Well we made it to the jungle (Tena) on Saturday night after 6 hours on the bus driving through the Andes mountains. Roads that are not for anyone who gets car sick with narrow bridges a few mudslides and views that can only be described as breathtaking! Saturday night we went to Shandia to meet the people and kids who we would be working with for the next few days...an experience we will not soon forget.
Sunday we went to Shandia which is the village where Jim Elliot was based. We were a part of the service on sunday at the church singing in spanish and the indian language of qichua. They sing from their souls in a way that brings a smile to anyone who hears it. After church we drove 2 hours to the Napo river and road in 2 wooden canoes to a wildlife sanctuary where monkeys ran wild and we were introduced to animals of the Ecuadorian jungle. This was truely an amazing experience.
Today (monday) we drove back to Shandia and spent the morning helping the village with a couple of work projects. Part of the team sanded the outside of a building that was to be painted and the other half of us dug sand out of a river with buckets and then used wheel barrows to deliver it to a construction site 1/4 mile away. After lunch we went swimming in the Napo river with the kids from the village which was quite an envigorating experience. Then back to the village for VBS full of songs in spanish (songs about cold frogs in the river), bible stories and crafts that the children loved.
This village is full of welcoming people that mob our bus every time we arrive and depart. Goodbyes take 30 minutes every time.
We are truly having the trip of a lifetime!!! We have seen so much and the team has done so well. We are all learning more and more spanish and some Qichua; we have given more piggie back rides than we can count. We saw a grasshopper today the length of your hand, a spider the size of your hand and held a goliath beatle ( something that can only be described as looking like a small rino).
Everyone is healthy and happy. Thank you for your prayers and support. Addios from Ecuador.
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