming in back to our country tis of thee.

Stay tuned as our team starts to embark on their journey back and what awaits them!