Yesterday we spent most of the day making the trip to Puyo. We had some time in the morning to rest and then finally at about 3;00 PM we set out for the long trip to Puyo. Two people, an assistant pastor and the director of the school, rode a bus five hours to meet us. We also rode in a van with Craig, a younger man with a family in Shell. (Near Puyo. He and his family of wife and four daughters are managing the construction of an orphanage for handicapped children of the rainforest tribes. What a project!
We stop in Ambato at a large mall including a supermarket to shop a bit. We purchased basic groceries since we were informed we would be living in a small apartment about an hour earlier. The last hour of travel through the mountains was more hectic than we remebered because of some major landslides which had taken place since January. The were a number of places where the drop off down the mountain would have benn disasterous. Darkness helped us avoid the full picture, but the driver had his share of vision problems as fog began to roll in. We arrived safely around 10:00 PM to our new home.
The apartment is about 600 sq. ft. Small but clean and quiet as it is located at the back of a compound that is gated and walled. We feel very safe. We have a new frig and stove and a good bed! What more do you need?
In the next posting we will describe the church service today.
4 comments:
Glad you guys got in safe. Now where are the pictures? :-)
Glad you're there safe. Love, jase
Safe is good! Sounded like the mountainside trip was a white knuckler.
Very interesting, Omer and Mary Glad you arrived without too many mishaps. Hey, we traveled that road many times, also in fog, so we have a picture of what you experience. Lord bless. Love, Eldon and Phyllis
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