It's been a couple days since we got back and it hit me...maybe I should let the followers of this blog know we made it back safe and sound. Well...we did. It is pretty cold in Canada but we are glad to be back. We will be having a supper to support the mission team this Friday the 5th at 5:00pm and presentations following at 7:00pm. If anyone wants to come and here what we have to share, come on down!
Thank you everyone for all your prayers and support through out this trip. We appreciate it. Well that all for now. Catch you guys on the flip side.
-=Jonathon Leslie=-
Monday, February 1, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
We survived FYI
Take that death road! You have not claimed the lives of Team Bolivia this time!! It was actually a pretty good ride. as we got higher into the mountains it was getting dark and we were driving in the clouds. We could barely see the road! It took about 4 and a half hours but we made it all safe and sound.
Today we are roaming La Paz with Nick to do some sight seeinging and maybe a few purchaces. Today is our last full day in Bolivia. We are going to miss it here. It is the perfect temperature. But although we will miss the country and it´s people, we are excited to see our classmates, friends, and families back at home.
So ya...just wanted to let all you guys know we survived the death road for the second time. Woo!
-=Jonathon Leslie=-
Today we are roaming La Paz with Nick to do some sight seeinging and maybe a few purchaces. Today is our last full day in Bolivia. We are going to miss it here. It is the perfect temperature. But although we will miss the country and it´s people, we are excited to see our classmates, friends, and families back at home.
So ya...just wanted to let all you guys know we survived the death road for the second time. Woo!
-=Jonathon Leslie=-
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Just a quick blog
Here at the internet cafe again. Just had the best icecream ever at a fancy ice cream parlor. There are pictures. Going to La paz tomorrow. After this internet time we are hitting the pool with some lil amigos. Should be a grand old time. We already know we are going to miss it here. It is so homey and friendly and we all love walking the beautiful streets of caranavi. Doing God´s work in a tropical paradise. Ah Yea. This place is so stress free. Even Nick, our host, said to us "This is going to take a long time, not that we´re in a rush, this is Latin America." I love it here, as does the rest of the team. Ben: Yep... Well, here we come road of Death, eat our dust...tomorrow. Talk to you readers later.
Jon Leslie
Jon Leslie
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Uptown blog
Jon here. Blogging from Caranavi in a internet shop again. The rest of the team is looking around town in the shops. Sorry for not blogging as often as this teem usually does. There is not internet up at the place we are staying. We are up a mountain, looking down on Caranavi. We can see the place were Ben and I stayed at Paul and Jay´s. The place we are staying is a Bible School. It´s like if CLBI was in Bolivia and was cross breeded with a camp...maybe not cross breeded...that sounds...wierd.
Anyways. Paul and Jay were right! This week has been a completly different kind of experience then the past. We are living amongst the community up on the mountain. Ben and I are staying in the Guy cabin. At first it was a bit awkward because we don´t speak the language and two, we are just getting thrown into thier house. Yesterday however The team went up to the orphanage to play soccer with some of the students. There is something about sports that brings people together becasue after that we have had many conversations with the students and staff here...or at least more elongated attempts to carry one. I am not sure if Nick and Shanan Craft (hosts) even know what we are supposed to bee doing. In the mornings Annelise teaches one of their kids, and the rest of us hope that there is something that is needed to be done. There is help needed in the kitchen every day but that only fills up a bit of the time before lunch. We manage but the team would like a project or something to work on.
The bugs are thicker up in the mountains than down in the town. The whole team was getting eaten alive. We love it here but we will welcome the bugless lands of canada with open arms. I think we are all going to miss looking out in the morning to the jungle mountains of bolivia.
This week eating with the students is a little less then what we got used to at Paul and Jay´s with Jay´s L337 cooking skillz. We have food, and we aren´t copmplaning (well maybe one or two) but it is in short supply.
Well. We will be blogging from La paz next so until next time, please pray for rest for the team and for Willow because she has resorted to stealing bananas.
