And now a message from Willow Thompson:
¡Hola mi banditos! Como estes dos muchachas! Willow here! We´re in the little town, but it´s still like bein in the jungle! We´re not goin outside the town because it´s like a JUNGLE out there! But we be livin in the jungle, so we´ll have to venture there eventually. Meanwhile, we´re venturing around Caranavi, where, we´ve made a new friend. A fun little elderly man greeted us, then asked if we were married (we think). Alas, we are just 4 amigos, and told him such. He gestured toward Benchacho and Jonzalos and said, ¨Ah, bonito! Bonito!¨ He was telling Annelise that us chicitas (girls) had some very fine looking- handsome husbands. No, no, we are just amigos. We be bloggin from ¨Dumbonet¨ yes you guessed it, an internet cafe without the coffee with Dumbo as the mascot.
Today, which is Saturday, is a half day of worko! Our youth center is almost el finito, with a solid blanco back wall as in the back wall is white. The side walls are a beautiful deep blue, with a sunset peach for the back. Ah! As I was painting on the balcony, it started to rain, and oh it was glorious! The rain is so warm and fresh and awesome.
We had a traditional Boliviano meal for lunch... pollo- chicken, big white corns that taste like rice, and mini black potatoes and fried banana. Tonight our teamo es cookin suppa.
A little girl named Laia lives with us, and her sister Anna comes everyday with Jenny, who helps with cooking. Laia is 12 and and Anna is 9 and they are very beautiful. Anna likes to smile alot.
So, pretty much I´m getting voted off the computer island right now, by my fellow shipmates, wh--
Ben here... buenos nochez Weelo!
oh man... I think the paint has finally gotten to her. Anways, I´m gonna say goodbye for her because you probably would not understand. so.... goodbye until next time.
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Oh Willow. I'm envisioning a new lingo in conversations we'll experience with you in the future. Glad to hear that you've been able to contribute to the ministry with your manual labour skills. You four are a blessing wherever you tred, may there be peace and joy in your wake throughout Bolivia! - jeremy & heidi
ReplyDeletewow Willow it sounds like you guys are having a great time and are getting lots of work done! I'm looking forward to hearing all of your stories.
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Hola Bolivia.
ReplyDeleteYou guys write a lot!!!
We miss you and hope you are having fun down there. Sara wants you to catch a monkey. Then we realized, we have monkeys too!
WE"RE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES! ah!
love you all!
Team India
¡Hola Willow!
ReplyDeleteIt's really good to hear from you! Sounds like you're having a great time down there in Bolivia! I'm sure you're really impacting people with your joyful attitude! I hope you recover from the paint fumes soon and regain your sanity! Or maybe not, insanity is highly underrated.
God Bless all four of you!
Trevor
hello to all of you.we are having a nice day here in Sask.it's 0 and no wind.our snow is melting.maybe summer is closer than we think!!!lol wish we were having your kind of weather.what time of day do you start work and when do you end? what are your evenings like?hope to see some pictures soon. we love you all soooo much and are praying always for you in your adventures.take care. love mom Leslie
ReplyDeleteHola! We knew it was you Weelo just by reading the title! This is the bears first ever Blog! Your team blogs are magnifico Benchacho, Jonzalos, Rusty and Weelo - Before internet, mission trips must have been even more extremo stresso on all. Didn't God create a Bolivian masterpiece - and now our beloved CLBIers are part of that masterpiece - lovin and prayin for all- buenos nochez -love mom and dad Thompson (+4C at Viking today)
ReplyDeleteWillow!! You sound like you belong there... el speako the lingo!! You rock! I'm sorry you aren't feeling so great. We're praying for you all.
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