TUESDAY

Woke up to ¨refreshing¨shower water today. The pressure is fine in the shower. The sink has little pressure. Woke up about 5:00 a.m. along with early morning traffic. It´s funny. Taxis try to get your attention by having their taxi whistle at you. One of the whistles sound like a construction worker whistling and some lady passing by.

Last night we had heat lightning. Ida says there are rarely any storms, though. Hurricanes maybe but no storms.

We did devotions at bfast today.

We got to meet Martha and Jose. They had just returned from Choco. What a loving couple. We were greeted so warmly. They must have been terribly tired. Just getting to and from the jungle is a journey. I learned alot about Choco. It is a jungle. The two girls living with them are from a primitive tribe. The girls wanted to see their parents but felt a bit weird having to change back into tribal wear and go barefoot. They are now assimilated into the Colombian-Barranquilla culture. They had not seen their parents in 18 months.

Martha said it was a tough trip but was very glad they could do this for the children. Choco is very dark because of no electricity and rampant witchcraft. Military is everywhere to ¨protect¨people from the drug lords but they are just as crooked as the druglords. Another sad story she told us is that if a girl is raped and gets pregnant, after six months the baby is taken from the mother and given to the father (man who raped her). Typically the man doesn´t want the baby or the family doesn´t want the baby so they let it starve until it dies. There is a 14 year old girl right now that is going to be forced to give her child away to the man who raped her. Martha wiped tears from her eyes as she told the story. It´s not easy. What do you do. She and Jose are discussing how they can help but don´t know how. This is tribal custom.

We painted Tuesday. I call it globbing. The paint is not like our paint and it´s so hot that it just gets sticky and eventually becomes like marshmallow. So I globbed.

The college WYWAM students came today. Their leader is from Switzerland but the college kids are from Korea. Most speak English and so were able to share what they have been doing. They did discipleship training for 3 months in Switzerland and have been in South American for 7 weeks. They do drama, dance, and singing along with stuff like we are doing.

Lori