Fun in the Jungle

Today is Thursday and i was able to go with Andy to town and gets some groceries. What made this trip interesting was the fact that it was raining and it was not just raining, but the streets here don't have draining like they do in the states and when we got out there was a huge puddle in the middle of the street. It was like stepping into a small pond. So we get our groceries and come back to the house. We did find out that VBS was canceled so we were unable to work and not able to do VBS so it was kind of sad. However, some of the members of the team along with our inducted member Anna, who is a local here and the daughter of the one of the pastors here, used the opportunity to catch up on some sleep. Anyway we get back and i take a shower and get ready to relax and Andy asks if I would like to go with him and change the water filters. I was ok with that and so i thought as i was changing shoes that maybe i should change out of the clothes i was in, because of the fact that they were more for sports than changing filters. After i changed i found out that not only was the filter outside in the rain, but we had to hike up through the jungle about 150 yards to get to this. Well by this time i was extremely glad that i had changed. We get there and there was a beautiful little waterfall. Come to find out this is the same stream that flows down to the village to provide water for them to drink. The filters on this have to be changed every two to three days in order to be effective so needless to say it takes a lot to keep this thing going. So we get back and by this time again i am so happy that i changed out of the sports clothes and into work clothes because i was quite wet by the time i got back. So quite literally i had fun in the jungle.
It has been so much fun being here and learning the culture. I have had a blast and am looking forward to new adventures in the Paraguay.
Josh