Puno
At an altitude of 3,827 meters (12,556 feet) and a population of 228,140, Puno is a city like no other. Beautiful Lake Titicaca, the highest altitude navigable lake in the world is the natural lake barrier between Puno City and its neighbor nation Bolivia.
One of the most awe inspiring traits of Puno is the native tribe called the Uros. The Uros live today as they have for the last 300 years, in villages floating on Lake Titicaca. Over 45 independent clans totaling 5,000 people live in houses floating on real estate made of roots and lake reeds. Each clan lives out their day making food, clothing, boats and artisan products. Aside from the houses, sitting on the gentle waves of the lake includes a primary school and a medical clinic. The tragedy is that only one church, a Seventh Day Adventist Church, is trying to serve all 5,000 native people. Away from the lake and the busy Puno City exists hundreds of small towns and villages that have no access to the gospel and suffer from the darkness of Pagan Inca customs. Their religion instructs them to conduct animal sacrifice and torture and even murder the mentally handicapped. The city of Puno also suffers from instances of extreme poverty which lead to petty crime and drug and alcohol abuse.
Pastor Herman Alcántara was the first Nazarene Missionary to enter into Puno. He arrived on scene in January 2008. The people of Puno have been very open to the gospel and after just three months of work in Puno, a mission church is already baptizing and discipling several adults.
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Love Extreme 2 - June 21-25, 2010 in Puno (Posted 6/26/2010 11:30:00 AM)
We made it into Puno last night. A couple people felt the altitude, but doing we are doing good. Today is just a rest day, as we are waiting for some supplies for the Jesus films.
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