-=Jonathon Leslie=-
Anyways. Paul and Jay were right! This week has been a completly different kind of experience then the past. We are living amongst the community up on the mountain. Ben and I are staying in the Guy cabin. At first it was a bit awkward because we don´t speak the language and two, we are just getting thrown into thier house. Yesterday however The team went up to the orphanage to play soccer with some of the students. There is something about sports that brings people together becasue after that we have had many conversations with the students and staff here...or at least more elongated attempts to carry one. I am not sure if Nick and Shanan Craft (hosts) even know what we are supposed to bee doing. In the mornings Annelise teaches one of their kids, and the rest of us hope that there is something that is needed to be done. There is help needed in the kitchen every day but that only fills up a bit of the time before lunch. We manage but the team would like a project or something to work on.
The bugs are thicker up in the mountains than down in the town. The whole team was getting eaten alive. We love it here but we will welcome the bugless lands of canada with open arms. I think we are all going to miss looking out in the morning to the jungle mountains of bolivia.
This week eating with the students is a little less then what we got used to at Paul and Jay´s with Jay´s L337 cooking skillz. We have food, and we aren´t copmplaning (well maybe one or two) but it is in short supply.
Well. We will be blogging from La paz next so until next time, please pray for rest for the team and for Willow because she has resorted to stealing bananas.
-=Jonathon Leslie=-
Friday, January 15, 2010
So we are basically at the halfway point of the trip. And we´ve done a lot in the time we have been here. We have painted a youth center with walls that are 30 ft tall, and a puppet stage as well. We cleaned and moved stuff around. We have picked rocks on a airstrip and got nice and crispy from the sun. And now it seems that our time is almost done with RTC and we will be going to the Krafts place for the rest of the trip.
Its hard to believe we are really here and all the time we make the comment: ¿where are we? and the answer is: ¿I dunno, Bolivia or sumthin´? it happens quite often...
the other day when we were heading out to the airstrip, which is about a half hour away, we were driving through caranavi on market day. So the town was very busy and there were people flooding the streets and there was the smell of raw meat... we were riding in the back of the truck so our hair could blow, when all of a sudden some guy looks at me, and slaps me in the arm, and says: HI... ¡GOOD Morning! in a bad accent.
Yep... that was the story of the day. That or our nice sunburns. OR, some Bolivians laughing at Jon when he took his shirt off... but he didn´t burn as bad as me, probably from the reflection off his body I burned worse.
Prayer Requests:
Energy for the team,
Health,
Continued blessing for radio television caranavi,
Paul and Jay for hosting us.
Thanks for reading
Ben R.
Its hard to believe we are really here and all the time we make the comment: ¿where are we? and the answer is: ¿I dunno, Bolivia or sumthin´? it happens quite often...
the other day when we were heading out to the airstrip, which is about a half hour away, we were driving through caranavi on market day. So the town was very busy and there were people flooding the streets and there was the smell of raw meat... we were riding in the back of the truck so our hair could blow, when all of a sudden some guy looks at me, and slaps me in the arm, and says: HI... ¡GOOD Morning! in a bad accent.
Yep... that was the story of the day. That or our nice sunburns. OR, some Bolivians laughing at Jon when he took his shirt off... but he didn´t burn as bad as me, probably from the reflection off his body I burned worse.
Prayer Requests:
Energy for the team,
Health,
Continued blessing for radio television caranavi,
Paul and Jay for hosting us.
Thanks for reading
Ben R.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Some pictures of beautiful Bolivia
Here are a few scenery pics. The waterfall is on the Road of Death, the house is were Ben and Jon are sleeping, the town is Caranavi, and the picture of the team is on the highest spot of the Road of Death. (For parents that are like "Oh my goodness my baby is going to have to drive on the Road of Death on the way back!!" Don't worry, going up we are on the inside lane and have the right of way. We will be even safer going up then going down.
Willow is very sick today. Please pray for her to get better.
Team Bolivia
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