Pondering this

In my house here in Shell Ecuador I have 4 Bibles of my own ...I have2 small streamlines one in Spanish and another in English I have a big heavy Bible with "helps", and I have my new one a bilingual Bible.
I went on an adventure on Saturday.. I didn't really want to go..lots of excuses.
But I try to experience all I can while we are here so...Steve and I with lots of other missionaries( 3 planes full) went to Makuma, Ecuador about a 1/2 hour flight. We went to be a part of a dedication of a Bible that had been years in the making , 50 or more. This Bible was translated by many hard workers, and now was printed and complete, in the Shuar language. A once only spoken language.

So I showered, powdered , dressed , sunscreened, and sprayed all over in bug spray...

We flew with MAF/ Alas de Socorro
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our plane held Fred ,the pilot , Steve , Desi , myself , Janet and Elijah.
It was a little overcast.
We followed the Pastaza river and went around the saddleback to Makuma



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The dedication was in Spansh and Shuar but the emotions were understandable.

They fed everyone a grand lunch , fish with cabbage wrapped in a leaf , soup , rice and meat

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The community reminded me of the Cranberry Islands , small village , school , church , no cars (and a ferry off) or airplane out

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Waiting for the next plane..
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You can read about this community and it's history in Frank and Marie Drown's book Mission to theHeadhunters

reunion

This summer while in the States we had an opportunity to join my nursing school classmates at their 35th reunion. Elliot Community Hospital School of Nursing... It took place in Keene NH. We all traveled from far and wide, Alaska , Pittsburgh and all over New England.


Here is the old dorm, our room was the top floor second window from the left . On a clear morning we could view Mt Manadnock

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the stairs to the 3rd floor...













the hall where young men were greeted and not allowed any further...


















the class not everyone was there...but those of us that were














My roommate Peggy














the 3 husbands that were brave to accompany their wives and listen to all the stories and giggles...Carol And I , she lived in Alaska ,now retired to OregonGreat fun, great food, great stories..great bunch of gals

Ps the building now belongs to Keene College,the door was unlocked and I went about as much as I could....

time for some new pictures and news and bragging about the grands

Simple Things

Some times I need to create.... I started covering notebooks with paper at Christmas time then I've found the right size notebook and corrugated paper that fits them perfectly, then I just use what scrapbook things I have around. They are relaxing to do and are neat gifts.

Our local store had flats of eggs last week and a sign 10 for $1.00. That is the usual price for eggs so I pick up 10. Steve says don't you want a dozen? So I put in 2 more. When I was checking out(Steve was taking bags down to the car) the young man counted them and told me I could buy 10 or 20 but it had to be in multiples of 10. I couldn't believe it just put 20 cents more on my bill....nope . So I gave him back 2 eggs and all was fine. So this week there are the eggs 10 for $1.00, I looked at Steve and said don't even try it just get 10.

where we live

Some people say we live on the edge of the rain forest.. that edge has moved further out in the last few years. We live in a very modern cinder block house.We have good roads on each side of us going 2 hours in one direction brings you to Ambato a city with "real" shopping. And 2 hours the other way brings you to Macas.

This is what a car or van can look like after a trip to shop.

From a hill top near our home you scan see the city of Puyo (the county seat of the Pastaza province) 5 miles from Shell. Beyond that is the jungle and way far away is Peru.

the road to Macas ,goes through villages and the jungle,


A nice good bridge across the Pastaza river.
BUT going into the city of Macas another province captial there is no bridge.. it washed away (quite a while ago) so there is a temporary bridge if your not too heavey or the river. The friend we visited this trip said the day after we left there was a lot of rain and you couldn't use the river crossing so they waited 30 minutes for their turn across the temp bridge.The city of Macas

Back that direction is Shell , just follow the river.

I was given a large bag of mandarin lemons, they are very juicy and easy to squeeze. From about 40 lemons I got 61/2 cups of juice ~pure lemon Juice~




These are my Mother's Day roses ~the color of a beautiful sun set~



Steve painted the porch a nice green :)


Today I was given a bag of about 40 juice oranges ~they yielded another 6 cups of juice~