Dear Everyone,
This will probably be our last message. We left with Miriam on a bus to IGUASU Falls at 12 AM this morning on a 6 hour bus ride. Now they tell us that this part of the world is so dry that there won’t be as much water going over the falls. Oh well.
All three of us keep asking ourselves: how can we tell the story? We have seen so much and have met so many incredibly Christian and passionate people that we are ashamed at times. They want encouragement so badly as their passion is so great and their work so hard.
Today we visited two preschools. One was directed by a Lutheran woman and it was run so well. Victor gave her a packet of Bible story pictures and she was so thrilled. She does such a good job with the children and most of her children have mothers in prison.
We take buses and cabs everywhere as the people we work with have no cars. We took a cab to the first place and it cost $6, which is a lot here. Last night Victor kept saying he had a surprise for us but he never lets us know. We were to meet him at 6 PM at the CPTLN office. He had rented a van and 7 of us crowded in. We had no idea where we were going, and when we got to a dead end there were 40 children waiting with a bunch of parents. Victor goes there on Tuesdays for a Bible Class and they have a Children’s Class each Saturday. The children were attentive as Victor told the Bible Story etc. Then I was able to teach a song and tell them my usual, as how important each of them are as Isaiah 43·1 says that God knows their name.
They all smiled. Anyway after it was all over, Victor told us Taxis won’t even enter this place as it is so dangerous as this is where the people live who are the garbage collectors. He walks when he goes there as they won’t hurt him.
We have learned a lot about how the CCCS can be a better help. They appreciated all the tooth brushes, etc. but Jim says never again is he going to lug three huge 50 pound bags around. We need two taxi’s to go anywhere even with two of them now stuffed into the third one.
We will arrive in Kansas City mid-morning on Saturday. Love to all, and eager to be home.
The time has flown. Jim and Edie