[Yo Soy Conquistador]
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Originally Posted by moses
I can play the music on the guitar but the words are another story. So if anyone knows of a song whose chorus goes "Yo soy un conquistador, yo soy más que vencedor" I'd love to know the rest of the words and who sings it. Our youth group would love it. Much Googling turned up nothing, so I turn to you for help there.
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Hrm. I wonder if getting a sample and posting it might help matters. I have this feeling that it might be either a local staple or maybe a revision on something older.
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Originally Posted by moses
Anyhow, the youth service was our first glimpse of the people's heart. Like I said, much of Peru is very poor, but these people are so rich in the Lord! I can't begin to describe how enthusiastically these people worshiped, prayed, preached, and gave their hearts willingly to God. I regularly attend what I see (saw!) as a lively, Spirit-filled worship service, but these folks put us to shame! There was an altar call and immediately we saw nearly everyone there up front asking us for prayer.
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I've been through a significant number of South American countries, and I know this poverty of which you speak. But one thing that struck me is that once all the pretense is stripped away, having money and being rich are not necessarily mututally inclusive. As a matter of fact, I've seen a lot of people who were on the one hand quite poor, and on the other richer than Bill Gates.
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Originally Posted by moses
Apparently that area in Peru was hit extremely hard by drug trafficking and terrorism a number of years ago, and then it was made even worse by a nasty civil war, leaving a number of kids orphaned.
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Ah, the "Shining Path" or "Sendero Luminoso". A Maoist/Marxist group of thugs that wants to cram Maoism down the throats of the Peruvians, whether they want it or not. This, coupled with the fact that the current government wasn't that interested in being replaced by Sendero Luminoso led to some very unpleasant happenings. That was an extraordinarily brutal period for an already traumatized population.
Anyway, let me know if you can record a snippet of that song. Let's see if we can't find out the origin. I wonder if perhaps some of the Brazilian or Uruguayan contingency around here might be able to help out.