The Jungle

Oh wow!!!
I just had the best two days in the Amazon jungle EVER!!

We took three Peruvian ¨speed boats¨ out on the river, riding with the wind in our hair and waves at our feet. Stopping at a cute village called Tom Shiyaka, we purchased enough sweet break for twenty people, totaling, get this, A DOLLAR FIFTY! I had four pieces. Yummm...

When we finally arrived at our destination, we approached something I didn´t expect... an island like dock, totally surrounded by the brown waters of the Amazon... we liked to refer to it as a bungalow. Approximately fifteen camping tents filled one side, and six comfortable hammocks draped from the rafters in the middle of the complex. A PERFECT jungle getaway.

We enjoyed taking a canoe trip to explore the surroundings, more specifically the jungle trees that we were told were probably filled with snakes. Yeah right... we didn´t see any. (We did go alligator hunting last night however... and now I am a real jungle woman! haha. That´s a story of its own though. )

Our first night in the jungle was so fun. We swam in the river, danced around the ¨tree of life,¨ fell asleep in the hammocks, sang worship songs, and had wonderful fellowship.

The next morning we were wakened by the early morning sun... around five I am guessing. After breakfast and devotions, we all loaded into the boats to head to our first clinic destination. The village was a twenty minute hike from the ¨shore,¨ and we had a sweaty good time carrying all our supplies that far. We were drenched by the time we got there.

At the clinic I helpled a mere five people, but it was worth every minute. An eighty year old man had grossness in his ear, and his wife had dizziness and headaches. It is so hard when we can not do much. I was encouraged when we removed the junk from the guy´s ear, but heartbroken when we could only give his wife some advil to mask her symptoms.

We finished that clinic by passing out toys and clothes...ahhh.... so much fun.

Ok... people are eating, I must be going. I will have to finish this later.

Keep praying!! God is so good!!!