Boa Vista

We arrived safely!  After a 13 hour layover in Manaus we took about an hour flight to meet Dan and Margie in Boa Vista.  We only got a brief view of the Amazon because of cloud cover.  It is so good to see Dan & Margie!!  We can't access the blog from their house but today we are at the MEVA office to see where Margie works so I can type here, then I will try to upload photos.


It is hot here.  It was over 100 degrees the day we arrived but it has been raining so it is cooler now, the first rain they have had in weeks.  We seem to have brought the rain with us, it rained in Florida and Manaus as well.  We worked hard on Friday on the building they are renovating for the new dorm and school.  It is actually a house that has been added onto a few times.  The men tore off old corrugated roofing panels, inspected for cracks, and replaced some new and old panels. They are about 1/3 of the way done with that.  They had to remove some very large limbs from a tree over the roof.  Inside, we prepped walls for painting, and Larry is sorting through the maze of wiring to make improvements. Gordon worked half the day with a gecko on his shoulder!


Dan and Margie live in a house on the same property as the school.  There is also a guest house, a recording studio for radio programs, and some other small houses.  Dan and I are staying in Dan & Margie's office in the house.  Larry & Darlene are in their guest room, and Gordon and Bonnie are in the office to the recording studio.  There is no hot water in the house but cold showers feel great!


After a day of work we headed to downtown Boa Vista for supper out at an outdoor food court.  We ate Brazilian hotdogs (complete corn, peas, shredded chicken, and shredded potato chips!) and Venezulean Enrollados .  I think we were the only Americans there.  Then we had icecream at a shop where you scoop your own with flavors like "green corn" (tasted similar to creamed corn), Passion fruit, Mango, Guava, Acai, Caja (my favorite), etc.


Today we did some shopping for supplies for the work project and walked to the office here.  Teeter's truck is still in the shop so we are riding around in a 1990  Toyota Land Cruiser with a pickup bed.

 Tomorrow we are going to 2 different church services.We are all feeling well and are thankful to the Lord for blessing us.