Happy Monday...hard to believe we have been here for a week now. We headed back to the main river today for our next day of clinics. It started pouring about 4am or at least that's when I woke up to hear it on the roof and then it rained most of the morning. We reached our next destination about 10 am and thankfully the rain had stopped. It made me wonder how the village we were at yesterday was
fairing as they didn't have much wiggle room as far as flooding was concerned. The clinic started out kind of slow but we ended up having a pretty busy day. Apparently this was only the 3rd trip that Amazonia has made to this particular area, and you could tell the people weren't as comfortable with us - especially the children! We had quite a few screamers today. When we first arrived at the village
today, you could see there was a small tributary that went back behind the houses. I was saying how cool it would be to kayak down it. Well after clinic, Lynn came and said one of the crew would take the smaller boat out and show us an area deeper in to the rainforest. So LJ, Leann, Guy, Janet, and I all piled in to the boat for our jungle safari. It was more what we all expected being in the rainforest. Lots of lush green plants and trees. There were all kinds of bright flowers and trees, and even saw a date tree. Then we really started seeing the wildlife. There were all kinds of birds that we couldn't identify Then several toucans flew just over the boat...so cool. Then we heard a high pitched screech coming from the trees and
were hoping to get to see our first monkey, but it actually ended up being 2 of the brightest red/blue macaws. Definitely very cool stuff. Another part of our team went out after us and didn't see a thing...poor them! Hopefully there will be more time for side adventures. As on most trips, flexibility is the key. We were supposed to stay in the general area to treat another village, but apparently they came down the river to see us instead, so we headed 3 hours the other direction for our next stop. We had a nice sunset cruise to end the day. I swear the sunsets get more beautiful each night. Enjoyed just hanging out up on the upper deck chatting with Leann tonight and then goofing off with the rest of the team. Leann and I are planning on taking one of the younger girls snipe hunting one of these nights. :) Speaking of hunting, we are hoping to go alligator hunting before the trip ends. Guess we will have to check with the guys soon. I do know one of my biggest take aways from this trip will be that you never really know what someone has or is going through. At night, during our devotional times, several of the ladies have shared some heavy, heart-wrenching stuff with us. But thankfully it doesn't end there...they then shared of God's amazing grace in their lives! Looking at these ladies, you would never know the burdens and heartache they carry, but God is merciful and gracious. Made me think of the quote..."there but for the grace of God, go I."
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