Weekly Adventures

How does the week fly by so fast? (No pun intended :)
I met with students, we had small group, Jeyson headed to the hangar...

It was his maintenance week this week....

so he was hard at work. Next week should be his flight week again.

,

Here's another sight that I saw last week that I could have added to last week's post about unusual sights that you get used to. You never know what kind of interesting load a car, motorcycle, bike, or horse might be carrying around here!

Speaking of transportation, we had an unexpected adventure this week. On Wednesday morning Jeyson and I were heading in different directions. Just after Jeyson arrived at Asas I was driving along in the rain and heard a strange noise coming from the car. I got out only to notice that the back wheel of the car was COMPLETELY flat and had a large hole in it. In fact it even had water in it from the rain. I called Jeyson and he arrived on the motorcycle dressed in his full mechanics uniform (since he had been working on the planes). He started to change the tire for me - only to discover that the spare wheel we have in the car was for the wrong kind of car! (We haven't had a flat since we bought the car so we didn't know). So, since there's no AAA here and since we only have the car and motorcycle, Jeyon had to strap the car tires onto the back of the motorcycle to bring them to a tire store. I wish I had gotten a picture of that interesting sight! They put the tire from the spare on the flat wheel. An hour or two later I was back in business. I'm so thankful to be married to a handy, resourceful man! Meanwhile we have to get a new spare wheel to be more prepared next time!

Regardless of what the week holds, it's always great to unwind by having a Brazilian bbq for lunch like we did today.
Cleo grew up in a tribe where he first heard of Asas when the planes would come into his village.
He later left the tribe and wound up joining Asas as a mechanic. He was working hard at the grill.

Above is a couple that had just returned from being in a tribe. Literally, the Asas plane landed and they stepped off and they and the pilots joined us.

Andres was one of the pilots that transported them. Andres and Camila will be leaving in a few weeks to spend 5 months in Argentina raising support. We'll be dog sitting for them....we keep wondering - are we ready for this?!?

It's always relaxing to spend time together....especially around the grill :)

Two of my good friends and fellow missionaries - Camila and Rose

Jeyson with another missionary in the pilot/mechanic training process - Jefferson

Well now that the week is over, it's time for a ministry filled weekend. We'll be heading with our mission to a town near Brasilia where we'll be doing an evangelistic outreach trip. As usual they'll be work with children and teens, a medical/dental clinic, and we'll be involved with evangelism. The city is considered somewhat dangerous and is known for problems with drugs and prostitutes. Please pray for us tomorrow and I'll fill you in with pictures soon!