These are just a few of the examples of the terrain covered during the trip. I don't think we had a straight stretch for more than 200 or 300 yds.
The one thing I do not have pictures of which I really wish I did was after getting to Santa Teresa we went another good hour or so on dirt roads, not gravel, to deliver the furniture. The house of Pastor Raul was then a good 15-20 minute hike, uphill, through the jungle, in the dark! Plus we carried the chairs, dressers, bed frames, etc. What an adventure & PTL I wore my boots! We did get treated to coffee & yucca, which was delicious & a combination I'd never tried before. So neat to be able to help this family however possible. They were living in another town, pastoring, quite a way from Santa Teresa but felt called to move back, this is their home, & work on cell groups out in the country. Hopefully on another trip I'll be able to see where we were but in the daylight! :)
The picture to the left is on the street outside of the church in the town of Santa Teresa. Notice the mountains & cloud cover way up there in the background!
This picture is on the street outside of the church. If you look closely you can see crosses basically straight behind me on the ledge by the pine trees. We stayed in a little hostel just down the street, interesting experience also, you can see the white sign just over my left shoulder. I also wanted to make sure the 2 guys working there were in the picture. Every day they were working there on the street, either they had a car jacked up & were fixing something or here they're making re-bar for reinforcing concrete columns. Hard workers!
This group of pictures shows the inside of the church, the lady in the purple is going to be baptized & is sharing her testimony. Please keep her in your prayers, hers has not been an easy life at all! The middle picture is of some of us walking down from the church, through the jungle, to the river. Then in the final picture...how'd ya like to be up on that bridge?! The town of Santa Teresa had a huge flood in 1997 & it completely wiped the original town out. It happened during the night but the amazing thing was there were hardly any deaths b/c of the incredible noise of the rushing water that woke the people up. God is sovereign! The location of the original town is down by the river and around to the right. The new town is built much higher.
Not always easy to find a good spot calm enough for a baptism in a Peruvian river!
A new creation through the blood of Christ! After the baptism we headed back to the church & had a wonderful lunch & time of fellowship. As you can see from this bottom picture...Ruth LOVES "el helicoptero" as does just about every child no matter where I've been in the world. 
Had a little minor trouble on the way home. Some of the bolts had worked loose b/t the manifold & the exhaust. Check out the toolbox on the ground...John is always ready! This bottom picture shows where we'd been. No wonder some bolts might have wiggled loose, huh? Yes...that is the road back there!
And this is the pass through the mountains on the way back. That 4,330 meters amounts to about 14,300 feet above sea level! As you can tell by my clothing it was COLD and even some sleet!
I thank God for a safe trip & the opportunity to be serving Him here in Peru. The people, fellow brothers & sisters in Christ who will one day be worshipping around the throne are a joy & God's love is obvious & evident in the church in Santa Teresa! Please keep Rose, myself, & the girls in your prayers. I have more pictures from this trip that I'm planning on putting in an album on Facebook if you'd like to check some of the rest of them out.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy or our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. Jude 21
