The Past Couple of Days!

I know I havnt posted in the past couple of days...but I havnt had time to really email, let alone fight with the spanish keyboard for a blog! (it really isnt that different, but for some reason I am no good at typing on it!)

Over the past couple of days we have gone out to the village each morning, after our wonderful fruit, eggs, and instant coffee breakfast! We do our group devotion and then get to work! On Tuesday...the work load was a little slower. The men worked with the Peruvians to mix concrete on the ground to lay a sidewalk around the Pastors home. The women on the other hand, watched for a little while, and then got to go fetch water from the Amazon river to help complete this task! I say the work load was slower because all of the children were in school...so it was not until they got out that we really had our hands full!

Yesterday was much different! There was lots of labor and lots of children! There was still very little concrete to be completed and it was time to start sanding, priming, and painting the exterier of his house. Oh...and the school let out as soon as we got there, due to teachers having meetings! (they only went from 7-9) I also found out that the school closes on teachers pay day! (whoop whoop!-but they have to come into the city to cash their checks, and come to find out...that is like working an entire day...becaue 1 simple transaction can take up to 6 hours!) So, we had children wrapped around our legs and hugging our wastes all morning long! After lunch, there was a group that took us for a walk around half the village, as we trotted through the jungle they took care of us! By the middle of our walk, I had a little boy with an elephant ear plant shading my face, and an entire bouquete of gorgeous flowers!! It was absolutely beautiful in SO many ways!! Then, when we got back we colored and got ready for bible school! Those who wanted, left around 3-30 to hike to the village over (on a side walk come to find out!) and the others of us stayed behind to clean and bring the boats to their port. When we arrived at the next port over, there was a wooden canoe type boat, filled with chickens, ducks, and roosters...FOR SALE! It was so interesting, yet a little creepy (I will pay more for mine to be packaged!) lol! Then, on the boat ride home up the amazon river we saw River Dolphins for the first time!! It was beautiful!!

OH and NOT TO FORGET.....IT IS MUCHO CALOR! (very HOT)

Now, today is our last day in the village! It is bitter sweet....
Can I really not just bring a few home???

XOXO!