What did the team do?

That was a question the team had even before they arrived in Peru; what are we going to do? Sometimes we have to think outside of the traditional missions' box and not DO anything. This team's main mission was to:

1. See how the Chayahuita live to know better how to minister to them

2. Experience the everyday obstacles (boat travel, hiking in mud) etc. to know how to pray

3. And the most important: Get to know the Chayahuita and form friendships to be an encouragement

This team accomplished all of the above and so much more. There were some surprises along the way. On the first day of the boat trip we had bought some tamales to eat on the boat for lunch. While we were waiting for the boat to pick us up somebody stole the whole bag of food and then took off. Fortunately we did have some tuna fish and bread along with peanut butter and honey. Another surprise we had was the boat that Pancho had rented. It was sooo big. We all had lots of room and we were able to get up and walk around. Luxury!

We got off to a late start and we didn't want to be on the river after dark. The plan was to get to Fray Martin to spend the night. We had already been on the river about 6 hours and still an hour out when we lost part of the motor so we stayed in Fortaleza until morning. Scott decided to make friends with a cow. Moo!