Well, out of the blue we went to a little place down river called Masisea to check out a new church that was started. We left on a Peke Peke to go there. Which is basically a big canoe like boat with a wooden roof. We had to sit on some wooden benches with our stuff all in the middle. It wasn´t very comfortable.
On the boat there were sellers that kept on trying to sell their goods. ¨Gaseosas y panes¨ they kept saying. I wanted to buy them out just to get some peace and quiet. haha.
It took up about 4 hours to get there. We had to stop many times along the way to get people and drop people off. I just read and played Sudoku the whole time. So it wasn´t too bad.
We stayed at a little hostel, or hospedaje, run by Adventists. Two of us had to bunk up and share rooms and one single bed. That wasn´t too bad. What was worse was hearing the rats run around. That was gross, but I was too tired to care. We just wrapped ourselves up in the mosquito netting. Also, the place was next to a bar that kept playing techno all night. That was very annoying.
On Sabbath we attendd church located in a house. There were only about 15 memebers. It was really nice though. I gave the children´s story. After church we were going to board the boat back home but it started to rain, and they don´t run boats when it rains hard. So we had to take the 4 am boat that next morning.
We woke up at 3 am and headed out. Brent rode with the Bible worker on the motocicleta and 4 of us girls went on a motocar, while the rest had to wait for another one for a while. Well, brent was too heave for the moto so he had to switch with one of the girls. So we were on the motocar when the driver stopped in the middle of no where and told us to get out. He said he couldn´t go on farther cause the road was too bad. So the four of us were standing in the middle of a jungle dirt-muddy road in the dark. We had no idea which way the port was. We were hoping the others would catch up soon, but they didn´t. After about 20 minutes, Jenny showed up and we had to walk in the mud for another 20 minutes to get back to our boat in the dark. It was a crazy night-morning.
But we finally made it!!!
Next week we start our first medical campaign. So that will be fun.
I have a few pictures of us on a peke-peke, and some sunsets.
2 comments:
I have dozens of pictures of that sunset at km38.... and it is always good to see more - Keep up the good work and keep those who had to return to school posted on all the excitement.
those pictures are absolutely beautiful Kristin. I hope things are going better for you. Have you made a decision? If so, is there peace in that decision? Remember I'm always here for you if you need anything! Love you girl!
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