where did january go......

friends,

i can't hardly believe as i sit here in our apartment that january has flown by and also that we haven't updated this blog since last week tuesday. so let me give all you guys a brief window into the lives of tbone and joni here. as some of you know and some of you don't, joni and i decided to make some friends with some amoebas and parasites who made residence in our stomachs. not really the kind of friends we were looking to make, but man did they want to be friends with us. therefore joni and i became good friends with our bathroom as well. it lasted about 5 days for both of us. first i got it and then it moved on to joni. but after two doses of medication and a lot of rest we are feeling back on top of things again. thanks to so many of you who prayed us through that.

meanwhile bolivia has been rockin out. the past three days there has been a festival happening all over the city of cochabamba. it isn't a great festival to be honest with you. the holiday is known as a pagan holiday where the catholics believe that they can commit any sin for those three days. so the air has been filled with fireworks and the sounds of bands and partying. they also believe that water is a symbol of fertility. thus the boys feel the need to hurl water balloons and buckets of water at young women (aka-joni and i). we only had two water balloons actually hit us so we were thankful for that.

so whats next for me and joni????? well, we about 5 days left here in cochabamba before we travel out to la paz and sucre (two other cities here in bolivia where SIM works.) so in those 5 days we are taking what we have photographed and seen and trying to produce the products requested for each ministry. so honestly guys we covet your prayers. its a big time for us to take all the work we have done in the last month and put it into a message that will touch the hearts of everyone who comes in contact with it. because let me tell ya guys, God is working here and it is sooooooo clear to us. we just pray that we can communicate that in everything we do in the next few days.

ok so that is us in a nutshell from the past week. we hope this message finds all of you staying warm and living life to its limits. talk to you soon...... adios!