mt. tunari

"when i look at the galaxies on a clear night- when i look at the brillance of creation, and think that this is what God is like, then, instead of feeling intimidated adn diminished by it, i am enlarged- i rejoice that i am part of it."
Madeline L´Engle

the stars in mt. tunari and chapare are just insane...i always enjoy looking at the stars either at the lake, clarksville, murfreesboro, or bolivia! i have probably seen 2 shooting starts my whole life until i came here. i had a chance to see one in the chapare jungle and at mt. tunari. the stars really do remind me of how big our God is and to me shooting stars and like it´s Him saying i´m here with you. when i saw the one at mt. tunari i almost starting laughing because it was in the middle of the night when i was sick and i glanced up then saw the shooting star...it was pretty cool! the mountains were gorgeous...probably one of the hardest things i have done physically was climbing up that mountain along with altitude sickness...but we made it...i wish everyone could see the view from up there...it was crazy! we made it back from our 2 night backpacking adventure sunday afternoon. this week we are focusing on the orphanages and center here in cochabamba. there is possibly a chance that on friday i am going to get to go with mrs. bonnie to the childrens burn center here in coch to visit with the kids there...please pray that i will have strength while there..she says it´s pretty intense. also please keep in prayer about parents for the villa israel orphange...they still havent found a new set of parents but the boys seeem to be responding well to the temporary tia. i appreciate all of yalls encouragement and prayers. thank you so much for everything my family and i both really do appreciate it! i will try and update again sometime this week! i hope that all of you are enjoying your last few days or weeks of summer!