Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Aaahaaaaaah (Apologies to Tarzan)
By the time most of you will read this I will be heading West up the Amazon on the Ajato, the high speed power boat that seats 120 passengers, probably 200 uncomfortably It’s a 12 hour trip to get to Tefe so it needs a bit of preparation to get organized for it. We will be gone until at least Monday (this is Tuesday, leave tomorrow morning 7am Brazilian time) It’s a problem knowing what to pack. My trekking boots for the jungle as well as my preaching shoes and tie (fortunately don´t need to wear a jacket!), my lotions, potions and repellents for the beasties but they have already bled me dry here in the city, not much blood left to go round! Got to leave room for my hammock and mosquito net too. Robert has shown me pictures of his previous trip with Daphne and Walter his brother and sister in law. Some beautiful sunsets on the Amazon that I look forward to catching.
After we reach Tefe we get a lift to Alvareins where we pick up a pastors boat plus another Brazilian pastor and goodness knows how many others. We need to buy some provisions at Tefe as we don´t know when we will next contact a place that can supply us with food along the Japura. It sounds very primitive! All being well we will get a chance to go on a trek into the jungle on Saturday and hunt some wild game ( with my camera of course), although the locals usually eat whatever they catch. Each little village we stop at we will probably have a brief service where I will preach or maybe someone else. Its so open ended that I don´t really know what to expect. Scary but challenging. However so far the Brazilian people have been very friendly and very attentive, including the children at the meetings we have held at people’s homes in Taruma.
As its been 2 years since Robert has been up river it will be good to hear how he has seen developments and changes. It will also give him an idea of whether going back upriver to work is an option for him. So I will sign off now and it will be possibly another week before I am able to get back online. Hopefully lots of stories to tell!
Jack of the Jungle
After we reach Tefe we get a lift to Alvareins where we pick up a pastors boat plus another Brazilian pastor and goodness knows how many others. We need to buy some provisions at Tefe as we don´t know when we will next contact a place that can supply us with food along the Japura. It sounds very primitive! All being well we will get a chance to go on a trek into the jungle on Saturday and hunt some wild game ( with my camera of course), although the locals usually eat whatever they catch. Each little village we stop at we will probably have a brief service where I will preach or maybe someone else. Its so open ended that I don´t really know what to expect. Scary but challenging. However so far the Brazilian people have been very friendly and very attentive, including the children at the meetings we have held at people’s homes in Taruma.
As its been 2 years since Robert has been up river it will be good to hear how he has seen developments and changes. It will also give him an idea of whether going back upriver to work is an option for him. So I will sign off now and it will be possibly another week before I am able to get back online. Hopefully lots of stories to tell!
Jack of the Jungle
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