Pucallpa Peru 2010

Hello everyone!!!  Here the computer is use to spanish, so every word i write is underlined in red like i spelled it wrong.  Well, today was a very interesting day.  There were so many things that happened today.  This trip has been one filled with many new, strange, and definitely WEIRD(as ben geiser would say) things.  But we have had a blast.  This morning we woke up at 6 am.  It was early after a late night.  But it was our first day in Peru and we were so excited.

The bus arrived as we were eating breakfast so we had to hurry up and eat fast.  We then left to the church and then we went to a small village called Alejandría.  On our way we had to pass a bridge over a river.  I am pretty sure that the bridge is the same one that the team went over 2 years ago.  But this time the wood was too close together and the bus driver didn´t want to go over it.  So after being in the bus for 45 minutes or so, we got out and walked for an hour.  Our time walking in the selva (jungle) was amazing.  we saw monkey, tons of trees, efrains (actually just one efrain) and many other exotic things!  it was a wonderful walk.  It was hot and we got a sun tan for sure.

 We got to Alejandría and we did a program.  We sang in Spanish, we read in Spanish, and Momma C (Mrs. Cuthbert) told a story in English.  It was a really enjoyable time.  I talked to the pastor at the CEMY church as we were driving there and as we were there.  While we were presenting the program, out of no where came loud music.  We kept doing the program but it was distracting.  The pastor told me that the Devil is always at work and that with God we are stronger than his distractions.  After that we started walking back to the bus.  There was a taxi driver who took us part of the way.  BUt there was not enough room in the car for all of us so he had to make a few trips.  We finally got to the bridge again and ate lunch.

While eating people from our group went down to the river to cool off by putting their feet in the water.  Efrain Soto happened to be one of those people.  he was doing something and he dropped his sandal.  it took us a while to get it and it started to flow down the stream.  WE all watched it go down the river until one brave soul jumpped into the river rescued the sandal and saved the day.  It was not that amazing but I, Craig Zebell, saved the sandal, which actually was mine.  Efrain Soto gave craig a big hug and was so grateful for his brave efforts.

Then we went to San Rosa another pueblo (small town).  We did another program there which was warmly welcomed by the people there.  it was fun to do another program and especially one that the people so enjoyed.

We went back to the church and then came back to the missionary house.  we took showers AFUERA, which was a new experience.  you will have to do some homework and find out what afuera means.  Then we went to a restaurant named Orlando´s.  THe food is really good there and the waitress just kept bringing food out to us.  We all enjoyed it and went out to another place for ice cream.

When we arrived at the ice cream place we were only expecting ice cream.  I mean what else would you expect?  WE ate our ice cream and we were just chatting, and starting to get ready to leave.  A guy walked up to Rick Miller and asked him if he was a gringo, which is the term that Peruvians use when refering to us or  people from the US.  Rick said yeah i am from michigan.  The guys was happy and said that he was from California.  He then asked Rick to sit down with him.  Rick calmly said that he wanted to stay with his friends.  One big detail i have left out this far is that the man from California had been drinking a little too much.  And he was not drinking agua or water.  As soon as rick said no the man became mad and started saying mean things to rick.  It was scary for me but everyone else seemed fine with it.  the man eventually walked father down away from us and started yelling mean things.  But we are okay and have recovered from this incident.

Now we are going to have devotions at this moment in time so i must leave you all now.  THank you so much for reading this i hope that it all makes sense.
GRacias por todo.


Escrito por: Craig Zebell side sentences came from Efrain Soto and Ben Geiser