“Man, we gotta go there!”

Dear Friends of ROW,

Tom saw them first, and said, “man, we gotta go there.” I quickly looked over and saw two girls out on a dock waving their hearts out with the biggest smiles you could imagine. It was so great! It truly was. We pulled in and immediately set up “shop” right in the sun, not the brightest move on our part, but what do you expect when a bunch of missionaries go village hopping on the Momino River? Per usual, Tom wanted to do what he’s best at, sing and spread the good word. Kathy started coloring with the twenty-five kids swarming kids, and Mary Katherine and Alex started taking and printing pictures for the families. What a wonderful way to end the day!

Today, we started out with a two-hour boat ride. We wanted to go deeper and further into the Venezuelan jungle to touch more people with the word of Christ. And thanks to Jeff and his DVD player tutorials we did just that! We began this trip with eight DVD players all equipped with Finding Nemo, a ROW film, and the Jesus film (which is in there native language). If that’s enough, all the units are solar powered, so they work anywhere!!!! Our first DVD player was left to Charlie, a manager of a camp in the jungle, and he will be influential in showing The Jesus film to more people than we could touch in a month. The second family we left our portable DVD players were a little hesitant of our arrival at first, but soon warmed to our giving of pictures, medicine, toothbrushes, and cross necklaces. Jeff once again, was able to rope the fathers of the families in conversation and teach them how to use the DVD players. After a quick refueling with power bars, we began searching for families that ROW had visited the previous year to give them 12X14 pictures. To see the families faces light up gave me goose bumps. Imagine if you were twenty years old and had never seen yourself before, how would you respond?

The Warao Indians have been so receptive to us. It’s truly amazing because we are a goofy bunch. From doing the Macarena to the Hokey Pokey, they have laughed and understood us more than I ever would have imagined. If you have not been on a ROW trip yet, you need to get your butt signed up!!!

I want to end this letter the same way we part every village – with a prayer.

Dear Lord, thank you for giving us the strength to spread your word and keeping us safe through our travels. We are forever in thanks to the Warao Indians for being so receptive and we wanted to give a special thanks to Martha Zoller of WDUN for hosting us today. Lord, give us the courage and perseverance to continue our work tomorrow.

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• Venezuela Trip Update – August, 2011
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