Five Team Members- Two Peruvians, Three Americans; One Plane, One Boat, Two Rivers(I think), Two Communities, Three Machetes, Several Dozen Asheninka, “Bastante” (Lots of) Farm Animals, One Wedding, Two Different “Houses”, Three Outhouses (and Plenty of Tall Grass), Too Much Luggage, Lots of Babies Scared of White Faces, Three Futbol(soccer) Games—Five Goals scored by ME, One Possibly-Broken Toe, One Night of Illness, Six Bathes in the River, One Million Bugs, Several Beautiful Sunsets
2nd Week:Same Boat, Two Different Communities, One Fiesta, Half Dozen Tarantulas, Five Bathes in the River, Several More Beautiful Sunsets, Eight Baby Chicks, Two Lives Changed for Eternity!, One Leaky Roof, Three Different “Houses”, Two Very Refreshing Cold Showers in Atalaya, Same Plane to Pucallpa
And these are the kids in Galilea singing in Asheninka. No matter how loud you make your volume you still can't understand the words--SORRY! :)
Asheninka ladies cultivating the community walkway with machetes. I was able to help with this a little...it is very hot and tiring work.
The cutest little baby. I love this child. Her older sister (age 5) took care of her most of the time and was always willing to let me take her off her hands for a while.
This was my bathtub in Puerto Esperanza (the third community we visited)
These were my toilets in Pensilvania (the first community I visited)
This was my house in Pensilvania
The plane that took us to Atalaya (small town/village on the rivers-- we took a boat from Atalaya to the communities)I will try to give a more thorough update later. I have been online since 6 a.m. this morning trying to get out my Newsletter and put pictures online for all of you. Dial-up makes the whole process pretty slow. It is now 8:15 p.m.
I'm going to Lima on Tuesday where I will have access to fast internet. I plan to upload alot of my pictures onto a website while I'm there. Just keep checking back for updates! Thank you all for your prayers these past two weeks!
I love ya'll!!
2 comments:
Love the pictures. So happy for the two souls! Keep the pictures coming(they tell so many stories themselves). Don't be discouraged (just in case a day comes) we are all out working doing the same with the same goal!
while watching the plane take off, i was hyperventilating. i was like, Lord, please let that plane get off the ground. Hallelujah.
i miss you much. i almost went to subway with you today, but you're not here. i'll have to wait until you return. i loved the video of the asheninka singing. i expect you to start writing a grammar for the language. that way i can help quiz you when you return.
God bless.
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