Family Jungle Trip
Well we had a blast. I've uploaded lots of pictures to tell the story but we had a few stories that we're captured on film (some were captured on video but our internet is WAY too slow to upload those). So the story goes:
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1. The first night out- we spent it sleeping on a sandbar stranded because we broke part of the prop on the motor and couldn't fix it yet (it did get fixed the next day). We were too far up the river to turn back to the last village but too far away from the village we were trying to make it too! Oh yeah- the other family we were with didn't bring their tent, so we lent them one of ours. So Jeremy, me and the girls all slept in a 2 person tent in the pouring down rain. (Well the girls slept at least- J & I tried LOL!)
2. Crystal was able to have a women's bible study with several ladies. We studied Proverbs 31 and she taught them 5 questions they can ask themselves when studying the Word.
3. Jeremy was able to teach as well in each village on Godly Wisdom. We also were able to distribute several Bibles in Buena Vista.
4. Crystal learned how to weave baskets/plates!
5. They had a special service in Atalaya the last night we were there. At the end folks prayed for our family and said their good-byes. It was sweet.
All the stories that have pictures:
Not pictured:
1. The first night out- we spent it sleeping on a sandbar stranded because we broke part of the prop on the motor and couldn't fix it yet (it did get fixed the next day). We were too far up the river to turn back to the last village but too far away from the village we were trying to make it too! Oh yeah- the other family we were with didn't bring their tent, so we lent them one of ours. So Jeremy, me and the girls all slept in a 2 person tent in the pouring down rain. (Well the girls slept at least- J & I tried LOL!)
2. Crystal was able to have a women's bible study with several ladies. We studied Proverbs 31 and she taught them 5 questions they can ask themselves when studying the Word.
3. Jeremy was able to teach as well in each village on Godly Wisdom. We also were able to distribute several Bibles in Buena Vista.
4. Crystal learned how to weave baskets/plates!
5. They had a special service in Atalaya the last night we were there. At the end folks prayed for our family and said their good-byes. It was sweet.
All the stories that have pictures:
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| Addie sleeping ontop of the luggage on the boat ride up the river. |
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| Everyone calls Addie "babydoll" here, but she really does look like one. LOL |
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| The girls killing time in the hammock on the boat ride up the river. |
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| Karis & her favorite friend in Atalaya- Ana! |
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| Jeremy is teaching Luis the "fisherman's tail" way of taking a photo, so that the fish appears much larger. |
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| Actual size of the peacock bass. LOL |
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| Addie & her favorite Peruvian Uncle Omar playing with dinner before its cut up. |
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| Karis & Alton (Luis' son) playing on the steps of the house while folks play soccer. |
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| Crystal and Karis |
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| Buena Vista |
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| River bank |
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| Location of Bible study in Beuna Vista |
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| Jungle version of a pack-n-play. The mayor's wife saif this is what she uses for her grandbabies so that they don't have to sit in the dirt to play. I thought it was sweet of her to get it out for Addie to use during Bible study. |
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| Karis wanting to play in the "boat" as she called it. |
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| Addie taking her morning nap at 6AM! Jeremy was kind enough to stay in his hammock and let her rest awhile. So precious how she has her arm resting on his. =) |
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| Nothing like a 10 year old and an 8 year old gutting lunch down on the river bank. And bringing their little brother down to watch. |
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| Luis & Addie playing on the boat. |
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| Karis is a very good observer. She noticed that everyone nursing their babies lots in the jungle. So she was nursing her babydoll and telling us we needed to be quiet, so she could feed! LOL! |
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| Omar and Karis on top of the boat catching some air. Do you think Karis likes it? |
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| Addie after Daddy lifted her up high enough to feel the breeze. Not a big fan! Such a sad face. |
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| Samuel & Alton (Luis' sons) such precious boys! |
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| God has a plan for Alton's life. Before he was 2 years old (he is six weeks younger than Karis). He has had dengue fever twice, dysentry, and a motorcycle fell down on him punturing his skull...he still has a hole in his skull from it. He is a trooper!!! |
Going to the "Jungle"
Yesterday I was talking with our neighbor and said that we were going to the jungle tomorrow and she looked at me puzzled and asked "Don't we live in the jungle?" So I guess I'll clarify by saying that we are going out on the rivers, since Iquitos is basically your last stop of civilization. LOL!
As some of you may already know, we had to postpone our family trip to the jungle. Jeremy was not going to be able to meet with some of the men in the community that he wanted to because they were traveling. Due to the postponement we also had to shorten the number of days we'll be gone. So we'll only be out 4 days. Pray that we will be able to accomplish our goals even with the delay/shortening. Here are a few prayer requests for our time out. {September 10 to 14}
- It would be a good time of fellowship and good-byes
- That the girls would sleep well and stay healthy
- Women in the communities would be willing to meet with Crystal for Bible Study.
- Men in the communities would have open ears and hearts as Jeremy shares with them.
- That bugs, snakes and various other jungle creatures not bother the girls [or anyone else].
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