Walking The Path

Walking the paths of the island of Cotijuba is the best way to understand the people and culture of the island.

Project Cotijuba is starting to move beyond a dream and a vision for a new church. Pastor Bernardo and Pastor Magano  joined Dave and I for an exploratory trip around the island.

Every trip we take to Cotijuba is filled with surprises.  This time we ventured a path off the main road that led us down a dirt road filled with houses. This path went on for over an hour until we ran out of path and ended on a beach.

March 2 is the date we have set for a return visit with a team of men to catch a vision for reaching this island community. Pray for this endeavor. We would like to have a team of men committed to planting  a new church in this expanding island community.

Josiah's Dog Dies

IThe dog is man's best friend, so they say. Like any youth your dog is a good friend and that is the way it was with Kika & Josiah.

Kika was our last edition to the family one that Josiah inherited from his school teacher. She was a brown doberman that liked to eat nuts from the tree and was a good guard dog.

Josiah was looking forward to puppies as she had become pregnant. But something went wrong. She became ill after she pegged  a macura. This is a animal that looks similar to a possum only much more ugly and aggressive. Macuras are jungle animals along with lizards and other small animals that live in the trees and forest around us in the Amazon.

We suspect while she was giving birth the macura disturbed the process in an effort to steel the new pups. Being a good mother the macura did not live through attack. Unfortunately nether did Kika.

It is goodbye to a new friend for Josiah. We are now down to two dogs, Lylia and Dexter. So Josiah & Caleb still have dogie friends.