Saturday Update - 2-7-09

Report submitted 11:25 am 2-7-09 Nicararagua time - Yolaina – 40 minutes East Southeat of Nueva Guinea

NUEVA GUINEA – The team spent a much needed restful night at a quaint little hotel about 40 minutes from our first day’s medical work.
We went down to the lobby for a breakfast of eggs, salsa, coffee, eggs and pre-fabricated toast. Then by 8, we were on the road again.
Today’s mission is another half-hour past yesterday’s and the road is fairly inaccessible. So we parked the van at a church and sent half the team – the medical folks and translators – on up ahead. The truck will return in about 90 minutes to trudge us up the hill.
Since I am a non-essential  -- just kidding – I stayed back with half the crew and what a wonderful morning we had exploring. The people are gracious and humble and kind and welcome us into their homes and yards.
Along the way we encountered a little boy way up on top of a coconut tree. I started snapping photos and nearly lost my head as a coconut bounced up over my shoulder! The men on the ground cut the coconuts up for us with machetes and we spent the morning drinking coconut water and spooning out the insides – yummy.
I’ll try and send another submission later on about the great work the team accomplished today. Everyone has been wonderful and no one complains – even if they are asked to watch the vehicles for a few hours.
We continue to ask God to watch over us AND all of you – our loved ones left behind taking care of our children, our parents, our friends and neighbors. We ask that God continue to look out for all of us, we ask that He continue to bless us and inspire us to work through some of the fatigue and we ask that He bring us safely home to you all when the time comes.
The team is tired but very inspired and we are sharing in the joy of the mission.
Thanks for reading.