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Just wish there was

Just wish there was more time to write things in here. I write it so friends and family can get a glimpse of what goes on down here. But I'm also wanting to keep these pages so I can look back on them after I leave Ecuador. I was really disappointed last week because it looks like I've lost my posts from September this year. The company that hosts my web site was bought out by another company, and it looks like somewhere in the transition I lost some files. For any of my other pages on the web site, it's not a big deal as I have copies on my laptop. But on these Shell Thoughts pages the original is on the server and I have to download backup copies every once in a while.

We had a base meeting tonight. It was a good time of sharing, some food, and some praying. What was good was to hear stories from three of the pilots. Most of us who aren't pilots don't really know all that goes on in the day to day job of flying in the jungle. It's good to get a look into what goes on. Dave told us of a lady who was sick and flown in to Shell for medical treatment at the hospital. Her husband was flown in with her. They both were prayed with on a daily basis by the doctors and staff of the HCJB hospital. Just a couple days they became Christians. Yesterday the chaplain from the hospital took them down to the river behind the hospital and baptized them. Bruce told of a village where the people asked him to send them a missionary. They want Bibles too. Who will go to work with these people? Maybe Dwain Holmes, a GMU missionary based in Macuma, can help them. I think Bruce will see what Dwain knows about this village.

I went out for a ride after work. I've been wanting to hook up with some guys I've seen riding lately. Today I did meet them at the end of my ride. I'm going to try and ride with them this Friday again. That will be good to have someone to ride with, but also hard because I have so little Spanish. It should prove a good way to practice though.