Week 005 - Linden, Guyana: The Sound of Bugs, The Smell of Mud, The Word of God.

Dear friends and family:

Thank you for all of your wishes and prayers! I see all of your emails, and even though I can't reply to all of them, I hereby express appreciation for them.

This week was still hard; still trying to adjust and focus on the work, but I am getting better every single day. My companion and I stay busy, though. Our bikes have been so problematic, it's almost comical. We even spent a day on foot. Just, you know, walking through the jungle like it's no big.

It rains almost every day. Most people here don't like the rain, but I have been enjoying it. It can get pretty loud sometimes. The area is beautiful, and the people are great. I have really been enjoying my time here in Linden. What a great area in which to start the mission.

We have a baptism scheduled for this Saturday for a young man named Phil. He's great. He offered us worms to eat. White, fat, wriggling worms that looked super disgusting. No, I did not try one. Sorry, mom.

We have also been teaching a man named Singh, who is super prepared, it's crazy. He has been wondering about where he stands with God after his house burned down, and he is so receptive to what we are teaching. He is scheduled for a baptism in September.

We have been eating like kings, by the way. I touched on this a little last week. Our diet consists of peanut butter and jelly, pasta, cereal, mac and cheese, top ramen, grilled cheese, toast, and bananas. We will do better this week...maybe.

 

Lizard bai

Beautiful rainstorm

Neat birb

I held a birb

Look at this birb

More rain

River view

A monkey

Jungle view