OKAY HERE ARE YOUR TASKS FOR THE NEXT 15 MINUTES:
STEP 1: GO GRAB SOME COOKIES. (You don’t have any cookies in your house?! Wow……So so sad. Fine than skip to Number 3.)
STEP 2: Well if you got cookies than you NEED MILK to go with it. (No dieting here! You need whole milk for MAXIMUM DIPPING CAPACITY!!)
STEP 3: Find a nice cozy place to enjoy your refreshments, a summary of my village trip, and some world renown (okay more like amateur) MARK VOLZ PHOTOGRAPHY.
STEP 4: If you wanna know what is happening in the pictures than READ THE CAPTIONS!
STEP 5: Find the nearest person to you.
STEP 6: Tell them to READ MY BLOG. Cause let’s be honest reading a blog that DEMANDS you to eat cookies at the beginning…. Is pretty worth it!
STEP 1: GO GRAB SOME COOKIES. (You don’t have any cookies in your house?! Wow……So so sad. Fine than skip to Number 3.)
STEP 2: Well if you got cookies than you NEED MILK to go with it. (No dieting here! You need whole milk for MAXIMUM DIPPING CAPACITY!!)
STEP 3: Find a nice cozy place to enjoy your refreshments, a summary of my village trip, and some world renown (okay more like amateur) MARK VOLZ PHOTOGRAPHY.
STEP 4: If you wanna know what is happening in the pictures than READ THE CAPTIONS!
STEP 5: Find the nearest person to you.
STEP 6: Tell them to READ MY BLOG. Cause let’s be honest reading a blog that DEMANDS you to eat cookies at the beginning…. Is pretty worth it!
Let me describe to you the adventures in the woods I have had through the use
of a short summary and some pictures.
This past four days I got to visit a village called Tuivel (pronounced Two-E-Ville). The name of it kind of sounds like a town in a Dr.Suess book to me. The village has about 100 households and is located about two and a half hours down a long bumpy road. Realistically the village is only about 50 miles or so away but when you are going 15-20 mph over the bumps it makes for a long slow journey. I’m not a person to get car sick, but let’s just say that by the time we arrived at Tuivel my stomach was ready to sit still for a bit.
The reason for being at the village was they were hosting an annual conference for the women of their presbytery (8 churches) where they would be hearing sermons from the pastor from Rayburn. Pastor Lam was the pastor I was going with from Rayburn, and was the perfect guide for the trip since he grew up in this village town. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were days filled with churches, and by the end of the week we had done 6 total. Those services were awesome times to worship with the people and see how all the people from different churches got to gather in one place. It was a neat experience! 12 hours of church services can get a bit boring when you can’t understand any words other than “Amen” at the end of the doxology. Don’t get me wrong that was an amazing experience to worship with all those people. I really did enjoy it!
But some of the funnest (it’s a word in my dictionary!) moments were when Pastor Lam and some friends decided to show me the fun things to do when you are growing up in a village. This included FISHING WITH DYNAMITE, jumping from trees, removing leeches, cooking and drying our own fish supper, getting a view from the top of the mountain, bathing in the river with the locals and getting searched by the Indian Army. I could go on and on, but I’ll let the pictures speak for the adventurous fun we had!
To be honest I loved the village life. It reminded me a lot of the village in Ecuador I went to two years ago! I mean a lot like it! All the villages seem to be moving slower, they feel more relaxed, the air feels cleaner, the life seems simpler, and nature is more a way of life. Take away my American toilet and clean water and a shower, and I think that makes everything more of an adventure. The simple things in life make things nice but I find it fun to rough it and slow down sometimes. Maybe that’s why I do things like backpacking the Appalachian Trail during my summer or going camping on my spring break or taking a bath in a muddy river. My point being I love the adventure and the simplicity that the village life was like in Ecuador and was like again in Tuivel. Was it God telling me that maybe that’s where He wants me? Maybe he wants me in villages where some missionaries are too “uncomfortable” to go to? Maybe. Needless to say living in a village for a couple days here or there is easier than a few years, but I’m just thinking about what God has for me in the future and would love for the village life.
This past four days I got to visit a village called Tuivel (pronounced Two-E-Ville). The name of it kind of sounds like a town in a Dr.Suess book to me. The village has about 100 households and is located about two and a half hours down a long bumpy road. Realistically the village is only about 50 miles or so away but when you are going 15-20 mph over the bumps it makes for a long slow journey. I’m not a person to get car sick, but let’s just say that by the time we arrived at Tuivel my stomach was ready to sit still for a bit.
The reason for being at the village was they were hosting an annual conference for the women of their presbytery (8 churches) where they would be hearing sermons from the pastor from Rayburn. Pastor Lam was the pastor I was going with from Rayburn, and was the perfect guide for the trip since he grew up in this village town. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were days filled with churches, and by the end of the week we had done 6 total. Those services were awesome times to worship with the people and see how all the people from different churches got to gather in one place. It was a neat experience! 12 hours of church services can get a bit boring when you can’t understand any words other than “Amen” at the end of the doxology. Don’t get me wrong that was an amazing experience to worship with all those people. I really did enjoy it!
But some of the funnest (it’s a word in my dictionary!) moments were when Pastor Lam and some friends decided to show me the fun things to do when you are growing up in a village. This included FISHING WITH DYNAMITE, jumping from trees, removing leeches, cooking and drying our own fish supper, getting a view from the top of the mountain, bathing in the river with the locals and getting searched by the Indian Army. I could go on and on, but I’ll let the pictures speak for the adventurous fun we had!
To be honest I loved the village life. It reminded me a lot of the village in Ecuador I went to two years ago! I mean a lot like it! All the villages seem to be moving slower, they feel more relaxed, the air feels cleaner, the life seems simpler, and nature is more a way of life. Take away my American toilet and clean water and a shower, and I think that makes everything more of an adventure. The simple things in life make things nice but I find it fun to rough it and slow down sometimes. Maybe that’s why I do things like backpacking the Appalachian Trail during my summer or going camping on my spring break or taking a bath in a muddy river. My point being I love the adventure and the simplicity that the village life was like in Ecuador and was like again in Tuivel. Was it God telling me that maybe that’s where He wants me? Maybe he wants me in villages where some missionaries are too “uncomfortable” to go to? Maybe. Needless to say living in a village for a couple days here or there is easier than a few years, but I’m just thinking about what God has for me in the future and would love for the village life.
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| Taking a detour for a mountain view. Beautiful. |
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| Fun roads to the village just over those mountains! |
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| Tuivel Presbyterian Church |
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| Got to talk to the students in their classes. |
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| Trying to get her to take my candy. She was so shy. |
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| Giving candy to the students of Tuivel School. The school is classes kindergarten through 6th. |
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| Got to pray over the teachers and give them a little devotion to encourage them as teachers. |
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| DYNANOOOOOOMITE! Hands theeasiest and funnest way to fish. |
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| Throw dynamite, it goes KABOOM, swim around and collect the floating fish. So fun. |
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| Exploring down a stream. |
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| Rice fields are pretty neat. |
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| Swimming with leeches. |
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| Gone fishin. |
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| Taking a bath under the bridge. |
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| Pastor Lam, Rayburn Pastor and hometown boy. |
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| I think the guns a little big. |
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| Competition between church choirs. |
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| Can you find the one white guy? |
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| Great time worshiping with Tuivel Church. |
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| Received a shawl for visiting the village. So sweet. |
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| Bathing day two. |
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| They loved the Glow in the Dark wristbands. |
Thanks for reading. God bless you for the support and prayers.
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