can i just tell you we had the most amazing day yesterday. it started at 5:00 for us when we were ready but little did we know we wouldn't leave until 6:15. oh well we got to see the sunrise in bolivia, not by choice. jk! and the journey started up the mountain. man there was beauty up there that is hard to describe on a blog page. the huge mountains covered in green with horses, sheep and llamas grazing all over with the sweet sound of rushing water in the background. the trip was long, no lies from these two girls. but it was totally worth it.
the purpose of our trip was to photograph the quechua people who live up in the mountains: the people group who is reached with the mosoj chaski radio station. this radio station broadcasts in the quechua language from 4-8 AM and 6-10 PM. they broadcast things like the news, weather and such but also broadcast bible studies, bible readings and ministries for all ages and groups. most of these quechua communities are so remote that they don't have a church or a pastor to help lead them in their faith. so this radio station and visits is all that they have. we arrived in the first community around 9 and people just came out of the rocks man. but so friendly once they understood we were with the radio station. we sat with them then and had a small church service. so get this picture, here we are me and jones in the middle of nowhere mountains of bolivia and a few small voices raise a hymn to God in quechua. unbelievable. then they open up Gods word which was translated into quechua just a few years ago and they preach. Gods word is reaching the ends of the earth friends. and these people were hungry for the word too as they sat for hours and listened to the teaching these folks brought. it was sooooo good and on top of it all we got to photograph it. these people are beautiful from the inside out. after the service they would make us a little snack and one community even gave us a fresh lamb head so that we could make that lovely soup. but reluctantly we gave the lamb head to one of the workers from the radio.
so after two visits, two meals, a ton of images photographed, and two sunburned iowa faces we made our way down the mountain. granted we arrived at our apartment exhausted we were truly blessed. we thank you all so much for the prayers for good weather and a good trip. both of the requests were granted. i wish we could have taken you all up that mountain but i promise we will post photos soon but here isalso an image of us with amalia from our trip. amalia has been our surviving tool here in bolivia. showin us how to talk, how to eat, how to hail a taxi and how to have a lot of fun while we are here in bolivia. she is a little rockstar to us and a blessing from God. so we hope this message finds you all doing well. chow!
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