A muddy ride!!!

About 10 days ago Chuck had the opportunity to use his new/used motorcycle to go into the village.  It should have taken about 3 hrs to get in there.  But as life goes here in the Philippines, nothing is as simple as that.

Here is Chuck and a fellow missionary, Bob as they left the house here.

They left at about 1 pm and Chuck called at about 2pm to let me know they were about to go off the main road on the “other road.”  I expected then to hear from him around 4pm or maybe even 5 pm as Chuck is just learning to ride.  By 6 pm I am getting a little concerned and texting and calling him, but there is no signal where he is.  Finally at 6:30pm Chuck calls to say he is just outside the village, exhausted!!!  The road was much harder to get those dirt bikes through.  Here is a picture of some of the spots in the road.

The whole width of the “road” was just muddy.  There were many “sink holes” in the road.

After a break and wiping of his brow, Chuck was able to get out and carry on.

The next day they decided to leave the bikes in the village and hike out.  The majority of the hike is on a different trail, that is not passable by bike.  But it was still a long hike out after working so hard to get in there.

You might ask, “Why would they go in there for just one night?”   They were wanting to see how easy it would be to use the bikes to get in and Chuck also wanted to show Bob where he will be staying as he helps us build our house.

This week we head off as a family to the village.  We will take a Jeepney on a 1 hr trip, then we will all do the 2-3 hr hike to the village.  We will stay in one of the houses in the village for our time there.  Lord willing Christina’s house will be finished by the time we go in next and we can stay in it.  By then we can have a real toilet!!!  Right now it will be just an outhouse.

Pray for us as we start building our house.  Pray for safety as a family and pray for provision for all we need to complete our house.  As time goes on we find that things are costing more then we had anticipated.  God is faithful and has provided for most of the expenses we will have.

Last week I did some canning with fellow missionaries that made a special trip way up north just to help me.  Check out this link to their blog for the story of our canning adventure.  There are also pictures of the kids on it too!!!

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