Picture Time

 I found out this past Sabbath that I am preaching this coming Sabbath, so instead of writing a normal blog post, I am going to use that time to work on my sermon. Next week, posts will return to normal.

Honestly, this week was relatively uneventful. Sunday was exceptional, which was a pleasant surprise for me and Justin. We tried a two meal day, and it ended up working really well. It allowed us to sleep in a little because we ate breakfast later. Also, having two meals instead of three meant less cooking and less opportunities for the kids to fight (because they are constantly annoying each other at meal times). Other than Sunday being better than usual, it was an average week.

That's all I have time for today, partially because I need to work on my sermon, and partially because we took a four and a half hour boat tour down the Beni river today. It was so worth it and hands down the most fun I've had on a day off so far. Enjoy the pictures!

Pictures 

I randomly had the idea to take some macro photos of some water droplets from that 
morning's rain storm.

Ok, I have to be honest.

Those water droplets are definitely from a spray bottle. It had rained that morning, but
 by the time I had the idea to take these pictures, everything had evaporated, so
I decided to recreate it with my spray bottle.

We finally got some rain!

The younger Guerreros boys being
little boys

So my boys found these things in some
nuts that they had been shelling and eating.
I asked them what they were, and they
said "Gusano de leche, muy rico."
I wasn't sure what gusano meant, so I
looked it up. I was horrified to find out
they were saying, "Milkworm, very delicious."
I wanted to throw up. My boys wanted to
eat those squishy grub things? I told
them most definitely not and promptly
disposed of the worms.

We built a fire on Friday night at our SM get-together, so
we could fry Big Franks. Jayden brought two cans, but
his parents are coming in three weeks, and they said they
would bring more, so we decided to have a feast.
Ellie made homemade buns, and we had
ketchup and mayonnaise too. It was awesome!

We saw quite a few animals today on our day off. This is a puppy we found while walking
around Rurre.

A baby chicken.

Bats. 31 of them. It was actually kind of 
freaky because they were very much
awake, and we had to walk right past them.
Some of them flew away, but we ducked
out of the way, and no one was bitten thankfully.

A random cat.

It's either a bullet ant or some other ant that
will put you in a ton of pain if it bites you.
That's what our tour guide said at least.

Probably a poisonous frog. Our tour guide said not to touch it.

A spider just as big if not bigger than my hand.

Another dog.

One of the stops on our tour was this incredible canyon that we hiked
through. It was breath-taking!

It was a good five or ten degrees colder in the canyon.

The moss was beautiful!

What an amazing opportunity to witness the beauty of God's creation!

The Beni River.

Bolivian countryside.

A cool wooden hammock and an even cooler backdrop.

Our second stop was making fresh sugar cane
 juice. We used this big wooden machine to
 crush the sugar cane, and juice poured out and
 into a little bucket. That's it. No added sugar
 or water or anything. It tasted amazing,
but it was definitely very sweet. 

The path on our way to make sugar cane juice.

The mountains that the Beni River winds through are
absolutely spectacular.

Our last stop was this tiny "waterfall". It didn't come close to the
waterfalls back home, but it was still super refreshing to stand under it.

A beautiful sunflower I found in the garden yesterday.