Ecuador Peru
As I type this, I’m pleased to announce we’ve crossed the Peruvian border and are taking a bus tonight to Trujillo, Peru. This is where we’ll be doing ministry for month 2 on the World Race. More details to come…
Since you’ve all been following my blogs for a month now, I think it’s time for some assessment. Time for a POP QUIZ! Please take the following True/False quiz and leave me a comment about how you did. Can you survive in the jungle?
T or F: When going to a river, you should bring shampoo and conditioner.
TRUE Rivers and waterfalls are way better than bucket showers. It’s completely accepted and almost expected that you’ll bring things to bathe with. Just don’t be too freaked out when all the Ecuadorians watch you. And you “bathe” with your clothes on…just in case there was any confusion.
T or F: Roosters only cocka-doodle-doo in the morning to wake you up.
FALSE Roosters crow at all times of the day and night, often in unison. They show no preference for the morning. This fact makes it all the more satisfying to chop their heads off for dinner.
T or F: Toilet paper is all you need to use the bathroom in the jungle.
FALSE You need toilet paper, quads of steal (because there’s not always a seat), water to “flush,” and a garbage can to put your soiled tp into. At the jungle tree house, you must also scale the stairs of death, hop over the “poop trough” and duck under the 4 clotheslines.
T or F: Smiling profusely when your food arrives at the table is the normal protocol.
TRUE Even when there is a chicken foot or other body part sticking out of your food, you always receive it graciously with a smile on your face. J
T or F: Cow trucks are a viable mode of transportation.
TRUE Cow trucks, rancheros (a flatbed truck with covered benches), back of a pick-up truck, buses, motorcycles, and bicycles are all acceptable modes of transportation. Horses too…don’t forget about the horses.
T or F: A t-shirt, shorts and rubber boots is the normal apparel of a jungle woman.
FALSE In this culture, shorts are a sign of a promiscuous woman- pants are better (and they keep the mosquitoes off). Plus, you can’t forget your machete!
T or F: If you have a cut, scrap or bug bite, you should but some lime juice on it.
TRUE Just cut a lime out of the tree and squeeze the juice on your ailment. A substitute for an alcohol swab and a jungle cure-all. Used for everything.
T or F: Wearing work clothes 2 days in a row is unacceptable.
FALSE You can wear the same work clothes as many days in a row as you want. Why dirty more clothes if you’re just going to sweat in them the next day? That’s our theory any way.
T or F: 30 minutes jungle time means 30 minutes- everyone is punctual.
FALSE If they say 30 minutes, add at least an hour or more (remember my 6 hour jungle excursion that was only suppose to be 45 minutes? Yeah…).
T or F: Anyone can lead worship during a church service.
TRUE I have led many a version of “Open the Eyes of my Heart/Abre Mis Ojos” and “Amazing Grace” at multiple church services. I’m fairly certain I wouldn’t make the cut for worship team back home but here…here I’m the next American Idol!
So, how’d you do? Please leave your score in a comment below. Ex 7/10
