Tuesday July 1

On Sunday we just chilled. Soon after quiet time, we found out we were supposed to be leading a church service and Sunday school...so we darted over to lead Sunday school. We sang songs, told some bible stories and acted them out spontaneously, played outside. Then we had to go pray in the service. After that we just hung out and talked for awhile. Then we lunched. After lunch, the ladies showered. Dinner. I kind of don't remember what happened then...oh before dinner, we packed all the ministry bags and personal bags. We prepared some stuff to give to the school and churches.
I had night watch with Melissa. It was really good. We talked a lot, and she seemed really interested in who I am. It feels good when people want to know you.

Monday, we got up and ate. Then we prepared to leave the casa by 9am. I knew we were taking boats to Ollanta, but that's about it. So we waited and waited and waited for Jorge to get home since he had left for couple days...but we didn't know where he had gone. So we got to the river (by walking). It is about a 10 minute walk. We saw our boats: 3 canoe-like things. About 4 feet wide and 20 feet long...with a motor. So we packed the boats up, waited for Jorge even more then left. 7 hour boat ride, here I come!
well, it was really incredible. I could put my feet in the water and it was beautiful. But, we had to bail water out of the boat and the motor kept breaking down and stopped working very often. So we stopped a lot. I dropped my Kurt Vonnegut book into the bottom of the boat and it got soaked. We got to Ollanta in about 5 hours, which was sweet. Then we moved all our stuff into our house we were staying in. It is big and sturdy. We are sleeping in hammock and mosquito nets here. There are a lot of mosquitoes here...it is a water filled village....wet everywhere. Oh, it smells weird here. weird as in bad.

I saw a monkey this morning on top of the bano. Then he swung around in the trees. He was reddish/orange/brown color.

Sunrise is beautiful this morning.