Thursday's Adventure

Editorial note  -- some of these pictures should go with the post from earlier this morning.  We don't necessarily have the best computer connections here, so I am doing what I can! 

After a wonderful lunch of chicken tostadas and fresh fruit, we took off for some adventures.  When the harvest in the mountains is not good, Dave and the other missionaries purchase rice and beans, so Dave took us to the market area.  We drove past piles of cocoanuts, pineapples, tomatoes by the kilo, cucumbers by the kilo, cases of cilantro.  After stopping off for dessert (ice cream!) we headed to another part of the town so Dave could get some tools that they need.  While he and the guys were looking for the tools, the ladies went into a bead shop. Oh my. The incredible artwork these ladies do with tiny seed beads!  It's a shop we are going to return to when we have more pesos! 

Erik and Dave finally found the wheel barrow, but, as you can see by the picture, it's a "Mexican wheel barrow" - no wheel!  Actually, the wheel is in the box inside the body that Tom and Erik are carrying.

David buying rice and beans for the Huichol villages

Raising the windsock

From there we went to the home of Dave and Olivia's co-laborers - Jasson and Kim Farmer.  There we enjoyed a wonderful dinner of pozole (a soup with chicken and hominy - need to find the recipe for it!) and whole grain corn tostadas. They have four children - Kaleb, Noah, Micah, Katie Sue, and one sweet little pooch - Nacho.  They home school their children, and discovered that Kaleb has pretty significant dyslexia.  They asked specifically for prayer for that; it is a challenge to figure out just the right way to teach him and encourage him.  I know that from personal experience, but I also know that the Lord can and will be with them and encourage them every step of the way. 

Jasson talked about their journey and one thing that really impressed  me what when he said that they were really struggling with where the Lord wanted them.  After talking to their home church  elder board, they took several different turns, but found the church was totally behind them. They just reminded us of the importance of home churches.

Carrie and Cliff Huntting were there also, along with their children.  We found out that they are both MKs from Indonesia, and it is likely that their parents know or at least know of Arny Humble.  We will hear more of their story tonight.

The team - Hunttings on the left, Farmers on the right.

Jasson and Cliff shared a major ministry request.  In addition to safety while flying, they see a very real need of a helicopter.  Recently, they had a request to fly into a village to pick up a sick child, but could not get there, and sadly the child died.  Helicopters can land where there is no runway space for a plane, and in weather that a plane cannot fly in.  Cliff also mentioned flying another missionary, who looked down at villages they were flying over.  Those villages are unreachable by plane, and while they can be reached by land, it takes a very long time, time that could be more effectively used in sharing the Gospel.  Their project and major ministry request is for funding for a helicopter so they can meet these medical needs and further spread the Gospel to those who would otherwise be unable to hear it.