SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Warry is a youth pastor (volunteer), so Saturday night we went to the young people's meeting. EFCC's "Resonate" is mild compared to their music. They had a kind of skit and a lot of very loud music. The whole group did a lot of jumping to the music. I would not call it dancing, but it had the look of a rock-and-roll concert. Warry preached. This is the beginning of the school year here, so it was their kick-off for the year.

Skit

Praise band - Look up "neg-entropy" in the dictionary

Our friends wanted to take us on an outing where we had not been before. They decided to take us to Isla Damas, which is part of a few islands protected by environmental agencies. It was a two hour drive, half of it on a rough dirt road (I thought I was done with dirt roads when we left Costa Rica), and then one hour ride on a boat. It was a gorgeous day for a boat ride, except that John had an awful toothache all day. Poor guy, he was quite a trouper. Warry also got a traffic ticket for passing on a solid line. We enjoyed the boat ride to Isla Damas to see Humbolt penguins in their natural habitat. There were sea otters, seals, sea lions and a lot of water fowl. I took a lot of pictures, but I am having a terrible time here in Chile with my pink computer. I can only upload one picture at the time to this blog.

Today we went to see a dentist at a private clinic. It was a very modern and clean place. The dentist saw him, ordered x-rays and told us that he needs a root canal. They could do it on Wednesday, but we are leaving on Thursday morning. We would have liked to have it done here because it would have been a lot cheaper than the States. She prescribed antibiotics and a pain killer/anti-inflammatory. The doctor's visit with the x-rays was only $14.50! He feels better already. Debora cooked a soft lunch for him. Now he is taking a nap. He will see our dentist as soon as we get home. We also went to the magistrate and paid Warry's ticket. It was about $80, not as cheap as the dentist!

All of us in the boat

Tonight we are going back to McDonald's to celebrate another missionary's birthday. We don't know this person, but he is a friend of Warry's and he is single, so there is no family with whom to celebrate.

Please pray for our upcoming trip to Bolivia on Thursday, specifically that our first flight will leave on time. We only have 55 minutes in Santiago to change planes. Actually, pray for all three flights to leave on time and for our luggage to make it to our final destination, Cochabamba.

Until next time...from way down South....