Newsletter: We Have Arrived in Maun, Botswana
Dear Friends:
We greet you in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We thank you so very much for remembering us in your prayers and giving! We are humbled by your faithfulness.
Return to Botswana
Tie-Dyed and Blue Footed
Excerpt from Christi’s journal:
At the end of our visit, Chris took us down to the coast (about four days drive) for a couple of days. His mother, who has been a missionary in Ecuador for many years, has a home near the coast. She graciously invited us all to enjoy her home for a few days. The beach is not at all commercialized. It was so much fun to sit on the shore and watch the sand crabs scurrying about, and see a little island off in the distance. We enjoyed taking a boat out to the island to see the unique birds, called the “Blue footed Boobies”. This part of Ecuador seems so different from the rest of the country. Instead of Indians, you see mostly black people and there is more of a “Caribbean” feel. They say slave ships wrecked and that is why the population is more diverse here.
Project Equador
Excerpt from Christi’s journal:
Becky Ranalli picked us up at the airport in Quito, Ecuador and Chris, although he was still feeling poorly, drove us the two hour trip to Riobamba, in the Andes Mountains. We were happy to see all the Ranalli kids again (except Dana, who happened to be visiting our daughter in Virginia at the same time).
The next day we had breakfast with a small group of pastors and their wives and talked about the “Leadership Training Conference” which was about to begin.
Exit Peru
Excerpt from Christi’s journal:
The next day was Mother’s Day, the biggest holiday of the year in Peru. We had a great service and then went by speedboat to a restaurant out on the Amazon. Afterwards some dove off of the restaurant deck and swam for a while. Then home to pack for Lima.
We All Live in a Yellow Hover Craft
Excerpt from Christi’s journal:
The next day we all went upriver for the conference at the village of Esperanza. It was a lot of work for John Mortimer to get the hover craft and the speed boat packed for the journey. We took all the food for the conference up on the boats, as well as a team from the church to do children’s church. Vince, the 17 yr. old son of the Mortimers, captained the speedboat. Also Pastor David of the Iquitos Church went on the speedboat. John piloted the hovercraft with Ron, myself, Cindy Mortimer, and Chris and Tony Ranalli on board. The weather had been good all week, but it rained buckets on our trip up river and we all got soaked to the bone.
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